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AP POLL-VIRUS OUTBREAK-REOPENING — Support for measures that slowed COVID-19’s spread has declined from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, amid fears from experts that complacency could be spurring new cases, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. Still, many Americans never fully embraced the reopening effort now underway in many states. By Kevin Freking and Hannah Fingerhut. SENT: 970 words, photos, graphics.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL — The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona and the governor of Texas began to backtrack after making one of the most aggressive pushes in the nation to reopen, as the daily number of confirmed cases across the U.S. closed in on the peak reached during the dark days of late April. While greatly expanded testing probably accounts for some of the increase, experts say other measures indicate the virus is making a comeback. By Jennifer Peltz and Carla K. Johnson. SENT: 950 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP -- U.S. officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it first arrived in the United States, with millions never knowing they had it. The news comes as the Trump administration works to tamp down nationwide concern about the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when about a dozen states are seeing worrisome increases in cases. By Zeke Miller and Marilynn Marchione. SENT: 1,240 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 — As President Donald Trump visits a Wisconsin shipyard to emphasize job growth and reviving an economy hammered by the coronavirus, Joe Biden spends Thursday in Pennsylvania warning “there are no miracles coming” to help the nation beat back the deadly pandemic. By Will Weissert and Marc Levy. SENT: 1,020 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — Trump tries to make the case that his “aptitude for manufacturing” has helped bolster the economy. SENT: 890 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Developing from 9 p.m. town hall, 850 words by 11 p.m.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-TESTING LAG — As part of the plan to restart its season, the NBA is preparing to test players, coaches and others for the coronavirus each night inside a basketball bubble in Orlando, Florida. Test results will come back the next morning, before that day’s schedule of practices and games begins. That sort of rapid turn-around is the gold standard for tracking a disease that continues to spread with alarming speed, yet an Associated Press survey of selected U.S. states shows it is rarely met even as testing capacity has increased. By Christina A. Cassidy. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK-TELEPHONE CARE —Worries about coronavirus exposure have pushed some patients into relying on audio-only telephone calls for their care, even as technology and changes in government regulations make video telemedicine easier. Doctors say some of their older and poorer patients lack a fast internet connection, smartphone or computer, which are essential elements for video visits. Doctors say they are doing more care over the telephone than they ever have, but they see these visits as a last resort. By Regina Garcia Cano and Tom Murphy. SENT: 910 words, photos.
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RACIAL INJUSTICE-LAW ENFORCEMENT — As calls for police reform swell across America, officers say they feel caught in the middle: vilified by the left as violent racists, fatally ambushed by extremists on the right seeking to sow discord and scapegoated by lawmakers who share responsibility for the state of the criminal justice system. By Colleen Long and Michael Balsamo. SENT: 1,070 words, photos by 3 p.m.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MEAT-PLANTS-LAWSUIT — The families of three workers who died after contracting the coronavirus in an Iowa meat plant outbreak sued Tyson Foods and its top executives, saying the company knowingly put employees at risk and lied to keep them on the job. SENT: 740 words.
MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK-HIGH RISK — The nation’s top public health agency revamped its list of which Americans are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 illness, adding pregnant women and removing age alone as a factor. By Mike Stobbe. SENT: 790 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHISTLEBLOWER — A government whistleblower ousted from a top scientific job alleges that the Trump administration is intensifying its campaign to punish him for revealing shortcomings in the U.S. coronavirus response. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 560 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RELIEF CHECKS-DECEASED — Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog reports. By Marcy Gordon. SENT: 700 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MISSING CAMP -- For millions of kids in the U.S., late June has been a time they wait for all year long — the start of summer camp. But this year most overnight summer camps are canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. For those who love camp it’s yet another childhood milestone missed. SENT: 985 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-MOVIE THEATERS -- Movie theaters have been closed throughout the country since mid-March, and AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr had been away from the silver screen for almost 100 days. Now that some are beginning to reopen, Bahr cautiously went back to the movies in her childhood hometown for a screening of “The Goonies.” Everywhere there were reminders that this is not regular moviegoing. SENT: 630 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-RUNNING FOR GRANDMA -- As his “Nana” battled COVID-19, endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni ran 218 miles from Washington, D.C., to her nursing home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to lift her spirits. Cappelloni arrived June 19 to balloons and cheers by the facility’s workers. Ruth Andres, 98, peered from her fourth-floor window as he gave her words of encouragement by cellphone. SENT: 650 words, photos, video.
