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NEW/DEVELOPING
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ELECTION 2020-FLORIDA VOTING and ASTEROID GRAB, both listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-KNIFE ATTACK, FRANCE-BRITAIN-MIGRANTS, MASTERS.
ELECTION 2020 — Trump rally in Nebraska starts 9 p.m.
WORLD SERIES — Game 6 starts 8:08 p.m.
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ELECTION 2020 — Joe Biden argues that the U.S. is not too politically divided to overcome the public health and economic crises it faces, pledging to be the unifying force who can “restore our soul and save this country.” President Donald Trump focuses on the Democrats’ “blue wall” states that he flipped in 2016: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. By Will Weissert, Aamer Madhani and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,010 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: 1,100 words after 9 p.m. Trump rally in in Nebraska.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-CORONAVIRUS — If Joe Biden wins next week’s election, he says he’ll work with governors and local officials to institute a nationwide mask-wearing mandate and instruct Congress to pass a sweeping spending bill. But Biden would still face significant political challenges in combating the worst public health crisis in a century. By Will Weissert and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
SUPREME COURT-BARRETT — Amy Coney Barrett is formally sworn as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Barrett’s first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 610 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE — Protesters clash with police in downtown Rome during a day of demonstrations against virus-fighting measures that have closed restaurants and bars early and shut down gyms and swimming pools. Italy is not alone. Discontent with renewed restrictions aimed at stopping the surge of the coronavirus is growing all over Europe. By Colleen Barry and Frances D’Emilio. SENT: 910 words, photos.
TRUMP-TRADE POLICY — President Trump has spent four years upending seven decades of American trade policy. Yet for all the drama, not very much has really changed. By Economics Writer Paul Wiseman. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. With TRUMP-TRADE POLICY-GLANCE (sent).
WORLD SERIES — Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and the Los Angeles Dodgers can clinch the franchise’s first World Series title since 1988. They go into Game 6 against Tampa Bay and 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell. By Baseball Writer Stephen Hawkins. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Game starts 8:08 p.m.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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ELECTION 2020-MELANIA TRUMP — Melania Trump slams Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she makes her first solo appearance of the 2020 presidential campaign. SENT: 490 words, photos.
BRANDED WOMEN — Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, is sentenced to 120 years for turning some adherents into sex slaves branded with his initials. SENT: 590 words, photo.
COLON CANCER SCREENING — A panel of health experts wants U.S. adults to start getting colon cancer screenings at age 45, five years younger than it previously recommended. SENT: 500 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-THOMAS’ WIFE — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. Ginni Thomas is a longtime conservative activist. SENT: 650 words, photos.
DOPING-COLEMAN BANNED — American sprinter Christian Coleman is banned from competing for two years for doping, losing his chance to succeed Usain Bolt as the fastest man at the Olympics. SENT: 380 words, photos.
MUSIC-BLAKE SHELTON-GWEN STEFANI — “Voice” co-stars Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have gone from competing reality show judges to engaged to be married. SENT: 110 words, photos.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENEZUELA-BROKEN HOSPITALS — Venezuela's shortage of nurses and doctors after a year of collapse is being laid bare during the pandemic. SENT: 2,050 words, photos. Abridged version also available. With VIRUS OUTBREAK — A record surge in coronavirus cases is pushing hospitals toward the brink in the border cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. SENT: 900 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE COVERAGE — Medicare will cover the yet-to-be approved coronavirus vaccine free for older people under a policy change expected to be announced shortly, a senior administration official says. SENT: 450 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VATICAN — Pope Francis’ decision to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed, with some concern, by the commission of Vatican experts he appointed to help chart the Catholic Church’s path through the pandemic. SENT: 490 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-KNIFE ATTACK — Two sisters accused of stabbing a Chicago store security guard 27 times with a knife after he asked them to wear face masks and use hand sanitizer are ordered held without bond. SENT: 180 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-TRICKS FOR TREATS — The favorite American festivity of Halloween trick-or-treating is being tested by the pandemic, and people are rising to the challenge in creative ways that are both safe and fun. SENT: 690 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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ELECTION 2020-EARLY VOTING — More than 20 million voters across the U.S. have already taken advantage of in-person voting amid record-breaking early turnout. That option isn’t available to everyone. SENT: 900 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-NATIVE AMERICAN VOTING — Voting by mail isn’t so easy on Native American reservations. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-SENATE-MAINE — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is back on the campaign trail after another controversial vote on another of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominees. SENT: 1,100 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-POLITICS IN THE PULPIT — For clergy members trying to tackle thorny moral matters without overtly backing a candidate, this year's presidential campaign has proven a challenge. SENT: 930 words, photos.
MUSICIANS VS TRUMP — Dozens of artists who object to President Trump have demanded that he stop playing their songs at his rallies. But the musicians have limited legal options. SENT: 960 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
TRUMP-COLUMNIST LAWSUIT — A judge denies President Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan luxury department store in the 1990s. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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SYRIA — Syrian opposition groups lob hundreds of missiles and artillery rockets at government posts in northwestern Syria in retaliation for a deadly attack that killed dozens of their fighters a day earlier. SENT: 570 words, photos.
PAKISTAN-SEMINARY BOMBING — A powerful bomb blast rips through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others. SENT: 700 words, photos.
THAILAND PROTESTS-NEW GENERATION — A student-led campaign has shaken Thailand’s ruling establishment with the most significant push for political change in years. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
FRANCE-BRITAIN-MIGRANTS — At least four people, including two young children, are killed when a boat carrying at least 19 migrants capsizes off France while trying to cross the English Channel to Britain. SENT: 620 words, photos.
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PHILADELPHIA-POLICE SHOOTING — A lawyer says the family of a Black man who was killed under more than a dozen police-fired rounds in Philadelphia had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention. SENT: 630 words, video, photos.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — Crews try to beat back two out-of-control wildfires in Southern California that have kept tens of thousands of people out of their homes even as another round of dangerous fire weather is forecast. SENT: 720 words, photos. With CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES-PHOTO GALLERY (sent).
POLICE SHOOTING-ILLINOIS — A Black woman who was shot by police in suburban Chicago says officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die. SENT: 720 words, video, photos.
TROPICAL WEATHER — Storm-weary Louisiana is once again under a hurricane warning, with Zeta leaving Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on a path that could take the storm to New Orleans Wednesday night. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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CONGRESS-SOCIAL MEDIA CEOS — The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to face a grilling Wednesday by Republican senators who accuse the tech giants of anti-conservative bias. SENT: 920 words, photos.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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RIGHT WHALE-DEATHS — The population of North Atlantic right whales, an endangered species that has been the focus of conservation efforts for decades, has dipped to less than 370, officials say. SENT: 170 words, photos.
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MUSIC-DYLAN-LOST INTERVIEWS — Long-lost interviews with Bob Dylan surface at a Boston auction house, and they contain some surprising insights about the celebrated singer-songwriter. SENT: 540 words, photos.
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MASTERS — The Par 3 Contest is out at the spectator-free Masters in November. ESPN’s “College GameDay” is in. Augusta National announces more changes to a Masters tournament that will be unlike any of the previous 83. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. SENT: 580 words, photos.
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