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NAVY SEAL-SEXUAL-ASSAULT — A former U.S. Navy sailor who was attached to a U.S. Navy SEAL platoon says the 2019 deployment to Iraq was marred by drinking and sexual misconduct. Colleen Grace is the first to give an in-depth view of what led up to an entire SEAL platoon being withdrawn from Iraq following a Fourth of July barbecue and the sexual assault of a sailor. By James Laporta and Julie Watson. SENT: 3,010 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.
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ELECTION 2020-DNC — Joe Biden vows to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt as he accepts the Democratic presidential nomination. Contrasting himself with President Donald Trump, he declares, “I’ll be an ally of the light, not the darkness.” By Steve Peoples and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,260 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-DNC-TAKEAWAYS — Biden needed an eloquent, emotional, clear speech, and he delivered. SENT: 1,300 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-ANALYSIS — Joe Biden is banking on a belief that the United States is less partisan and more open to compromise than it often appears on social media or cable television panels. That voters are seeking decency over ideology, a reset over a revolution. That after four years of President Donald Trump’s administration, what matters most to Democrats is winning. Any AP News Analysis by Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace. SENT: 890 words, photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-POSTAL SERVICE — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to testify about disruptions in mail delivery. A Senate committee is expected to dig into changes in postal operations being made ahead of the November election, just as millions of Americans are expected to rely on mail-in ballots during the pandemic. By Lisa Mascaro and Anthony Izaguirre. SENT: 800 words, photo. UPCOMING: 990 words after 9 a.m. hearing.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-FOOD TRUCKS-SUBURBS — Food trucks have long been seen as an urban treasure but are now being saved by the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic. No longer able to depend on bustling city centers, these small businesses on wheels are venturing out to where people are working and spending most of their time — home. By Sally Ho. SENT: 960 words, photos.
BELARUS-PROTESTS — Belarus’ authorities detain a leader of striking factory workers, raising pressure on the opposition amid massive protests against official election results that extended the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian president. By Yuras Karmanau. With BELARUS-TELEGRAM — ‘Telegram revolution’: App helps drive Belarus protests (sent).
COLLEGE-ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY — More than a year after “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were charged with paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California, the famous couple appears headed for prison. By Alanna Durkin Richer. SENT: 780 words, photo.
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PORTLAND-PROTESTS — Demonstrators returned to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, for a second consecutive night and faced off with law enforcement. SENT: 170 words, photos.
TRUMP-GOODYEAR — The CEO of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. says that it will allow employees to wear attire supporting law enforcement, though it will continue to ask them not to express support for any political candidates while on the job. SENT: 310 words, photo.
INDIA-ELECTRICITY-PLANT-FIRE — Rescuers in southern India are searching for nine workers feared trapped in a fire that erupted in a government-run underground electricity plant, an official says. SENT: 130 words, photo.
DELTA-MASK-BAN — A former Navy SEAL who has said he killed Osama bin Laden has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight. SENT: 230 words.
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KAMALA-HARRIS-BIRACIAL — Kamala Harris’ historic nomination for U.S. vice president on the Democratic ticket is challenging multicultural, race-obsessed America’s emphasis on labels. While her Indian and Jamaican heritage represents several slices of the minority experience in America, many have puzzled over how to define her. And that in turn has prompted people of multiracial backgrounds to think about how they define themselves. SENT: 1,100 words, photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-DNC-BIDEN-STUTTER — In a moving speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, a 13-year-old boy told the nation how Joe Biden helped him overcome his stutter. Brayden Harrington, of Concord, New Hampshire, described meeting Biden this year and getting tips on speaking without a stutter. SENT: 460 words, photos.
ELECTION-2020-DNC-LOUIS-DREYFUS — The star of “Veep” brought some bite to her role at the Democrats’ virtual convention. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the celebrity host for the convention’s final night, took some pointed shots at President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. “I’m proud to be a nasty, nasty woman,” said the 11-time Emmy winner. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 340 words, photos.
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TRUMP-INVESTIGATIONS — If the recent firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was intended to quell criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s close associates, as some have accused, federal prosecutors in New York appear to have missed the memo. The arrest of Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, served as a stark reminder that no one who has been within the president’s inner circle is automatically immune from federal scrutiny. SENT: 710 words, photos,
TRUMP-BROTHER — The White House will serve as a place of mourning for President Donald Trump and his family, with a private memorial service for the president’s younger brother, Robert, who died last week at 71. By Kevin Freking. SENT: 560 words, photo. UPCOMING: 600 words after morning service, timing uncertain.
ELECTION-2020-WISCONSIN-KANYE-WEST — Wisconsin election officials decide to keep rapper Kanye West off the battleground state’s presidential ballot in November because his campaign turned his nomination papers moments after the deadline. SENT: 620 words, photo.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-WWII-SURRENDER-VETERANS — Several dozen aging U.S. veterans, including some who were in Tokyo Bay as swarms of warplanes buzzed overhead and nations converged to end World War II, will gather on a battleship in Pearl Harbor next month to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, even if it means the vulnerable group may be risking their lives again amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea added its most new virus cases in months, driven by a surge around the capital that appears to be spreading nationwide. The 324 new infections is its highest single day total since early March and the eighth consecutive triple-digit daily increase. SENT: 900 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GERMANY-SCHOOLS — At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers have become infected with the coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital. SENT: 560 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — Lebanon begins a two-week partial lockdown and nighttime curfew after coronavirus cases increased sharply following an explosion in Beirut that killed and injured thousands of people. SENT: 510 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-PAPUA NEW GUINEA — Papua New Guinea prevents the arrival of a flight carrying Chinese workers after a Chinese mining company claimed to have immunized employees against COVID-19 in an apparent vaccination trial, authorities say. The Pacific nation’s pandemic response controller David Manning banned COVID-19 vaccine testing or trials after Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Ltd. claimed to have vaccinated 48 Chinese employees. SENT: 520 words.