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RACIAL-INJUSTICE-ELIJAH-MCCLAIN — Colorado’s governor appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police who stopped him on the street in suburban Denver last year. SENT: 460 words, photos. With RACIAL-INJUSTICE-ELIJAH-MCCLAIN-Q&A (sent)
GEORGE FLOYD-MINNEAPOLIS POLICE — Funding for a key Minneapolis Police Department accountability initiative after the death of George Floyd has fallen through, officials confirmed, meaning potential delays as the city scrambles to find another source for the money. SENT: 610 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-CONGRESS —Democrats in the House are set to vote on a far-reaching policing overhaul. It’s a moment heavy with emotion and symbolism after the collapse of a Senate GOP effort to address the global outcry over the deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans. By Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 840 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Evening House vote expected, 900 words by 10 p.m.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-KENTUCKY IMPATIENCE — The outcry has reverberated for weeks online and at demonstrations nationwide: Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor. But three months after plainclothes detectives serving a warrant busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment and shot the 26-year-old Black woman to death, only one of the three officers who opened fire has lost his job. No one is facing criminal charges. SENT: 730 words, photos. With RACIAL INJUSTICE-KENTUCKY — Kentucky capitol rally urges action in Breonna Taylor death. SENT: 420 words, photos.
AP-US--RACIAL INJUSTICE-TWO MADISONS —Demonstrators protesting a Black man’s arrest in the Wisconsin capital say they pulled down two statues with no ties to racist history because the sculptures send a false message that the state and the city have achieved racial equity. In reality, Madison remains as deeply segregated and troubled by racial disparities as any other American city. SENT: 950 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-CONFEDERATE FLAG-MISSISSIPPI — University coaches and Christian ministers filled the Mississippi Capitol, urging legislators to seize the moment and remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag while Americans are reckoning with difficult discussions about race and history. SENT: 720 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-REMOVING HATE TATTOOS -- A Vermont tattoo artist is offering a free service to people who want to remove or cover hateful skin art. Since the death of George Floyd, he has been getting so many requests he’s looking for an office manager to schedule his appointments. SENT: 700 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-EMANCIPATION STATUE — Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through a fresh lens. SENT: 540 words, photos.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY-NEW YORK -- Moving swiftly amid a global furor over police misconduct, New York City prosecutors filed criminal charges against a police officer caught on video putting a Black man in what they said was a banned chokehold, causing him to appear to lose consciousness. SENT: 500 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-DISNEY RIDE — Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride over its ties to “Song of the South,” the 1946 movie many view as racist, Disney officials said it was recasting the ride based on “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 Disney film with an African American female lead. SENT: 410 words, photos.
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MUSIC-DIXIE CHICKS — Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. SENT: 320 words, photos.
JEFFREY EPSTEIN-VICTIM COMPENSATION — Fund of up to $630 million for Jeffrey Epstein victims opens. SENT: 640 words, photos.
CHUCK E CHEESE-BANKRUPTCY — Chuck E. Cheese - where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches - is filing for bankruptcy protection. SENT: 560 words, photo.
TANZANIA-MINER TO MILLIONAIRE -- A miner in Tanzania becomes an overnight millionaire after unearthing two of the biggest rough tanzanite gemstones ever found. SENT: 175 words, photos.
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SUPREME COURT-IMMIGRATION ASYLUM — The Supreme Court strengthens the Trump administration’s ability to deport people seeking asylum without allowing them to make their case to a federal judge. Immigration experts suggest the administration will use the court’s sweeping language to bolster broader efforts to restrict asylum. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 670 words, photo.
TRUMP-FOURTH OF JULY -- Government watchdogs say President Trump’s Fourth of July gala in the nation’s capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations. Trump’s desire to have Department of Defense military vehicles participate helped drive up the cost at a gala that went beyond the traditional concert and fireworks of years past. By Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 540 words, photo.
TRUMP-BOOK — A New York City judge dismisses a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece. SENT: 430 words, photo.
CONGRESS-HONG KONG — In a bipartisan rebuke of China, the U.S. Senate unanimously approves a bill to impose sanctions on business and groups — including the police — that undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy or restrict freedoms promised to Hong Kong residents. SENT: 570 words, photos.
CYBERCOM-VIRTUAL WAR GAME — A top U.S. military cyber official says foreign hackers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to undermine institutions and threaten critical infrastructure. SENT: 380 words, photo.
CONGRESS-MANHATTAN-FEDERAL PROSECUTOR — President Trump’s pick to be the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan won’t say whether he would withdraw from overseeing matters related to Trump. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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KOREAS-WAR ANNIVERSARY — North and South Korea separately marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War with largely subdued commemorations amid the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the North abruptly halted a pressure campaign against the South. SENT: 850 words, photos.
IRAN-TELEVISED CONFESSIONS — Iranian state television has broadcast the suspected coerced confessions of at least 355 people over the last decade to both suppress dissent and frighten activists in the Islamic Republic on behalf of security services, a report says. SENT: 820 words, photos.
RUSSIA-VOTE — Polls open in Russia for a weeklong vote on constitutional changes that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. SENT: 535 words, photos.
EGYPT-EDITOR ARRESTED — A leading media watchdog group condemned the arrest of an editor of one of Egypt’s few remaining independent news outlets and urged authorities to immediately release her and drop all charges. SENT: 390 words.
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LGBTQ PRIDE-50 YEARS -- The coronavirus pandemic and calls for racial equality have changed the very nature of this year’s 50th anniversary LGBTQ Pride events. Activists and organizers plan to uplift the people of color already among them and make Black Lives Matter the centerpiece of Global Pride events that will stream online. SENT: 770 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS — The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely fell last week, and the reopening of small businesses has leveled off — evidence that the job market’s gains may have stalled just as a surge in coronavirus cases is endangering an economic recovery. By Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 1,130 words, photos. With ECONOMY-GDP — U.S. GDP fell at 5.0% rate in Q1; worse is likely on the way. SENT: 660 words, photos.
FINANCIAL MARKETS — Financial companies led stocks broadly higher on Wall Street as traders welcomed news that the Federal Reserve and other regulators are removing some limits on the ability of banks to make investments. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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RACIAL INJUSTICE-ANTEBELLUM FILM — Filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz planned to release their feature-length debut film, “Antebellum,” in the spring, just as the coronavirus pandemic exploded internationally. Now, their psychological thriller about a Black woman who finds herself trapped in a pre-abolition past will be released amid protests over systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S.. SENT: 1,125 words, photos.
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SOC-CHAMPION-LIVERPOOL — The 30-year wait is over. Liverpool is champion of England again. Liverpool clinched its first league title since 1990 on Thursday, ending an agonizing title drought without the players even having to take the field. Instead, the Premier League crown was secured when Chelsea beat second-place Manchester City 2-1, a result that means City can no longer catch Liverpool with seven games remaining. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
BBO—DOWN TIME —Major leaguers are finally on track to begin the virus-abbreviated 2020 season. The hiatus has provided a welcomed dose of extra family time. But the idling for players used to being on the diamond daily has also created an antsy feeling around the sport. SENT: 840 words, photos.
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