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BET AWARDS — Developing from 8 p.m. show.
Adds: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY-BANKRUPTCY, GEORGE FLOYD-MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE-POLICY CHANGES, VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY REQUIEM.
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TRUMP — President Donald Trump tweets approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist term associated with white supremacists. He later deletes the tweet after the Senate’s lone Black Republican called it “indefensible.” The White House isn’t saying whether Trump condemns the supporter’s comment. By Zeke Miller. SENT: 400 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL — The world has surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones -- 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases -- and hit another high mark for daily new infections as governments that attempted reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse news could be yet to come. By Nicole Winfield and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 1,210 words, photos. WITH: VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.
MED-VIRUS OUTBREAK — People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- and maybe offer a reality check. By Lauran Neergaard. SENT: 1,150 words, photo.
Find more coverage of the Virus Outbreak in AP Newsroom.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-CONFEDERATE FLAG-MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi legislators are working to change the state flag by removing a Confederate battle emblem that’s broadly condemned as racist. The House passed a bill 91-23 with broad bipartisan support, sending it to the Senate for more debate. By Emily Wagster Pettus. SENT: 510 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
REL--RACIAL INJUSTICE-MUSLIMS — Many Muslims in the U.S. have joined racial justice rallies across the country following George Floyd’s death, and denounced racism in sermons, statements and webinars. American Muslims, Black and non-Black, are also having raw conversations as they grapple with questions of racial equity, tensions and representation in their own faith communities. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
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POLAND PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION — Poles voted in a presidential election that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and was taking place amid deep cultural and political divisions in the European Union nation. President Andrzej Duda, a 48-year-old conservative backed by the nationalist ruling Law and Justice party, was running against 10 other candidates as he sought a second 5-year term. Whether Duda wins or not will determine whether the ruling party keeps its near-monopoly on political power in Poland. By Vanessa Gera. SENT: 700 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-RUSSIA — President Donald Trump denies he’d been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan, and he appears to minimize the allegations against Moscow. By Zeke Miller and Lynn Berry. SENT: 630 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHILD ABUSE — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of stress, many child-welfare experts warned of a likely surge of child abuse. Fifteen weeks later, the worries persist. Yet some experts on the front lines, including pediatricians who helped sound the alarm, say they have seen no evidence of a marked increase. SENT: 860 words, photo. This is the Monday Spotlight.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA-SUFFERING WOMEN — The COVID-19 pandemic means that millions of women in Africa and other developing regions could lose years of success in contributing to household incomes, asserting their independence and expanding financial inclusion. Often they are paid at the end of each day, a hand-to-mouth existence that has consequences for the whole family when business is bleak. By Rodney Muhumuza. SENT: 880 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COURT TRANSPARENCY — Courtrooms that halted most of their proceedings because of the coronavirus outbreak are facing a difficult challenge as they try to resume work. Members of the public and relatives of defendants have sometimes been turned away because of safety precautions. Others have had difficulty gaining permission so they can watch video feeds. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — Britain’s government is considering a lockdown for the central English city of Leicester amid a spike of COVID-19 cases — the first time that a single U.K. area would face such an extreme measure during the pandemic. SENT: 480 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Sri Lanka’s government lifted a curfew imposed to contain the spreading of the coronavirus. SENT: 590 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY REQUIEM — Italy has bid farewell to its coronavirus dead with a haunting Requiem concert performed at the entrance to the cemetery of Bergamo, the hardest-hit province in the onetime epicenter of the outbreak in Europe. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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RACIAL INJUSTICE-NATION’S CAPITAL — Muriel Bowser’s national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation’s capital into the 51st state. Now, Washington’s mayor must pull off a public juggling act as the city budget becomes a battleground for the country’s debate on overhauling law enforcement. By Ashraf Khalil. SENT: 980 words, photos.
GEORGE FLOYD-MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE-POLICY CHANGES — The Minneapolis police chief and mayor on Sunday began their push for sweeping policy changes with a new rule that prevents officers involved in using deadly force from reviewing body camera footage before completing an initial police report. SENT: 420 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-KENTUCKY — Police in Kentucky identified a man who was fatally shot amid a protest over the killing of Breonna Taylor. Tyler Charles Gerth, 27, of Louisville, died of a gunshot wound Saturday night, the Jefferson County coroner’s office said in a news release. SENT: 440 words, photo.
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BRITAIN-ROLLING STONES-TRUMP — Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs. SENT: 410 words, photo.
