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IRAN-US-SANCTIONS; US-TRUMP-TIKTOK; ELECTION-2020-HAWAII-HOUSE; PEOPLE-TAMAR BRAXTON; MISSOURI-GREITANS; MEXICO-GANG-LEADER-ARRESTED

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TOP STORIES

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VIRUS OUTBREAK — As the academic year begins in many places across the country this week, parents are having to choose whether to send their children for in-person classes or keep them home for remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. Many are unhappy with either option. By Jeff Amy. SENT: 750 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST (sent)

MED-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-RATIONING-VACCINES — Who will be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins says not everybody’s going to like the answer. Two government advisory groups are debating priorities. They’re expected to include certain health workers and other essential workers, but who’s most essential? By Lauran Neergaard. SENT: 800 words, photo.

RACIAL INJUSTICE-SUSTAINING A MOVEMENT — Perhaps the largest protest movement in U.S. history has been unfolding nationwide. It’s been happening since the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. By some calculations, more than 15 million Americans have taken part — decrying racial injustice and reinforcing the message of Black Lives Matter. There’s no way to know now what the movement’s legacy will be. But other major protest movements of the past can offer clues about what endures or leaves a tangible legacy. By David Crary. SENT: 1,340 words, photos. An abridged version of 990 words is also available. This is the Monday Spotlight.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — It’s getting late early. The 2020 election is beginning sooner than ever and will feature a pandemic-inspired shift to early vote options. Even as the president tries to reassure allies that he is in better shape than at this point in 2016, his campaign is scrambling for a reset, pushing pause on advertising, trying to find a cohesive message and get Trump back on the road. By Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.

SPACEX-ASTRONAUTS RETURN — Two NASA astronauts have returned to Earth in a dramatic, retro-style splashdown carried out by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company. The capsule carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. AP Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

TROPICAL-WEATHER — Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm. Isaias was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon, but was still threatening to bring heavy rain and flooding as it crawled just off Florida’s Atlantic coast. By Tamara Lush and Dánica Coto. SENT: 840 words, photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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PEOPLE-TAMAR BRAXTON — Tamar Braxton pays tribute to boyfriend for ‘saving my life’. SENT: 400 words, photos.

MARINES-SEA-TANK-SINKS — Marines halt search for 8 missing troops, all presumed dead. SENT: 450 words, photo.

CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES — Homes evacuated as Southern California wildfire grows. SENT: 210 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-STURGIS-RALLY — Annual Sturgis rally expecting 250K, stirring virus concerns. SENT: 630 words, photo,

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-SUPERSTAR — Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan recovers from coronavirus. SENT: 140 words, photo.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL — Surges of new coronavirus cases continued in India and the Philippines, which recorded another daily high to surpass 100,000 total infections, as officials across the globe considered stricter measures to stymie the spread of the pandemic. SENT: 820 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa has surpassed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, but President Cyril Ramaphosa said he sees “promising signs” that the rapid growth of cases has stabilized and that the country’s strained health system is managing to cope. SENT: 460 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TOXIC-STIGMA — A dangerous stigma has sprung up around the coronavirus in Africa — fueled, in part, by severe quarantine rules in some countries as well as insufficient information about the virus. Such stigma is not unique to the continent: Patients from Ecuador to Indonesia have been shamed when their diagnosis became known. By Rodney Muhumuza. SENT: 990 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MINK-FARMS — Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. SENT: 720 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-RESTAURANTS-PPP-AFTERMATH — Many restaurants that got coronavirus relief loans have spent the money and now find themselves in the same precarious position as in the pandemic’s early days. Owners are still struggling with revenue far below normal, and that has forced them to again lay off staffers. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EID-PHOTO-GALLERY — Muslims worldwide have marked the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year’s celebrations. Around the world, Muslims gathered with relatives or at home on Friday to mark the start of Eid. SENT: 420 words, photos.

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TRUMP-TIKTOK — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump plans to take action on what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party such as TikTok and other apps. SENT: 570 words, photos.

ELECTION-2020-HAWAII-HOUSE — Kai Kahele is the only major candidate in the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, virtually guaranteeing he will be sworn in as Hawaii’s newest congressman in January. SENT: 800 words, photos.

SUPREME COURT-GINSBURG — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is perhaps the most forthcoming member of the Supreme Court when it comes to telling the public about her many health issues. But Ginsburg waited more than four months to reveal publicly that her cancer had returned and that she was undergoing chemotherapy. In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic made the court more accessible to the public, with live audio of telephone arguments in May. But the inability to see the justices and, after arguments concluded on May 13, hear them, made what went on in the late spring and early summer even harder to read than usual.By Mark Sherman. SENT: 970 words, photos.

