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Adds AIRCRAFT-FUEL DUMP, ELECTION 2020-GENDER, ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-RACE, TRUMP-WAR POWERS-CONGRESS, EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, SPAIN-INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION, UNITED NATIONS-HUMAN RIGHTS-CHINA, US-CHINA-TRADE PACT SIGNING, PENN STATE-FOOTBALL-HAZING LAWSUIT, NIELSENS.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — Debate runs from 9-11 p.m.

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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — The House is expected to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the trial could start this week, but significant proceedings would launch next Tuesday. By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Mary Clare Jalonick and Laurie Kellman. SENT: 1,070 words, photos, video. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-THEN AND NOW — The Trump impeachment trial may look much like Bill Clinton's did 21 years ago. SENT: 910 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — New tension between the Democrats' progressive stars threatens to shake up the party's presidential nomination fight in the final debate before primary voting begins. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 830 words. UPCOMING: Developing from 9 p.m. debate, 990 words by 10 p.m., with continuing updates, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-FACT CHECK, ELECTION 2020-TAKEAWAYS — Missteps and highlights. UPCOMING: Developing from 9 p.m. debate, 600 words each by 11 p.m., photos.

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EUROPE-IRAN — Britain, France and Germany ratchet up pressure on Iran to stop violating its landmark nuclear deal in a last-ditch effort to resolve their differences through talks while also starting a process that could bring back punishing U.N. sanctions on Tehran. By Lorne Cook and David Rising. SENT: 900 words, photos. With IRAN-PLANE CRASH — Iran's judiciary says arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane. SENT: 730 words, photos.

AIRCRAFT-FUEL DUMP — Fuel dumped by an airliner making an emergency return to Los Angeles International Airport due to an engine problem falls onto three schools, officials say. Some 40 children and adults on the ground complain of minor injuries. By Stefanie Dazio. SENT: 370 words, photo, graphic. UPCOMING: Developing.

VATICAN MARRIED PRIESTS — Ever since Benedict XVI announced he would become the first pope in 600 years to resign, Catholic theologians, canon lawyers and others warned of the potential confusion in having two popes living side by side in the Vatican, one reigning, the other retired but calling himself “emeritus pope.” Their worst fears came true this week. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

PROHIBITION-100 YEARS — In this era of bottomless mimosas, craft beers and ever-present happy hours, it’s striking to recall that 100 years ago the United States imposed a nationwide ban on the production and sale of all types of alcohol. The Prohibition Era is now viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking, but there are several intriguing parallels in current times. By National Writer David Crary. SENT: 1,300 words, photos. With PROHIBITION-HEALTH — Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. SENT: 920 words, photos.

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HOMELESS-MOMS — Four homeless women who were ordered by a judge last week to leave a vacant house in Oakland are evicted before dawn by a group of heavily armed sheriff's deputies: SENT: 400 words.

CHAMPION LSU — LSU coach Ed Orgeron knows how special his national champion Tigers are. He knows how difficult it will be to move forward without so many players who were essential to their 15-0 season. SENT: 600 words, photos.

CHINESE-RESTAURANT-SYNDROME — A social media campaign backed by a Japanese seasonings company is targeting the persistent idea that Chinese food is packed with MSG and can make you sick. SENT: 800 words, photos.

NETHERLANDS-NIKKIETUTORIALS — Dutch YouTube celebrity Nikkie de Jager, whose makeup advice channel NikkieTutorials has millions of followers around the world, has come out as transgender, saying she took the decision to share her story after being blackmailed. SENT: 280 words.

SPRINGSTEEN'S SON-FIREFIGHTER — Bruce Springsteen shows up for his son's swearing-in as a firefighter in New Jersey. SENT: 100 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020-GENDER — The smoldering political flare-up between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders has thrust to the center of the Democratic presidential race an issue that has been gnawing at them for over three years: Can a woman beat Donald Trump? SENT: 1,130 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP’S FOCUS — Yes, there is impeachment, immigration, even Iran to worry about. But with the first votes of the Democratic primaries just weeks away, President Trump is focused on his re-election bid and viewing nearly every move through a 2020 lens. UPCOMING: 850 words by 4 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-RACE — Sen. Cory Booker’s decision to drop out of the 2020 race leaves only three people of color — Asian American entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Samoan American, and black former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick — still campaigning. And none of them qualified for Tuesday's debate. SENT: 830 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-BOOKER — Sen. Cory Booker says he is not making any immediate endorsement for president now that he has dropped out of the race. SENT: 300 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Trump holds an evening rally in Milwaukee, offering counterprogramming to Tuesday night’s Democratic debate. By Jill Colvin. UPCOMING: 700 words by 9 p.m., with continuing updates, photos, video.

