AP Top U.S. News at 12:44 p.m. EDT

Sweltering heat wave grips central and southern US for a second straight dayExclusive: In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains shift on Russia’s warUS appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump's order to create a federal voter listFederal officials investigate after a video appears to show a person kicking a California sea lionAs Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practiceAmericans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years‘The Odyssey’ earns $87M in its second weekend, Christopher Nolan’s best second weekend yetWisconsin's capital city cancels signature events, grapples with fallout from police shootingOregon fire looms near town as fourth firefighter dies weeks after C