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A decade after taking a knee led to Colin Kaepernick's NFL exile, he has continued to double down on his activism. #ColinKaepernick #Kaepernick #49ers #Football #NFL

Castel Gandolfo's "biker priest," Father Tadeusz Rozmus, led 200 riders on Sunday to the Apostolic Palace where they listened to Pope Leo XIV say the Angelus prayers, which included a special papal greeting for the group.

The sole pipeline that supplies water for millions of Grand Canyon visitors was badly damaged by weekend flash flooding, setting up a tricky repair scenario and upending a yearslong construction project to upgrade the line.

A school principal in Nepal evacuated 900 students to safety after receiving warnings of dangerous flooding. Moments later, floodwaters swept away the school, leaving thousands of children without classrooms.

Dozens of people had to be evacuated over the weekend as heavy rain flooded parts of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Rescue crews looking for missing people have found at least two bodies since a major flash flood swept through the park.

“Every guy I talked to in San Francisco had fun playing in the game.”: AP's Rob Maaddi discussed the end of the Pro Bowl on the latest episode of “On Football with Rob Maaddi” #ProBowl #NFL #Football

A social media post became the starting point for a competitive national story. Through fast source development and careful reporting, we uncovered the story of a man arrested by Border Patrol while his son was deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln — reporting that was later cited by other national news organizations. See how AP reporter Safiyah Riddle put us ahead on the story. Read more > https://buff.ly/cKGPuXc #BestofAP

Persistent source work helped us break important news on a closely watched Justice Department investigation. AP reporters Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer revealed that the inquiry had expanded to include the FBI’s 2022 search of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents. See how sustained source cultivation led to a significant AP scoop. Read more > https://buff.ly/jP9yboA #BestofAP

📣 Looking for voices! The Labor Department will release the August jobs report on Sept. 4. The hiring numbers have been so-so this year – after a dismal 2025. Would love to hear from jobseekers and companies looking to hire (or not) about their experiences. I’m at pwiseman@ap.org

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures.