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PRISON-HOMICIDE-TERRE-HAUTE — The killing of an inmate who was beaten to death at a federal lockup in Indiana is under investigation by the FBI, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press about an attack that revives questions about safety in the beleaguered federal prison system. By Jim Mustian. SENT: 570 words.
AP POLL-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ECONOMY — It’s the paradox of a pandemic that has crushed the U.S. economy: 12.9 million lost jobs and a dangerous rash of businesses closing, yet the personal finances of many Americans have remained strong — and in some ways have even improved. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 45% of Americans say they’re setting aside more money than usual. By Josh Boak and Emily Swanson. SENT: 970 words, photos, graphics.
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ELECTION 2020-RNC — The people closest to President Donald Trump -- his family -- star in the second night of the Republican National Convention as the GOP works to reintroduce the president to the American electorate 10 weeks before Election Day. By Steve Peoples, Michelle L. Price and Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, video, audio. UPCOMING: 900 words by 5 p.m., developing from events beginning at 8:30 p.m. Speakers include Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and first lady Melania Trump. With: ELECTION 2020-RNC-THE LATEST (sent), ELECTION 2020-RNC-TAKEAWAYS (upcoming)
ELECTION 2020-RNC-POMPEO — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to address the Republican convention to endorse President Donald Trump for a second term, ignoring his own warning to American diplomats not to take overt sides in the presidential campaign. By Matthew Lee. SENT: 1,120 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from evening remarks. With ELECTION 2020-RNC-MELANIA TRUMP — When Melania Trump addresses the RNC from the White House, it will be the most that many Americans have seen of their first lady since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 1,020 words. UPCOMING: Developing from evening remarks. ELECTION 2020-RNC-SANDMAN — A Kentucky teenager known for video of his interaction with a Native American man during dueling demonstrations at the Lincoln Memorial last year to speak at RNC. SENT: 400 words. UPCOMING: Developing from evening remarks.
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TROPICAL WEATHER — More than half a million people were ordered to evacuate the Gulf Coast as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam into Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland. By Rebecca Santana and Jeff Martin. SENT: 920 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. About 43,000 new cases have been reported daily over the past two weeks across the country, down 21 percent since early August, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. By Carla K. Johnson And Adam Geller. SENT: 500
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-FDA — Responding to an outcry from medical experts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn apologizes for overstating the life-saving benefits of treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. By Deb Riechmann and Matthew Perrone. SENT: 850 words, photos.
POLICE-SHOOTING-WISCONSIN — Jacob Blake, a Black man shot repeatedly by police, is paralyzed from the waist down and has “eight holes” in his body, his father says. The shooting in broad daylight in Kenosha, Wis., was captured on cellphone video that quickly spread on social media, igniting new protests over racial injustice in several U.S. cities. By Mike Householder and Scott Bauer. SENT: 1,070 words, photos, video. With RACIAL INJUSTICE-BODY CAMERAS — Officials in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have put off implementing body cameras for police officers, even though leaders unanimously endorsed them more than three years ago as a way to increase police accountability and collect evidence at scenes of domestic violence. By Ryan J. Foley. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOLS — With many schools still closed by the coronavirus pandemic, public and private alternatives are sprouting up across the nation to watch over children as they study. The programs are taking shape in somewhat unlikely places: a dance studio in Florida, a martial arts center in Missouri and libraries in San Francisco. The sites provide a lifeline for families that struggled through virtual learning last spring, but organizers acknowledge they are a poor substitute for schools with professional educators. SENT: 910 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — The British government is coming under renewed pressure to recommend that high school students in England should wear face masks, at least in communal areas such as hallways, after the advice in Scotland was changed. SENT: 650 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SPAIN — Under strain from Europe’s fastest-growing wave of coronavirus infections, the Spanish government cleared the way for more localized lockdowns Tuesday and deployed the military to bolster the country’s faltering attempts to trace infections. SENT: 690 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLOMBIA-VENTILATORS — The machine called the Heron looks like many other ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients. But this device costs about $4,000 — a fifth of the price of ventilators imported from China. And it’s made in Colombia. Local officials say the recently begun emergency deployment of the ventilators could save hundreds of lives and make Colombia a pioneer in low-cost equipment for COVID-19 patients. SENT: 840 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VENEZUELA-WORKING-FROM-HOME — Some Venezuelans have turned their homes and other spaces into makeshift take-out restaurants or shops as they struggle to get by during the coronavirus lockdown. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-STURGIS — The hundreds of thousands of bikers who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have departed western South Dakota, but public health departments in multiple states are trying to measure how much and how quickly the coronavirus spread in bars, tattoo shops and gatherings before people traveled home to nearly every state in the country. SENT: 860 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VIRAL-QUESTIONS-MOSQUITOES — Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus? While mosquitoes can spread some diseases, experts say COVID-19 is not among them. SENT: 170 words, graphics.
