AP News Digest 3:20 a.m.
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.
—————————-
ONLY ON AP
—————————
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE-THE COLD CHAIN — From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the essential “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live where the temperature-controlled storage is insufficient for an immunization campaign to control COVID-19. By Lori Hinnant and Sam Mednick. SENT: 2,050 words, photos.
----------------——-
-----------------——
ELECTION 2020-AMERICA DISRUPTED-SUBURBAN WOMEN — For many women, the past four years of life under President Donald Trump have meant frustration, anger and activism — a political awakening that powered women’s marches, the #MeToo movement and the victories of record numbers of female candidates in 2018. That energy has helped create the widest gender gap — the political divide between men and women — in recent history. By Claire Galofaro. SENT: 2,500 words with photos and video. An abridged version will also be available.
ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense over the weekend, as both campaigned in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away. By Brian Slodyski, Jill Colvin and Will Weissert. With AP Photos. SENT: 1,060 words. With ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — 2016 sequel? Trump’s old attacks failing to land on Biden. SENT: 1,320 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Congress is past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus relief before the election, with differences between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her Senate Republican rivals and President Donald Trump proving insurmountable despite the country’s glaring needs. Trump’s GOP allies reconvene the Senate this week to vote on a proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and Trump himself now derides it as too puny. By Andrew Taylor. SENT: 950 words with photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in Europe and the Americas. By Jennifer Peltz. SENT: 1,140 words, photos, With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.
FRANCE-BASQUE SEPARATIST TRIAL — The last known chief of ETA, the now-extinct Basque separatist militant group, goes on trial Monday in Paris for terrorism charges that he deems “absurd” because of his role in ending a conflict that claimed hundreds of lives and terrorized Spain for half a century. By Aritz and Angela Charlton. SENT: 1,540 words, photos. With SPAIN-ETA TIMELINE — ETA’s bloody history: 853 killings in 60 years of violence. SENT: 730 words, photos.
BOLIVIA-ELECTIONS — Evo Morales’ party claims victory in Bolivia’s presidential election as official results trickled in from Sunday’s high-stakes redo of last year’s annulled ballot that saw the leftist leader resign and flee the country. More than nine hours after polls closed, barely 6% of all ballot boxes had been counted and they showed Morales’ handpicked successor, Luis Arce, trailing a conservative rival. By Carlos Valdez and Joshua Goodman. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.
------------------------------------------------
MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
------------------------------------------------
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BEEKEEPER’S-CHALLENGE — Commercial beekeeping is a challenge in in the best of times, with bee deaths a frequent problem, often attributed to stressors such as parasites and agricultural chemicals. Beekeepers James Cook and Samantha Jones decided to start their own business this year anyway. Then the coronavirus hit, posing even more obstacles. Determined to make it work, they’ve just finished their first honey season as business owners. By Martha Irvine and Carrie Antlfinger. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea on Monday began testing tens of thousands of employees of hospitals and nursing homes to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks at live-in facilities. SENT: 290 words, photo.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
-------------------------------------------—
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
-------------------------------------------—
TWITTER-MASKS — Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks. SENT: 370 words, photos.
EXPLOSION-VIRGINIA — Officials: No more victims in Virginia explosion that hurt 5. SENT: 150 words, photos.
————————————————-
————————————————-
ELECTION-2020-SENATE--DEBATE-GEORGIA — Candidates in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler are set to square off in their first debate Monday afternoon. SENT: 350 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK — Back on the campaign trail after COVID-19 sidelined him, President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods. Over the weekend, he asserted yet again that the virus was “rounding the corner” when it isn’t, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden’s tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine. By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward and Josh Boak. SENT: 2,600 words with photos and video.
ELECTION-2020-PUERTO-RICO-US — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida. They are targeting Puerto Rico in a way never before seen. SENT: 1,350 words, photos.
————————
————————
CONFEDERATE-MONUMENT-RICHMOND — A lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond is scheduled to go to trial. The plaintiffs, a group of Richmond residents who live near the monument, filed suit after Northam ordered the removal of the statue in June amid the outcry and unrest caused by the death of George Floyd in police custody.
-----------------------—
-----------------------—
THAILAND-PROTESTS — Thailand’s embattled prime minister says there were no plans to extend a state of emergency outside the capital, even as student-led protests calling for him to leave office spread around the country. Police, however, indicated they were working to censor coverage of the demonstrations. SENT: 630 words, photos.
VIETNAM-JAPAN — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first summit foray since taking office last month, agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defense and security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding influence in the region. SENT: 450 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-US-REFUGEES — The United States is expected to have resettled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal President Donald Trump reluctantly honored with Australia, an Australian official says. SENT: 390 words.
TAIWAN-CHINA-FIJI — A fight broke out between Chinese diplomats and Taiwanese government employees at a reception in Fiji to mark Taiwan’s national day, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said Monday, in a display of rising tension between the rival governments over diplomatic recognition. SENT: 240 words.
————————
———————-
FINANCIAL MARKETS — Shares advance in Asia after China reported its economy grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the last quarter, with consumer spending and industrial production rising to pre-pandemic levels. By Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 620 words, photos.
CHINA-ECONOMY — China’s economic growth accelerated to 4.9% over a year earlier in the latest quarter as a shaky recovery from the coronavirus pandemic gathered strength. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 500 words, photos.
—————
—————
BBN--NLCS — The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night. Bellinger flung his bat off to the side and strutted up the first-base line. All the way to the World Series. By Baseball Writer Stephen Hawkins. SENT: 850 words, photos. With BBN--NCLS-MVP; BBN-NLCS-Dodgers-Betts; BBN--NLCS-Braves Eliminated (sent).
BBO—WORLD SERIES LOOKAHEAD — sThe World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is a rare meeting of baseball’s best for the title. Despite the shortened schedule and expanded playoffs, the teams with the best record in each league meet in the World Series for just the fourth time since Major League Baseball realigned each league into three divisions. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
-------------------------——-
HOW TO REACH US
------------------------——-
At the Nerve Center, Vincent K. Willis can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). For photos, (ext. 1900). For graphics and interactives, (ext. 7636). Expanded AP content can be obtained from http://newsroom.ap.org. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport(at)ap.org or call 877-836-9477.