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US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state of Michoacan due to threat

By MARIA VERZA
Aug 05, 2026 9:39 pm - The United States announced Wednesday that it had suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a "threat to U.S. interests," including a halt to the inspections of avocados required for their export.
AP Exclusive: Trump’s immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

By JACK BROOK, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and AARON KESSLER
Aug 05, 2026 7:02 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.
Scientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted

By MARCIA DUNN
Aug 05, 2026 5:53 pm - A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported.
Three people charged with threatening judge, witness and officials tied to Nolan Wells investigation

By JOSH KELETY
Aug 05, 2026 4:54 pm - Three people have been charged with threatening a judge, a witness and local officials connected to the investigation into the death of Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after a July Fourth boat trip with friends to an island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast.
European soccer leagues add to pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino amid ‘crisis’ meeting

By JAMES ROBSON
Aug 05, 2026 4:48 pm - The association of European soccer leagues called for governance reform of FIFA on Wednesday, adding to the mounting pressure on president Gianni Infantino following his ...
15 states now linked to iceberg lettuce cyclospora outbreak, CDC says

By MIKE STOBBE
Aug 05, 2026 4:19 pm - Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.
Firefighters get a handle on Spokane wildfires as tens of thousands remain evacuated

By MANUEL VALDES, MARTHA BELLISLE and GENE JOHNSON
Aug 05, 2026 4:15 pm - Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state's second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead.
Man arrested at Trump’s California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

Aug 05, 2026 4:03 pm - A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities said.
Perez Hilton hospitalized after harming himself on live stream

Ethan Beck, Emily Yahr, Scott Nover
Aug 05, 2026 4:00 pm - Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger, was hospitalized Tuesday after live-streaming himself committing acts of self-harm on TikTok, according to a statement from police that didn’t name Hilton but was sent in response to a question about him.
State of New Mexico sues Justice Department and Todd Blanche, saying they blocked its Epstein probe

By SAVANNAH PETERS
Aug 05, 2026 2:02 pm - The state of New Mexico sued the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, saying the federal government blocked the state's ability to investigate the sex crimes of financier Jeffrey Epstein at a ranch there.

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