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SATURDAY

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RARE-COLORFUL-LOBSTERS -- A wave of odd-colored lobsters has showed up in fishermen's traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists' laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored crustaceans inspire headlines that trumpet their rarity, with the blue-hued cotton-candy colored critters described as one in 100 mDT illion. The recent appearances of these rare lobsters has scientists asking themselves just how atypical the discolored arthropods really are. UPCOMING: 690 words, photos by 12:30 a.m. Eds: This is the Sunday Spotlight.

EDUCATION-CAMPUS PROTESTS -- With new limits on college demonstrations, the stakes have gone up for students protesting the war in Gaza. Carrying the mantle of the movement has put their degrees and careers at risk, not to mention tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition payments. Student activists share their plans for pressing forward. UPCOMING: 2,200 words, photos, video.

ELECTION-2024-WALZ-GEORGE-FLOYD -- (ONLY ON AP) -- It was the biggest crisis of his political career for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020. The anger also devolved into looting and rioting that culminated with the burning of a police station. Now that the Democratic governor is Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, his actions -- and alleged inactions -- are under the microscope again. UPCOMING: 1,700 words, photos by 7 a.m. With ELECTION 2024-WALZ-GEORGE FLOYD-TAKEAWAYS; ELECTION-WALZ-HUMAN-RIGHTS-CAMPAIGN -- Walz addresses the Human Rights Campaign's gala in Washington. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos, video, audio by 8 p.m.

ELECTION-2024-TRUMP -- Donald Trump holds a 2 p.m. EDT rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos, video, live, audio by 2 p.m.

REL-ASIA-POPE -- Pope Francis continues his visit to Papua New Guinea, the second leg of his Southeast Asia tour. The pontiff will meet with Prime Minister James Marape and preside over a mass in the capital Port Moresby. He will then travel to the city of Vanimo to hold meetings before wrapping up his four-day trip to the South Pacific island nation. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos, video, live, audio by 5:30 p.m.

HAWAII-WILDFIRE-DEBRIS -- The debris and ash that remained after a deadly wildfire last year decimated a historic Maui town sits in a temporary dump site. It's enough refuse to cover five football fields five stories high, including soil contaminated with lead and arsenic. A controversy over whether that site is truly temporary -- and over where the debris might finally wind up -- has sparked a legal fight. UPCOMING: 1,140 words, photos by 1 a.m.

LOUISIANA-BUILDING-IMPLOSION -- Lake Charles was devastated by hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020. One of the main symbols of hurricanes' destruction and snail-like pace of recovery for the city is the Hertz Tower, formerly known as the Capital One Tower, which is still standing vacant. The 21-story skyscraper, which is the dominate feature of the Lake Charles skyline, has shattered windows and shredded tarps covering bits of it. After four years, the building is finally set to be demolished on Sept. 7. UPCOMING: 1,200 words, video, live, photos by 12:30 a.m.

BE-WELL-EDUCATION-PRESCHOOL-QUALITY -- Preschool options are growing with the expansion of early learning programs, giving toddlers' families in some parts of the U.S. a dizzying array of choices. How to pick? Here are some things to consider when deciding between preschool options. UPCOMING: 940 words, photos by 12:30 a.m.

BALKANS-SUMMER-HEAT -- Balkan countries are reporting that the summer of 2024 was the hottest since the measurements started over 130 years ago. Long periods with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius that didn't fall below 20 degrees Celsius overnight have pushed average temperatures to new highs. The region in southeast Europe is used to hot summers but previous records were broken this year with repeated heat waves and almost totally dry July and August. UPCOMING: 830 words, photos, video by 12:30 a.m.

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----------------- ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-BITTER-HOMECOMING -- An entire Bedouin community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence. Then Israel's highest court ruled this summer the displaced residents of Khirbet Zanuta were entitled to return under the protection of Israeli forces. But their homecoming has been bittersweet. In the intervening months, nearly all the houses in the village, a health clinic and a school were destroyed -- along with the community's sense of security. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 12:30 a.m. Eds: This is the Monday Spotlight.

ASIA POPE -- Pope Francis concludes his visit to Papua New Guinea and travels to East Timor as part of his Southeast Asia tour. UPCOMING with photos, video, live, by 7:45 p.m.

SAFE-STREETS -- Transportation officials are hoping a major investment in a technology allowing cars to talk to other cars about hazards on the road could be part of the solution to a recent surge in traffic deaths. The concept, known as vehicle-to-everything or V2X, has been in the works for years, but just last month U.S. officials released a national blueprint. Utah, one of the industry leaders, started by putting radios on buses that could talk directly with traffic signals to request an extra few seconds of green. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 12:01 a.m.

