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PORTLAND-PROTESTS — One person is shot and killed in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police say. It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by protesters in the city’s downtown. An Associated Press freelancer observed police medics working on the body of the victim, who appeared to be a white man. By Gillian Flaccus. SENT: 630 words, photos.
POLICE SHOOTING-WISCONSIN — With chants of “One person, one vote!” and “No justice, no peace!” a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Wisconsin courthouse to denounce police violence and share messages of change, a week after an officer shot Jacob Blake in the back and left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. By Stephen Groves and Amy Forliti. SENT: 890 words, photos. With TRUMP-POLICE-SHOOTING-WISCONSIN — President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back (sent).
VATICAN-THE-POPE-AND-THE-PANDEMIC — During the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis has been deprived of the crowds, foreign travel and visits to poor neighborhoods that have so defined his papacy. He resumes physical contact with his flock this week with revived Wednesday general audiences. But there’s no telling when or how more ambitious public gatherings and travel might return. What does all this mean for the 83-year-old globe-trotting pope and his ministry to the 1.2-billion-member Catholic Church? By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
LEBANON-BLAMING-HEZBOLLAH — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has come under unprecedented criticism in the wake of Beirut’s massive explosion. So far, no evidence has emerged of a direct Hezbollah role in the blast earlier this month that killed at least 180 people and wrecked thousands of homes. But the Iranian-backed Shiite force is the most powerful faction in Lebanon’s politics, and it and its allies formed the outgoing government. By Sarah El Deeb. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea has reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus as officials placed limits on dining at restaurants and closed fitness centers and after-school academies in the greater capital area to slow the spread of the virus. The 17th consecutive day of triple-digit increases brought the national caseload to 19,699, including 323 deaths. SENT: 470 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA — India registers a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases, the highest single-day spike in the world since the pandemic began, just as the government began easing restrictions to help the battered economy. The surge raises India’s tally to over 3.5 million, and came as the government announces the reopening of subway in capital New Delhi. SENT: 400 words, photos.
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ISRAEL-GAZA — Israel responds to explosive balloons with tank fire on Gaza. SENT: 310 words, photo.
CHINA-BUILDING COLLAPSE — Rescue efforts end at a two-story restaurant in a northern China village that collapsed during an 80th birthday celebration for a resident, leaving 29 dead, authorities say. SENT: 190 words, photos.
POLICE SHOOTING-WISCONSIN-ASU REPUBLICANS — Arizona student group slammed for raising money for gunman who fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin. SENT: 250 words, photo.
VENICE-FILM-FESTIVAL-PHOTO-GALLERY — Canals, carpets and kisses: Fun moments from Venice festival. SENT: 250 words, photos.
OBIT-JULIA-REED — Julia Reed, chronicler of Southern life and food, dies a 59. SENT: 290 words, photo.
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ELECTION-2020-BLACK VOTERS — Tears streamed down Brooke Moreland’s face as she watched tens of thousands gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to decry systemic racism and demand racial justice. But for the Indianapolis mother of three, the fiery speeches Friday at the commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom also gave way to one central message: Vote and demand change at the ballot box in November. “Every election is an opportunity, so how dare we not vote after our ancestors fought for us to be here?” By Kat Stafford. SENT: 1,020 words, photos. With ELECTION-2020-BIDEN — Biden, aiming at Trump, says he won’t use military as ‘prop’ (sent).
ELECTION SECURITY — The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers Saturday about the public’s right to know about foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election. President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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TROPICAL WEATHER — Families in coastal Louisiana are sifting through their destroyed homes and taking stock of their options after Hurricane Laura ripped through the area. Bradley Beard scoured the remains of his shattered home in the hard-hit community of Hackberry. Both his home and his daughter’s mobile home were destroyed by the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into the Gulf Coast on Thursday. Laura packed 150-mph winds and a destructive storm surge. Sixteen deaths in Louisiana and Texas have been attributed to the storm. By Nomaan Merchant. SENT: 780 words, photos, video. With TRUMP — Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip (sent).
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-CALIFORNIA-REPARATIONS — California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights and unrest following the latest shooting of a Black man by police. SENT: 390 words, photos.
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AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan’s president has appointed a council for national reconciliation, which will have final say on whether the government will sign a peace deal with the Taliban after what are expected to be protracted and uncertain negotiations with the insurgents. SENT: 780 words, photos.
MONTENEGRO-ELECTION — Voters in Montenegro cast ballots in a tense election that is pitting the long-ruling pro-Western party against the opposition seeking closer ties with Serbia and Russia. The parliamentary vote is marked by a dispute over a law on religious rights that is staunchly opposed by the influential Serbian Orthodox Church. SENT: 510 words, photos.
TAIWAN-CZECH-REPUBLIC — The president of the Czech Senate arrives in Taiwan on a visit that has drawn sharp criticism from China. Milos Vystrcil was accompanied by Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and more than 80 representatives from government, business and academia, lending Taiwan a boost in its efforts to resist the diplomatic isolation imposed by Beijing. SENT: 420 words, photo.
TURKEY-VICTORY DAY — Turkey marks the 98th anniversary of the decisive War of Independence battle against Greek forces as the threat of a new conflict with Athens looms in the eastern Mediterranean. SENT: 350 words.
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CYC--TOUR DE FRANCE — Delayed but alive again and out on French roads, the strangest Tour de France ever set off in a bubble of anti-COVID protocols to try to keep the 176 riders virus-free for three weeks of racing through the country’s worsening epidemic. Only after riders peeled off their face masks and pedaled off from the start in the Mediterranean city of Nice, serenaded by a uniformed band playing “La Marseillaise,” did the Tour begin to look like its old, pre-COVID self, immediately delivering thrills and spills as storms made the roads as slippy as ice. By Sports Writers John Leicester and Samuel Petrequin. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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