GLOBAL CITIZEN — World leaders, stars unite at event aimed at fighting virus. SENT: 400 words, photos.
MANSION FIRE-INVESTIGATION — Prosecutors say a woman burned her home down in attempt to destroy documents. SENT: 310 words.
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TRUMP-ELECTION FRAUD — President Donald Trump is escalating his efforts to delegitimize that vote with Election Day just months away. He’s made a startling and unfounded claim that 2020 will be “the most corrupt election in the history of our country.” It’s a well-worn tactic for Trump, who spent much of 2016 going after the very process that ultimately put him in the White House. Historians say such rhetoric from a sitting president is unprecedented. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-ELECTION 2020 — The reenergized movement against racial inequality and police brutality following the death of George Floyd has amplified the voices of Black candidates. Democrats say the protests and other mobilization have brought a boost in fundraising and other engagement for candidates in some more competitive contests and could help the party flip some Republican-held districts in November. SENT: 950 words, photos.
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GOLDEN STATE KILLER — Forty years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators later realized were a series of linked assaults and slayings, a 74-year-old former police officer is expected to plead guilty Monday to being the elusive Golden State Killer. SENT: 910 words, photos. WITH: GOLDEN STATE KILLER-GLANCE.
DISTRIBUTION-CENTER-SHOOTING — A man who drove into a Walmart distribution center in Northern California and went on a shooting rampage that left him and another man dead, and four others wounded, was fired from his job at the center last year, authorities said. SENT: 460 words, photos.
PRIDE PARADE-NEW YORK — There will be protest, and rainbow flags and performances — it is LGBTQ Pride, after all. But what is normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City is going to look a little different this year, thanks to social distancing rules required by the coronavirus. SENT: 570 words, photos. WITH: TAIWAN-GAY PRIDE PARADE — Taiwan holds LGBT pride parade despite coronavirus. SENT: 250 words, photos.
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FRANCE-ELECTION — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has declared victory in her fight to win reelection in the French capital, which will allow her to oversee the 2024 Summer Olympics. SENT: 710 words, photos.
POLAND-PRESIDENTIAL-ELECTION — Poland’s conservative president, Andrzej Duda, was the frontrunner in Sunday’s election, but fell short of the needed 50% of votes to win in a first round, according to the projection of an exit poll. The results, if confirmed, pave the way for what is building into a very tight race in a runoff on July 12 that will most likely pit the populist incumbent against the centrist Warsaw mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, who was in second place. SENT: 890 words, photo.
AP INTERVIEW-IRAN-US — An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from “becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and terrorist organizations around the world,” the U.S. special representative to Iran said. SENT: 840 words, photo.
ISRAEL PROTESTS — A court ordered the release of a former Air Force general and leading critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from jail, a day after hundreds of people protested outside the Israeli leader’s residence calling for him to be freed. SENT: 570 words, photo.
ISRAEL-EVANGELICALS — Israeli regulators have announced that they are taking an evangelical broadcaster off the air, saying the channel hid its missionary agenda when it applied for a license. The controversy over GOD TV’s “Shelanu” station has put Israel and its evangelical Christian supporters in an awkward position. SENT: 500 words, photo.
BRITAIN-GLASGOW STABBINGS — Police in Scotland have named the suspect in a stabbing frenzy last week at a hotel for asylum-seekers. SENT: 120 words, photos.
MALAWI-ELECTION RERUN — Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as Malawi’s new president after the announcement the previous night that he had won the southern African country’s rerun elections. Chakwera is Malawi’s sixth president after winning the historic election held last week, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has resulted in the defeat of an incumbent leader. SENT: 460 words, photos.
CHINA-HONG KONG — China’s legislature began reviewing a controversial national security bill for Hong Kong that critics worldwide say will severely compromise human rights in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. SENT: 480 words, photos.
RUSSIA-ARCTIC POLLUTION — A Russian metallurgical company says that it improperly pumped wastewater into the Arctic tundra and that it has suspended the responsible employees. SENT: 180 words, photos.
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CHESAPEAKE ENERGY-BANKRUPTCY — Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Chesapeake lost an eye-popping $8.3 billion in the first quarter of this year, and it listed $8.62 billion in net debt. SENT: 590 words, photo.
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BET AWARDS — BET will celebrate its 40th year as a network, as well as its 20th awards show, on Sunday — but the event will go on virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 440 words, photos. UPCOMING: Show begins at 8 p.m.
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