REL-MEXICO-DIEGO-RIVERA-MUSEUM -- In the 1940s, Mexican artist Diego Rivera had a dream: to build a sacred place to preserve and display his lifelong collection of pre-Hispanic art. The Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City, which turns 60 this month, is everything he hope for. UPCOMING: 830 words, photos by 8:30 a.m.

ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-PENNSYLVANIA -- Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for their debate in Pennsylvania, a state that is essential to each of their bids to win the White House. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 10 a.m.

AI-LOBBYING-CONGRESS -- (ONLY ON AP) -- Ask ChatGPT what segment of the lobbying industry is growing fastest, and it spits out this answer: artificial intelligence. The AI-powered chatbot wasn't boasting. In the last few years, the AI industry has gone on a lobbying binge - hiring and deploying a legion of lobbyists to influence potential government action. The growth isn't surprising. The technology is being rapidly adopted by scores of powerful sectors -- healthcare, defense, financial services -- that hope to steer regulations and legislation. UPCOMING: 1,000 words, photos by 7 a.m.

GRAND-CANYON-PIPELINE-BREAKS -- Recent breaks in a pipeline that's the Grand Canyon's only water source forced officials to impose water restrictions and cancel overnight stays at local hotels, upending some visitors' Labor Day plans. The pipeline supplies potable water to the Grand Canyon's South Rim and inner canyon, and the incident was one of several dozen failures it has experienced in recent decades. A long-term fix of pipeline is expected by 2027. It will have taken decades to secure. UPCOMING: 1,200 words, photos by 9 a.m.

CONGRESS-BUDGET -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is heeding the demands of the more conservative wing of his Republican conference and is expected to tee up for a vote this week a bill that would keep the federal government funded through March and require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Congress needs to approve a stop-gap spending bill before the end of the month to avoid a partial government shutdown just a few weeks before voters go the polls. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 10 a.m.

ODD-MUD-BOWL -- College football players aspire to play in bowl games. Professional players dream of playing in the Super Bowl. On Sunday, a bunch of amateurs in New Hampshire just wanted to get muddy. The three-day mudfest wrapped up with the culmination of the Mud Bowl, which celebrated its 50th year of mud-caked football in North Conway, New Hampshire. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos, video by 5 p.m.

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IMMIGRATION-PREGNANT-MIGRANTS -- Over the past two years, a flood of immigrants from Venezuela have come to the United States seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Instead, they've found themselves in communities roiling with conflict about how much to help the newcomers -- or whether to help at all. Unable to legally work and lacking many connections in this country, some are homeless and gambling on the kindness of strangers to survive. Some have found themselves sleeping on the streets -- even those who are pregnant. UPCOMING: 1,200 words, photos by 12:30 a.m.

ELECTION 2024-PALESTINIAN AMERICANS -- For months, many Palestinian Americans have been contending with the double whammy of the rising Palestinian death toll in Gaza and their own government's support for Israel in the war. Now, ahead of the U.S. election, they also wrestle with tough, deeply personal voting decisions, including in battleground states. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 8 a.m.

REL-MORMON-CENTENARIAN-LEADER -- Leaders of worldwide religions commonly stay at the helm well past retirement age, but it's not often you find centenarians overseeing major faiths. That's what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has as of Monday. That's when church president Russell M. Nelson turns 100. He had already become the oldest president ever of the Utah-based faith three years ago and now becomes its first to hit the century mark. "Age, wisdom and spiritual authority go together," says one leadership expert. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos by 8:30 a.m. WITH: REL-MORMON-CENTENARIAN-LEADER-BY-THE-NUMBERS.

MED-LIMITING-ANTI-NAUSEA-DRUGS -- Cancer patients can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment with a relatively cheap anti-nausea pill. But coverage limits complicate this help. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 9 a.m.

HKN-GAUDREAU-BROTHERS-FUNERAL -- Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau funeral services will be held at St Mary Magdalen Parish, a week and a half after the brothers died while riding their bicycles in their home state of New Jersey. Along with family and friends, a large collection of those in hockey community from around the NHL, Columbus Blue Jackets and Boston College is expected to be in attendance to pay their respects. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos, video. Eds: Service is scheduled to begin at noon.

CHILE-PALESTINIAN SOCCER TEAM -- The players have names like José and César and grew up in a South American nation near Antarctica. But their fervor for the Palestinian cause and bright red, white, black and green-colored jerseys is unmatched. For a century now, this storied Chilean soccer club has served as an entry point for the world's largest Palestinian community outside the Middle East to connect with an ancestral home thousands of miles away. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos.

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