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TRUMP-WAR POWERS-CONGRESS — A Democratic senator says he has at least 51 votes to support a bipartisan resolution asserting that President Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran. SENT: 530 words, photo.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT — The Equal Rights Amendment is continuing to advance in the Virginia Legislature, where its passage is all but certain. Nationally, the measure’s future remains in doubt. SENT: 300 words, photo.

SUPREME COURT-BRIDGEGATE — The Supreme Court seems skeptical of the convictions of two people involved in New Jersey's “Bridgegate” scandal where officials created a massive traffic jam as political payback. By Jessica Gresko. SENT: 540 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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BRITAIN-ROYAL RIFT-RACISM — As Prince Harry and wife Meghan step back as senior royals, a debate is raging about what role racism played in fueling the couple's discontent. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO — A volcano near the Philippine capital spews lava into the sky and trembles constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people flee villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. SENT: 840 words, photos.

EUROPE-BREXIT-FARAGE — Nigel Farage, the self-declared “pantomime villain” of Brexit, is leaving his favorite theater — the European Union's parliament in Strasbourg — this week with a sense of mission accomplished. SENT: 740 words, photos. With BRITAIN-BIG BEN — Will Big Ben bong for Brexit? SENT: 350 words, photos.

SPAIN-INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSION — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain kills one person and gravely injured at least six others, authorities say. SENT: 400 words, photos.

UNITED NATIONS-HUMAN RIGHTS-CHINA — The head of Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Chinese government has not only constructed “an Orwellian high-tech surveillance state” at home but is using its growing economic clout to silence critics abroad. SENT: 900 words, photo.

LEBANON-PROTESTS — Lebanese security forces fire volleys of tear gas at protesters who respond with rocks outside the country's central bank in pitched street battles that last for hours. SENT: 860 words, photos.

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ILLINOIS COLD CASE — A man who police suspect strangled a 16-year-old suburban Chicago girl in 1976 may have killed as many as a dozen young women and plotted to kill others before he died during a fatal knife attack on a teenage boy, a detective investigating the case says. SENT: 600 words, photos.

VOTER PURGE-WISCONSIN — A Wisconsin appeals court puts on hold an order to immediately remove up to 209,000 names from the state's voter registration rolls, handing Democrats who had fought the move a victory in the battleground state. SENT: 740 words, photos.

ST. LOUIS PROSECUTOR-LAWSUIT — One day after St. Louis’ top prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit alleging a concerted and racist conspiracy to push her out of office, other black female prosecutors from across the U.S. defend Kim Gardner, saying they’ve faced the same resistance in their own communities. SENT: 750 words. With ST. LOUIS PROSECUTOR-KKK ACT-Q&A — St. Louis prosecutor invokes 'Ku Klux Klan Act' in lawsuit. SENT: 470 words, photos.

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US-CHINA-TRADE PACT SIGNING — President Trump is sure to declare victory Wednesday when he signs a pact under which China is to buy more U.S. products. But the so-called Phase 1 agreement does little to force China to make the major economic reforms that the administration was seeking when it started the trade war. SENT: 900 words, photos. With TRUMP-US-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE — Senate Republicans plan vote on US-Mexico-Canada trade act. SENT: 250 words, photo.

MICROSOFT-NSA-SECURITY FLAW — The National Security Agency discovers a security flaw in Microsoft's Windows operating system and tips off the company so it can be fixed. SENT: 220 words.

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ASTROS-WHAT'S NEXT — The Houston Astros look to move on and figure out what's next after manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended by Major League Baseball and subsequently fired by team owner Jim Crane for the team's sign-stealing in 2017. UPCOMING: 700 words by 7 p.m., photos.

PENN STATE-FOOTBALL-HAZING LAWSUIT — A former Penn State football player claims in a lawsuit that Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates by imitating sexual acts in the shower and invoking Jerry Sandusky's name. SENT: 490 words, photos.

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NIELSENS — The “Jeopardy!” tournament matching the game show's three most accomplished and well-known players has proven to be a big hit for ABC, which clearly hopes the competition goes on as long as possible. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 540 words, photo.

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