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ELECTION 2020-DNC — Joe Biden is poised to accept the Democratic presidential nomination in a moment that marks the climax of his party’s unorthodox 2020 national convention. It also marks the pinnacle of a political career that has spanned almost a half century. By Steve Peoples and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,040 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Developing from 9 p.m. event; Biden expected to speak after 10:30 p.m., 1,200 words by 11:30 p.m. With ELECTION 2020-DNC-TAKEAWAYS - Highlights of night four. UPCOMING: 990 words, photos by 10:30 p.m.; ELECTION 2020-DNC-THE LATEST (sent)
ELECTION 2020-DNC-BIDEN — When Joe Biden steps to the podium as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, he will offer himself to a wounded, meandering nation as a balm — and as a bridge. By Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,280 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from late evening speech, 1,300 words by midnight.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-TRUMP — President Donald Trump takes the fight for Pennsylvania to Joe Biden’s old backyard, insisting his Democratic rival would be the state’s “worst nightmare” if elected president. In a particularly in-your-face bit of campaign trolling, Trump stages a small rally just outside the former vice president’s birthplace in Scranton mere hours before Biden was to formally accept the Democratic nomination.. By Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 890 words, photos, video.
Find more coverage of the conventions and Election 2020 on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
TRUMP ADVISER-ARREST — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was pulled from a luxury yacht and arrested on allegations that he and three associates ripped off donors trying to fund a southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime. By Larry Neumeister, Colleen Long and Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, videos. With TRUMP ADVISER-ARREST-GLANCE — People in Trump’s orbit who have faced federal charges. UPCOMING: 990 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — More than two dozen major fires are scorching California and taxing the state’s firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through nearly 500 square miles of brushland, rural areas, canyon country and dense forest surrounding San Francisco. By Janie Har and Martha Mendoza. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. With SCIENCE-SAYS-WHY-CALIFORNIA-BURNS — Lots of factors make California burn so much, and people figure in many. SENT: 810 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — The coronavirus recession struck swiftly and violently. Now, with the U.S. economy still in the grip of the outbreak five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven — and painfully slow. The latest evidence came when the government reported that the number of workers applying for unemployment climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines. By Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 1,060 words, photos. With FINANCIAL MARKETS — Big technology companies powered more gains on Wall Street Thursday, even as most stocks fell following more discouraging data on the economy. SENT: 760 words, photos.
RUSSIA-NAVALNY — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, lay in a coma at a Siberian hospital, the victim of what his allies said appeared to be a poisoning engineered by the Kremlin. Navalny fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk. His spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, that he must have consumed poison in tea he drank at an airport cafe before boarding the plane. By Daria Litvinova. SENT: 1,300 words, photos. With RUSSIA-NAVALNY-POISONINGS — Toxic tea: Multiple Russians hit by suspected poisonings. SENT: 600 words, photos.
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RACIAL-INJUSTICE-STREET-NAMES — A street in New Orleans named for the former president of the Confederacy will be renamed to honor the longtime leader of a historically Black university. SENT: 310 words, photo.
TIGER-KING-ZOO — The Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary has closed after federal authorities investigated it for alleged maltreatment of animals and suspended its license. SENT: 280 words, photo.
PEOPLE-CAROL-BURNETT — Carol Burnett seeks to be guardian of teen grandson. SENT: 220 words, photo.
PEOPLE-MAX WEINBERG-PLANNING BOARD - Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the bandleader for Conan O’Brien’s Late Night and The Tonight Show, has been appointed to a local planning and zoning board in Delray Beach, Florida. SENT: 450 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-VOTING-POSTMASTER — Louis DeJoy, the embattled leader of the U.S. Postal Service, is the first postmaster general in nearly two decades who is not a career postal employee. His short tenure has been marred by controversial policies that have slowed mail deliveries across the country and raised fears of chaos in the presidential election. By Anthony Izaguirre and Brian Slodysko. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
ELECTION-2020-VOTING-BALLOT-DEADLINES — U.S. Postal Service warnings that it can’t guarantee mailed ballots will arrive on time have put a spotlight on the narrow time frames most states allow to request and return those ballots. SENT: 900 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-NEW YORK — New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 870 words, photos.
UNITED NATIONS-UNITED STATES-IRAN — The Trump administration formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, setting off an immediate confrontation with Russia and other Security Council members, including America’s European allies, who called the U.S. move illegal. By Matthew Lee and Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 970 words, photos, video.
TRUMP-TAXES — A federal judge cleared the way for Manhattan’s top prosecutor to get President Trump’s tax returns, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero’s decision to the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. SENT: 445 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-IRAQ — President Trump reaffirms his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq as quickly as possible as he meets with the prime minister of Iraq to discuss ways to confront Iranian aggression in the region and counter threats from Islamic State sleeper cells. By Deb Riechmann. SENT: 750 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-TAIWAN-FORCED LABOR — Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor prompt the U.S. to ban imports of fish from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that has supplied one of the largest tuna trading companies in the world and the new owner of Bumble Bea Seafoods. By Ben Fox. SENT: 820 words.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOMES — One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the Trump administration pledged to help, according to a study that finds facilities in areas hard-hit by COVID-19 also struggled to keep staff. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 800 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRLINES-CHILDREN-MASKS — Airlines are requiring passengers to wear masks, but recent incidents involving young children have put the carriers on the spot for how they enforce rules on face coverings. SENT: 580 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CASSIDY — Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing some symptoms of COVID-19. SENT: 420 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTH DAKOTA — South Dakota health officials warned that a number of people who attended the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down with COVID-19. Department of Health officials did not give an exact number of rallygoers who tested positive, but they said it was under 25. SENT: 420 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GRANDPARENT-HELPERS -- Gone, for now, are the days when retirees Bill and Mary Hill could do whatever they please. Since school started for their only grandchild, 8-year-old Will, they greet him at the gate of their residential community in suburban Phoenix. Sometimes, they roll up in their golf cart. As the school year gets under way for many kids with working parents, more grandparents have jumped into daily caregiver roles. SENT: 1,110 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-VIRAL-QUESTIONS-OFFICES — How will office life be different in a pandemic? The office you once knew is likely to look vastly different. To keep people a safe distance apart, companies are taking steps such as staggering shifts or having employees come in on alternating days. SENT: 270 words. photo.