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BRITAIN-RULE BRITANNIA! — The BBC has ditched the lyrics of “Rule, Britannia!” for its traditional end-of-summer concert amid a debate over the song’s celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are reevaluating the nation’s colonial past. SENT: 680 words, photo.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-MISSISSIPPI FLAG — Mississippi is literally running some proposals up a flagpole as it searches for a new state banner. SENT: 320 words, photo.
SQUAW-VALLEY-NAME-CHANGE — California’s popular Squaw Valley Ski Resort will change its name because the word “squaw” is a derogatory term for Native American women. SENT: 260 words, photos.
OBIT-GAIL SHEEHY — Writer Gail Sheehy, author of ‘Passages,’ dies at 83. SENT: 930 words, photo.
SWEDEN-THUNBERG-BACK TO SCHOOL — Greta Thunberg returns to school in Sweden after year off. SENT: 210 words, photo.
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TRUMP-HOMELAND SECURITY — President Donald Trump nominates Chad Wolf, acting Homeland Security chief, to be the secretary, 10 days after a congressional watchdog said Wolf and another senior official were improperly appointed and ineligible to run the department. He’d require Senate confirmation. By Ben Fox. UPCOMING: 300 words by 3 p.m., photo.
FEDERAL EXECUTION — The only Native American man on federal death row is asking a judge to halt his execution until he receives a determination to his clemency petition from the Justice Department and President Donald Trump. By Michael Balsamo. SENT: 400 words. UPCOMING: Execution set for Wednesday, developments possible.
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY-FALWELL — Jerry Falwell Jr. says he has resigned as head of evangelical Liberty University because of ongoing controversies about his wife’s sexual involvement with a younger business partner and in the wake of a social media photo that caused an uproar. SENT: 900 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES-REDWOODS — Ancient redwoods at California’s oldest state park, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tallest living things on Earth, survived a massive wildfire that swept through last week. SENT: 480 words, photos. With CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES Crews hoping to keep momentum in California wildfire battles. SENT: 790 words, photos.
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-OTHER-COMMUNITIES — The racial reckoning in the United States spurred by the death of George Floyd has reinvigorated Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and other people of color to fight back against the racism and discrimination they also have experienced for decades. But the Black Lives Matter movement has also forced minority communities to come to terms with their own internal biases and the conflicts among them. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
GEORGE FLOYD-INVESTIGATION — Prosecutors have urged a Minnesota judge not to dismiss the charges against one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd, saying Tou Thao pushed back a crowd of concerned bystanders and prevented them from intervening as the other officers pinned Floyd to the ground. SENT: 420 words, photos.
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UNITED STATES-IRAN — The president of the U.N. Security Council has rejected the Trump administration’s demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran, a move that drew an angry rebuke from the U.S. ambassador who accused opponents of supporting “terrorists.” By Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 520 words. UPCOMING: Developing.
RUSSIA-NAVALNY — The Kremlin brushed off allegations that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma in a German hospital, was poisoned and said there have been no grounds for a criminal investigation so far because the politician’s condition may have been triggered by other causes. The insistence came a day after German doctors said tests indicated that he was poisoned and elicited outrage from Navalny’s allies. SENT: 910 words, photos.
LEBANON-IMPERVIOUS-TO-CHANGE — Three weeks after a catastrophic explosion ripped through Beirut, killing nearly 200 people and rendering thousands homeless, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight. Instead, activists say they are back to square one. The same politicians whose corruption and negligence the public blames for the disaster are negotiating among themselves over forming a new government. By Samya Kullab. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
POLIO-DECLARATION — Health authorities have declared the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks of the paralyzing disease in more than a dozen countries. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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AIRLINES-JOBS — American Airlines says it will cut more than 40,000 jobs, including 19,000 through furloughs and layoffs, in October as it struggles with a sharp downturn in travel because of the pandemic. SENT: 710 words, photos.
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FILM-Q&A-BRING-IT-ON-ANNIVERSARY — The teen cheerleading comedy “Bring It On” has been defying expectations for 20 years. Not only was the Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union competitive cheerleading satire a hit of its time making $90 million on a $10 million budget, but two decades later is just as relevant as ever for its prescient themes and young fans, By Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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FBC--AP PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM — Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and Oregon tackle Penei Sewell are among 11 players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America first-team team who will not be playing this fall. Voters considered all Division I players, even those who had already opted out of the season or whose teams had postponed football. The results show just how much star power will be missing from this pandemic-altered college football season. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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