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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Corporate chiefs flee Trump; he disbands WH advisory panelsAugust 16, 20176:31 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — With corporate chieftains fleeing, President Donald Trump abruptly abolished two of his White House business councils Wednesday — the latest fallout from his combative comments on racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Charlottesville victim's mother urges 'righteous action'August 16, 20177:17 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of the young woman mowed down while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville urged mourners at a memorial service Wednesday to "make my child's death worthwhile" by confronting injustice the way she did.  Charlottesville violence revives painful past for minoritiesAugust 16, 20175:26 PM ET Bernard Lafayette fought to end segregation during the civil rights movement. But after watching events in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend and hearing President Donald Trump blame both sides for the deadly violence, he realized that changing laws did not change enough hearts and minds.  Donald Trump's die-hard supporters show no signs of strayingAugust 16, 20177:24 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) — They wash their hands of neo-Nazis and wag their fingers at leftists. They denounce a press corps they see as biased and controversies they view as manufactured. But in the frenzied blame game over the deadly violence at a rally of white supremacists, Donald Trump's loyal base is happy to absolve the president himself. Federal court: Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood moneyAugust 16, 20174:45 PM ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, two years after the state ended its contract with the group over videos secretly recorded by an anti-abortion group.
Latest Headlines  Ageless Brady not slowing down at 40August 16, 20174:12 PM ET WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Training camp is easier for Tom Brady at age 40 than it was when he entered the NFL in 2000.  Mayweather and McGregor will fight in smaller glovesAugust 16, 20176:05 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor got their wish to fight in smaller gloves, but not before being chastised by a Nevada boxing official for using the issue to hype their fight later this month.
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