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RUSSIA-NAVALNY — Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was placed on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning during a flight, his spokeswoman says. By Daria Litvinova. SENT: 420 words, photo.
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ELECTION 2020-DNC — Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president, the first Black woman on a national ticket. Former President Barack Obama warns that American democracy may not survive if President Donald Trump is reelected. By Steve Peoples, Michelle L. Price and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,330 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-DNC-TAKEAWAYS — Making history, pounding Trump. SENT: 1,130 words, photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-BIDEN — When Joe Biden steps to the podium as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, the lifelong politician will offer himself to a wounded, meandering nation as balm — and as a bridge. By Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,230 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-DNC-VALERIE BIDEN OWENS-Q&A — An interview with Biden’s sister and adviser. SENT: 990 words, photo; ELECTION 2020-DNC-WHAT TO WATCH — Biden’s moment. SENT: 660 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-WATCHING THE DNC — Millions are watching the Democratic National Convention — at home, on Zoom watch parties, even from cars and SUVs at drive-in movie-like viewing stations. From delegates to regular people, observers generally give the virtual format high marks but say it takes some getting used to. By Jim Salter, Stephen Groves and Kathleen Ronayne. SENT: 880 words, photos.
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UNITED NATIONS-UNITED STATES-IRAN — The Trump administration is set to demand the restoration of all international sanctions on Iran in a move that will further isolate the U.S. at the United Nations, test the credibility of the U.N. Security Council and possibly deal a fatal blow to one of former President Barack Obama’s signature foreign policy achievements. By Matthew Lee, Deb Riechmann and Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 900 words, photos.
MEXICO-CORRUPTION — In some of the most explosive accusations in recent Mexican political history, the former head of the state-owned oil company directly accused former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his treasury secretary of directing a scheme of kickbacks and embezzlement directly from the president’s office. By Rafael Cabrera. SENT: 1,190 words, photo.
EGYPT-NILE-WATERS — Egypt’s farmers already face severely stretched water resources due to years of mismanagement and increasing population. Now they worry about the impact of Ethiopia’s massive dam project on the Blue Nile, the main tributary feeding the Nile River. By Samy Magdy. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
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PORTLAND-PROTESTS — Authorities declared a riot at a Portland protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. SENT: 180 words, photos.
MISSING-GIRL-TENNESSEE — A Tennessee teenager was indicted on felony murder and other charges in the death of her 15-month-old daughter, whose disappearance prompted a search across three states, officials say. SENT: 220 words, photos.
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-LAS-CRUCES — A New Mexico city has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the family of Mexican American man who was choked to death by a police officer. SENT: 360 words, photos.
RAPTORS-PRESIDENT-DEPUTY-HIT — A new video released by the attorneys of Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri appears to show an Alameda County sheriff’s deputy initially shoved him twice leading to an altercation moments after his team had defeated the Golden State Warriors in last year’s NBA championship. SENT: 440 words, photo.
ELECTION-2020-DNC-NBC — NBC News deleted a tweet about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s brief speech at the Democratic National Convention that she complained was misleading. SENT: 310 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DEAD CORNSTALK — Sioux Falls residents are mourning an urban cornstalk that briefly became a lighthearted beacon of hope during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 190 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-DNC-COONS FAITH SPEECH — Chris Coons is cut from the same cloth as Joe Biden in many ways. He occupies the same Senate seat from Delaware that Biden held for 36 years, is a Democrat known for seeking bipartisan collaboration where possible and is open about his faith’s influence on his life. When Coons speaks to the Democratic National Convention before Biden’s speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination, his remarks will focus on faith — attesting in highly personal fashion to his longtime friend’s belief in God. By Elana Schor. SENT: 850 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-HILLARY CLINTON — Hillary Clinton urges Democrats to vote in “overwhelming” numbers in remarks to the Democratic National Convention that at times reflected her bitter loss to Donald Trump four years ago despite winning the popular vote. By Sara Burnett and Kathleen Ronayne. SENT: 880 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-PROGRESSIVES —The Democratic National Convention has awarded some of its most prominent speaking slots to top Republicans, frustrating progressive activists who say they have been marginalized at a time when their influence on the party is actually rising. By Will Weissert and Sara Burnett. SENT: 930 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-MEDIA — Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are providing television viewers with a distinctly different vision of the Democratic National Convention each night from their perches on Fox News Channel. Hannity calls the virtual convention “the worst infomercial ever made.” By David Bauder. SENT: 680 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-TRUMP REMARK — Democrats working to depict President Trump as an ineffective and negligent leader are summing up their case by quoting the president’s own words on deaths from coronavirus: “It is what it is.” By Michelle L. Price. SENT: 620 words, photo.
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — On Joe Biden’s big day, President Donald Trump is planning to show up in his rival’s old backyard. Trump is set to hold an event just outside the former vice president’s birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania. By Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 810 words, photos. UPCOMING: 990 words after 3 p.m. event.
UNITED STATES-IRAQ — President Trump meets with Iraq’s prime minister at the White House, as the administration says it will continue to support Iraq as it confronts the threat posed by the Islamic State group. By Matthew Lee. SENT: 610 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words after 11 a.m. meeting.