Find more all-format coverage on the Virus Outbreak featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY — “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, are keeping silent as they await sentencing in the college admissions bribery case. The famous couple has not made any public statements since they were charged with paying half a million dollars to get their daughters into the University of Southern California, or surprisingly decided to plead guilty despite their lawyers’ repeated claims that they were innocent. SENT: 800 words, photo.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-ARIZONA-POLICE VIDEO — An advocacy group released what they say is previously unseen body camera footage showing Phoenix police mocking the religion of a Black Muslim man who later died in their custody. SENT: 640 words, photo.
FLINT WATER-SETTLEMENT — A $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and Flint residents who were harmed by lead-tainted water is a step toward making amends for a disaster that upended life in the poor, majority-Black city, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said. SENT: 830 words, photos. With FLINT-WATER-TIMELINE (sent).
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BELARUS-PROTESTS — Prosecutors in Belarus have opened a criminal investigation against opposition activists who set up a council to negotiate a democratic transition of power amid massive protests against official election results that extended the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian leader. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. With BELARUS-DISSIDENT OFFICIAL — A former culture minister and ambassador is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a transition of power amid massive protests challenging the the country’s authoritarian five-term president. SENT: 860 words, photos; BELARUS-STRIKING JOURNALISTS — In a new challenge to Belarus’ authoritarian ruler, hundreds of employees of state television have gone on strike amid a rising tide of protests calling for his resignation after a vote the opposition saw as rigged. SENT: 450 words, photos.
EMIRATES-ISRAEL-ANALYSIS -- A U.S.-brokered deal that saw Israel and the United Arab Emirates begin to open diplomatic ties may end up with Abu Dhabi purchasing advanced American weaponry. That could potentially upend both a longstanding Israeli military edge regionally and the balance of power with Iran. SENT: 1,025 words, photos.
MALI-CRISIS — Global leaders urged Mali’s ruling junta to release ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his prime minister, two days after a military coup that has sparked fears that Islamic extremists could once again gain ground amid the political upheaval. SENT: 790 words, photos.
TROPICAL WEATHER — Hurricane Genevieve weakened to a tropical storm after lashing Mexico’s Los Cabos tourist resorts with hurricane-force gusts and heavy rains. And two new tropical depressions formed in the Atlantic Basin — both on potential tracks toward the United States.. SENT: 500 words.
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MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOSPITAL AT HOME — As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to prevent its spread, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home. Across the U.S., “hospital at home” programs are taking off amid the pandemic, reducing strains on medical centers and easing patients’ fears. Communications technology, portable medical equipment and teams of doctors, nurses, X-ray techs and paramedics make this possible. SENT: 1,120 words, photos, video.
SCI--GREENLAND RECORD MELT — Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than four feet of water, a new study said. After two years when summer ice melt had been minimal, last summer shattered all records with 586 billion tons of ice melting, according to satellite measurements. SENT: 540 words, photos.
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CALIFORNIA-RIDE HAILING LAWSUIT — An appeals court has allowed ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to continue treating their drivers as independent contractors in California in a decision that will give the two companies a few more months to protect their business models in a key market. SENT: 710 words, photo.
VILLAGE VS. FACEBOOK — Facebook’s effort to build a landing site in a village on the Oregon coast for a fiber optic cable linking Asia and North America has run into serious trouble. First, a drill pipe snapped under the seabed. Workers left 1,100 feet of pipe, 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid, a drill tip and other materials under the seabed as they closed down the site, aiming to try again next year. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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FILM-AMC THEATER — After five months of being closed due to the coronavirus, the major movie theaters chains in the U.S. are starting to reopen. AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr visited the AMC Waterfront 22 in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh, on its opening day. SENT: 790 words, photos.
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BKN--NBA DRAFT LOTTERY — Golden State, Cleveland and Minnesota have the best chance of winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft lottery. The Warriors are locked into a top-five pick for a draft with a whole lot of uncertainty. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos. Lottery starts 8:30 p.m.
CAR--INDY 500-DESERTED STREETS — It sure doesn’t feel or sound like the Indianapolis 500. Campgrounds and parking lots are deserted. Grandstands are empty. And the pomp of Sunday’s race will be missing, too. The historic Brickyard is not the same. SENT: 890 words, photos.
GLF--NORTHERN TRUST — The FedEx Cup playoffs begin with The Northern Trust, featuring Tiger Woods, PGA champion Collin Morikawa and Justin Thomas among those at the TPC Boston. SENT: 710 words, photos.
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