ELECTION SECURITY-RANSOMWARE — Federal authorities say one of the gravest threats to the November election is a well-timed ransomware attack that could paralyze voting operations. The threat is not limited just to a foreign government but rather any fortune-seeking criminal. The fear is that such attacks could affect voting systems directly or even indirectly, by infecting broader government networks that include electoral databases. By Eric Tucker, Christina A. Cassidy and Frank Bajak. SENT: 890 words, photo.

ELECTION 2020-HOUSE BATTLEGROUNDS — Two years after a 40-seat surge hoisted Democrats to House control, fueled by wins in suburbs from New Jersey to California, Republican hopes of recapturing the majority have buckled along with President Donald Trump’s approval ratings. Some Republicans worry that the party could end up losing seats, dashing their one-time dream of gaining the 17 seats they’d need to retake control. By Alan Fram. SENT: 980 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-BASS — Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, one of the top contenders to be Joe Biden’s running mate, defends her past travel to Cuba and the sympathetic comments she made after the death of Fidel Castro, the dictator who ruled the communist country for decades. By Brian Slodysko. SENT: 470 words, photos.

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MEXICO-GANG-LEADER-ARRESTED — Mexican police and military forces have arrested the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang who spread violence through north-central Mexico and fought a years-long bloody turf battle with the Jalisco cartel. SENT: 900 words.

IRAN-US-SANCTIONS — Iranian state media says the country has imposed symbolic sanctions on a hawkish former expert with the White House National Security Council. SENT: 300 words.

ISRAEL-NETANYAHU — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed at swelling protests against his rule, saying they were egged on by a biased media that distorts facts and cheers on the demonstrators. Netanyahu has faced a wave of protests in recent weeks, with demonstrators calling for the resignation of the long-serving leader, who is on trial for corruption charges. They’ve also panned his handling of the coronavirus crisis SENT: 570 words, photo.

AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK — The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a complex attack by a suicide car bomber and multiple gunmen against a prison in eastern Afghanistan, which Afghan officials said killed at least three people and injured 24 others.. SENT: 500 words, photos.

KASHMIR-ECONOMIC-RUIN-PHOTO-GALLERY — AP PHOTOS: Year on, India’s lockdowns ruin Kashmir’s economy. SENT: 410 words, photos.

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MISSOURI-GREITANS — Newly released documents indicate Navy officials were reluctant to reinstate former Navy SEAL and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2019 until Vice President Mike Pence’s office intervened. Greitens resigned as governor in 2018 amid a number of scandals, including campaign misconduct allegations and accusations that he took a compromising photo of a woman without her consent during a 2015 extramarital affair. SENT: 450 words, photo.

RACIAL INJUSTICE-PORTLAND — The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon’s largest city and threw bottles towards officers, police say. Until that point, federal, state and local law enforcement had been seemingly absent from the protests Thursday, Friday and Saturday. SENT: 580 words, photos, video.

EL PASO SHOOTING-ANNIVERSARY — El Paso is marking the anniversary of a shooting at a crowded Walmart by remembering the 23 people killed. Authorities have said the gunman traveled from his home near Dallas to target Latinos in the Texas border city on Aug. 3, 2019. Events to mark the anniversary of the shooting in the largely Hispanic city have taken on a new look amid the global pandemic: parks lit with lanterns that people can walk or drive through; private tours for victims’ families at a museum exhibit of items preserved from a makeshift memorial; and residents being asked to show support with online posts. SENT: 800 words, photos. With EL PASO SHOOTING-ANNIVERSARY-BABY — Paul Anchondo, probably won’t learn for years what happened to his parents in an event that many El Paso residents still struggle to comprehend. SENT: 400 words, photos.

MARINE-BOMBING-15-YEARS — An Ohio-based Marine company among the hardest-hit of the war in Iraq has canceled a 15-year reunion amid coronavirus restrictions. But the Marines and families of the Lima Company 2005 deployment have their memories. Some are seared in, such as the roadside bomb explosion that killed 15 men on Aug. 3 that year. SENT: 740 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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OBIT-WILFORD-BRIMLEY — Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of films that included “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm,” has died. He was 85. By Television Writer Lynn Elber. SENT: 650 words, photos.

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