UNITED STATES-EMIRATES — President Donald Trump says the U.S. is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee. SENT: 460 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-COUNTING-THE-VOTE — Election officials are bracing for a prolonged period of uncertainty after Election Day in November because states aren’t ready for an influx of mail ballots. But Tuesday’s primary in Florida shows that delays aren’t inevitable in a mail system. SENT: 620 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-WYOMING-WOMEN — Women are all but guaranteed to claim a majority of Wyoming’s congressional delegation for the first time after voters picked four — two Republicans and two Democrats — to compete for U.S. Senate and House seats in November. SENT: 720 words, photos.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-ISLAMIC STATE — The Justice Department notifies the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages. SENT: 840 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — India counted another record high of new coronavirus infections as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day. The 69,652 new cases pushed India’s total past 2.8 million, of which 2 million have recovered, the Health Ministry says. SENT: 590 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOL METRICS — As schools across the U.S. decide whether to reopen this fall, many are left wondering how to know if it’s safe. Public health experts say virus rates in the community should be low, but there’s little agreement on a specific threshold or even a measurement. SENT: 910 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LIVES-LOST-YEMEN DOCTOR — For five decades, Yassin Abdel-Wareth was one of a handful of epidemiologists in Yemen, hunting for disease outbreaks that are as endemic as armed conflicts in the Middle East’s poorest nation. He had seen cholera, malaria, Rift Valley fever and, in early June, he was worried about the new coronavirus. Weeks later, the 72-year-old doctor-turned-epidemiologist was dead from COVID-19. SENT: 990 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ONE-GOOD-THING-EVERYDAY-MUSEUM — Humble, everyday items like takeout leaflets and directions for attending a funeral offer surprisingly valuable glimpses into life during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the idea behind a project at the Historical Museum of Urahoro, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a town of just 4,500 residents that has no McDonald’s or movie theater. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-COLLEGES — President Donald Trump blasts universities that have canceled in-person classes amid coronavirus outbreaks, saying the move could ultimately cost lives rather than saving them. SENT: 630 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-NURSING-HOME-NUMBERS — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responds to an Associated Press report that his state’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes could be a significant undercount, saying it makes sense to include only those residents who died on the home’s property. SENT: 690 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — An aggressive push by Iowa’s pro-Trump governor to reopen schools amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak has descended into chaos, with some districts and teachers rebelling and experts calling the scientific benchmarks used by the state arbitrary and unsafe. The clash in the Midwest has illustrated in condensed form the tension between science and politics — and between economic concerns and health fears — that has characterized the nation’s response to the outbreak from the White House on down. SENT: 940 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GEORGIA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defended his administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in fiery remarks after a report from the White House coronavirus task force said Georgia led the nation last week in new cases per capita. SENT: 680 words, photos.
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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — Wildfires rage through Northern California, threatening thousands of homes and blackening the skies near San Francisco as crews struggled to surround them despite steep terrain and blistering heat. SENT: 840 words, photos. With CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES-UNHEALTHY AIR — California slammed by wildfires, heat, unhealthy smoky air (sent).
FLINT-WATER-SETTLEMENT — Michigan will pay $600 million to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators’ advice not to treat it properly, an attorney involved in the negotiations told The Associated Press. By Environmental Writer John Flesher. SENT: 560 words, photo.
GOLDEN STATE KILLER — Since death row isn’t an option for serial killer and rapist Joseph DeAngelo, his victims want him sent to the toughest possible prison in California to live in daily terror of other inmates. SENT: 560 words, photos.
BRIBERY-INVESTIGATION-OHIO — The former speaker of the Ohio House still can’t find a permanent lawyer to defend him against a charge related to an alleged $60 million bribery scheme and needs more time to hire one, according to a court filing. SENT: 510 words, photos.
SHOOTING-DEATH-POLICE-NEW-JERSEY — A student-led group is protesting the death of a 28-year-old black man shot by police after a traffic stop in New Jersey. They hope to bring wider attention to Maurice Gordon’s death. The Poughkeepsie, New York, resident was killed on May 23 in southern New Jersey after he was stopped for speeding. SENT: 430 words, photos.
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THAILAND-PROTESTS — Thai police arrest a rapper and four pro-democracy activists in a crackdown on growing protests that have emerged as the most serious threat to the government led by a former army general they accuse of incompetence and corruption. SENT: 720 words, photos.
NORTH-KOREA-PARTY-MEETING — North Korea will hold a rare ruling party congress in January where leader Kim Jong Un will announce a new five-year plan to develop the country’s dismal economy ravaged by U.S.-led sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, state media says. SENT: 560 words, photos.
HONG KONG-CHINA — The Hong Kong government condemns the U.S.’s decision to suspend bilateral extradition and tax exemption treaties with the semi-autonomous Chinese city, saying it was being used as a pawn in geopolitics. SENT: 530 words, photos.
MEXICO-JUNK-FOOD-BANS — As more states propose or approve bans on junk food sales to minors, Mexico is seeing the tide turn against high-calorie snacks that experts say have given the country one of the highest rates of childhood obesity and an unusually young coronavirus death toll. SENT: 740 words, photo.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Asian shares are slipping after sobriety set in on Wall Street, and the U.S. Federal Reserve minutes laid out challenges for the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 600 words, photos.
JAPAN-NISSAN-GHOSN — The case against former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn may have taken another turn as Japanese media report allegations that the automaker declared as expenses $10.8 million in his taxable personal income. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 340 words, photo.
FACEBOOK-QANON — Facebook says it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it, although the company isn’t banning it outright. SENT: 470 words, photo.
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NFL-LINEUP CONTINUITY — In the time of COVID-19, continuity could provide an edge for NFL teams that have it. Many clubs are incorporating several new players and implementing new systems on offense and defense following a virtual offseason. No team has as much stability as the defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers. By Football Writers Josh Dubow and Dave Campbell. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
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