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GOLDEN STATE KILLER — A former police officer once sworn to protect the public faces multiple consecutive life prison sentences after he was ultimately unmasked as the mysterious Golden State Killer who eluded his fellow investigators for four decades. SENT: 680 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES — Wildfires that blackened skies, took at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes were blazing through California on Thursday, straining firefighting resources by the sheer vastness of the battle lines. By Janie Har and Martha Mendoza. SENT: 990 words, photos.
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-SOUTH-CAROLINA — Some recent standouts in University of South Carolina athletics are asking the school to change the name of its showpiece fitness center, arguing that the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond shouldn’t be honored in such a way due to the segregationist views he once held. SENT: 730 words, photos.
LAWMAKER-CHARGED-NORTH-CAROLINA — A Republican who played a prominent role in drawing North Carolina districts that were declared gerrymanders by courts resigned Thursday from the state House after being accused of federal fraud and tax violations. SENT: 680 words, photos.
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RUSSIA-NAVALNY — Family and allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who remains in a coma in a Siberian hospital, were fighting for his transfer to a German clinic as local doctors insisted the politician is too unstable to be medevaced and refuse to give authorization for the transfer. SENT: 630 words, photos.
ISRAEL-GAZA — Palestinian militants fired 12 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight, nine of which were intercepted, and Israel responded with three airstrikes on targets linked to the territory’s militant Hamas rulers, the Israeli military says. SENT: 370 words, photos.
IRAN-US — Iran’s foreign minister in a letter to the U.N. Security Council says the U.S. has no right to demand the restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran, the Foreign Ministry’s website says. SENT: 400 words, photos.
MEXICO-CORRUPTION — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s insistence on a public airing of a rapidly widening corruption scandal could complicate the investigation, and it is drawing questions about whether he would be doing this if the accusations were against his own supporters rather than opposition figures. SENT: 960 words, photos. With MEXICO-CORRUPTION-ALLEGATIONS — Mexico graft case: Ferrari for the president, bags of cash (sent).
TROPICAL WEATHER — Two newly formed tropical depressions at opposite ends of the Caribbean are expected to become tropical storms, with forecasters projecting potential tracks for both that could take them toward the United States, possibly as hurricanes. SENT: 460 words, photos.
SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Philippine government files a diplomatic protest after Chinese forces seized fishing equipment set up by Filipinos in a disputed shoal in their latest territorial spat in the South China Sea. SENT: 400 words, photos.
BREXIT — The European Union and Britain remain deadlocked in their talks on trade ties after Brexit, with EU negotiator Michel Barnier saying that any chance of a deal seemed to be slipping away. SENT: 330 words, photos.
ISRAEL-MASKED BODYBUILDERS-PHOTO ESSAY — Wearing face masks and not much else, dozens of Israeli bodybuilders greased up their bodies as they prepared to flex their muscles under the scorching Mediterranean sun to compete for the title of Mr. Israel and other categories. SENT: 270 words, photos.
LIBYA — Libya’s U.N.-supported government announces a cease-fire across the country and called for demilitarizing the contested strategic city of Sirte, which is controlled by rival forces. SENT: 180 words.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Global shares were mostly higher on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remained about long-term economic damage from the pandemic. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 400 words, photos.
UBER-HACK-CHARGES — A former Uber executive is charged in federal court on allegations that he arranged to pay hackers $100,000 to cover up a high-tech heist that stole the personal information about 57 million of the ride-hailing service’s users and drivers during 2016. SENT: 670 words, photo.
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MEGAN-THEE-STALLION-SHOOTING — More than a month after she was shot in the feet after a party in the Hollywood Hills, Megan Thee Stallion says for the first time that fellow hip-hop star Tory Lanez was the person who pulled the trigger. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 450 words, photo.
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INDY 500-HINCHTOWN — James Hinchcliffe is back at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he nearly lost his life in a horrific practice crash for the Indy 500 only to return the following year and lord over the 33-car field by winning the pole. He’s in the third race of a three-race deal to drive for Andretti Autosport, a side gig along with broadcasting duties for NBC after losing his full-time ride following last season. Hinchcliffe has his eye on another full-time ride next season, and he knows a win on Sunday would probably lock up on of those coveted seats. By Dave Skretta. SENT: 900 words, photos.
NBA DRAFT LOTTERY — The NBA draft lottery was delayed three months. The Minnesota Timberwolves are certainly feeling like the wait was worthwhile. The Timberwolves won the lottery on Thursday night, giving them the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft. The lottery was conducted virtually because of the pandemic, with NBA officials conducting the actual draw in Secaucus, New Jersey. Golden State holds the No. 2 pick, Charlotte got the No. 3 pick and Chicago will pick fourth. The Hornets and Bulls both bucked the odds to move into the upper echelon. By Tim Reynolds. SENT: 765 words, photos.
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