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President Donald Trump plans to announce Wednesday that electronics giant Foxconn will build a liquid crystal display panel plant in Wisconsin, according to an invitation to the event obtained by The Associated Press.

The AP obtained the invitation from a person with knowledge of the afternoon gathering at the White House, but the person wasn't authorized to publicly release the information. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker tweeted earlier Wednesday that Trump planned to make a "major jobs announcement for Wisconsin.

Amazon Goes on Hiring Spree as Labor Market TightensAmazon has some job openings. Lots of them.

The company said Wednesday that it's looking to fill more than 50,000 positions across the U.S.

It's planning to make thousands of offers on the spot on Aug. 2, when it opens the doors to potential hires at 10 Amazon.com Inc. shipping sites.

There will be more than 10,000 part-time jobs available at sorting centers, and some supporting and managerial positions.

The labor market is growing tight with back-to-school and holiday shopping around the corner.

US Muslims See Friendly Neighbors, But Foe in White HouseU.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump's presidency. But they also have received more support from individual Americans, and remain hopeful they can eventually be fully accepted in American society. That's according to a new survey.

The Pew Research Center report says nearly three-quarters of U.S. Muslims view Trump as unfriendly to them.

Trump: Transgender People Barred from US Military

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military will no longer let transgender people serve in any capacity, reversing a policy former President Barack Obama's administration announced a year ago.

In a string of Twitter comments, Trump said that "after consultation with my Generals and military experts," he was ending acceptance of transgender people into the country's armed forces.

"Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.

Barbara Sinatra, Frank's 4th Wife and Philanthropist, Dies

Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent children's advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dollars to help abused children, died Tuesday at 90.

Sinatra died of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home surrounded by family and friends, said John Thoresen, director of the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center.

With her husband's help, Barbara Sinatra founded a nonprofit center in 1986 to provide therapy and other support to young victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

Apple CEO Promised to Build 3 'Big' Plants in US, Trump Tells WSJ

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has committed to build three big manufacturing plants in the United States, the Wall Street Journal quoted U.S. President Donald Trump as saying.

"I spoke to [Cook], he's promised me three big plants -- big, big, big," Trump told the Journal in an interview on Tuesday.

Trump didn't elaborate on where those plants would be located or when they would be built, the paper reported.

US Justice Dept. Rules Intensify Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities

The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigration authorities access to jails and provide advance notice when someone in the country illegally is about to be released.

Under old rules, cities seeking grant money needed only to show they were not preventing local law enforcement from communicating with federal authorities about the immigration status of people they have detained.