AP News Summary at 12:59 p.m. EDT

Vance's H-1B crusade leads to family history scrutiny

Trump launches committee to probe Fed's Lisa Cook, White House statement

Trump Appoints Katie Zacharia as New White House Press Secretary

The Three Sisters nearly vanished; growers are reviving the centuries-old planting tradition

Surgery soon could give blind seal chance to see for first time

Spring or fall? Plants ‘confused’ after record hot summer

School choice improves learning at a lower cost, analysts say

Powerful 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Panama, Sparks Panic in Capital

Plan to find potholes with AI draws jeers online

Pepperoni gets all the credit, but sausage is doing the more interesting work on pizza

My grandpa said this tasted just like his mother’s — 15 vintage recipes that delivered

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off Panama’s southern coast, tsunami warning issued

Israel's scorn of Nobel Peace Prize laureate highlights its combative relationship with UN bodies

Iran's President rules out talks under US pressure, warns of regional fallout