CONGRESS-IRAN DEAL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid throws his full support behind President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, saying "it is the best path to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." B

OBAMA-SUMMER CURSE

EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts — President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall. 

MEXICO-JAILED UNION LEADER

MEXICO CITY — Call it the curse of El Chapo. After Mexico's most famous prisoner, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, tunneled his way out of a maximum security facility last month, its second-most famous prisoner has been denied home detention by a Mexican federal court. 

TOPLESS PARADE

NEW YORK — Bare-chested women and men are taking to the streets of midtown Manhattan as critics have complained about topless women seeking tips in Times Square. 

WASHINGTON WILDFIRES

TWISP, Washington — The massive cloud of smoke is expected to lift over the wildfires in Washington state, but as air quality improves fire behavior could become more erratic and intense, fire officials say. 

EL SALVADOR-GANG VIOLENCE

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The prison killing of 14 gang members happened quietly throughout the day in what authorities called a "purge" within the gang known as 18th Street, and went unnoticed until it was time to close the inmates in their cells, security officials say. 

MAPPING OCEAN GARBAGE

SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists and volunteers who have spent the last month gathering data on how much plastic garbage is floating in the Pacific Ocean say most of the trash is medium to large-sized pieces, as opposed to tiny ones.