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FEDERAL EXECUTIONS — Execution set for 6 p.m.
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AP POLL-ECONOMY — Most Americans view the nation’s economic situation as bleak, but a rising percentage also see signs of stability six weeks before Election Day, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. By Josh Boak and Emily Swanson. SENT: 860 words, graphics.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIRUS MILESTONES-200,000 DEAD — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus tops 200,000, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight scientists, and stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies. By Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — British prime minister unveils new restrictions on everyday life to get on top of a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases. SENT: 780 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — Senate Republicans are swiftly falling in line behind President Donald Trump’s push to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Trump is set to announce his nominee Saturday, and conservatives are pushing for a vote before Election Day. By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,010 words, photos, video.
SUPREME COURT-CHANGES — The prospect that President Trump and Senate Republicans will try to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat before the year is out ignites a call for major changes on the court, including expanding the number of justices. Some Senate Democrats previously averse to a larger court say the GOP push to quickly fill the vacancy could be a breaking point. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns the U.N.’s first-ever virtual meeting of global leaders that the world is facing an “epochal” health crisis, the biggest economic calamity and job losses since the Great Depression, threats to human rights and worries of a new Cold War between the U.S. and China. By Jennifer Peltz and Edith M. Lederer. SENT: 640 words, photos. With UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-CHINA-CLIMATE — China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060; UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-PHILIPPINES — In UN speech, Duterte defends drug war but tempers tone; UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-IRAN — Iran strikes defiant tone at UN under crushing US sanctions; UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-RUSSIAN VACCINE — What a gift: Russia offers UN staff free virus vaccines (all sent).
ELECTION 2020-CATHOLIC VOTERS — For decades, Roman Catholic voters have been a pivotal swing vote in U.S. presidential elections. Nearly every time, a majority of them have backed the winner — whether Republican or Democrat. How they vote in key battleground states this year could well decide the outcome, and both campaigns are targeting them with fervent appeals to vote based on their faith. By National Writer David Crary. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. Abridged version has also moved.
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WESTERN WILDFIRES-SPECIAL PLACES — Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places to wildfires. The flames wiped out campgrounds, hot springs and wooded retreats that have been touchstones for generations in a state known for its unspoiled beauty. By Gillian Flaccus. SENT: 930 words, photos.
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IMMIGRATION-DETENTION-GEORGIA — Immigration authorities stop sending detained women to a rural Georgia gynecologist accused of performing surgeries that women at the Irwin County Detention Center didn’t seek or fully understand. SENT: 420 words, photo.
WHITE HOUSE-RICIN — A woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Trump to “give up and remove your application for this election.” SENT: 480 words, photos.
JOHN LENNON’S KILLER-PAROLE HEARING — The man who killed John Lennon in 1980 says he was seeking glory and deserved the death penalty for a “despicable” act. SENT: 320 words, photos.
TIKTOK-SUICIDE VIDEO — TikTok says video of man apparently taking his own life that circulated on its platform appears to have been spread deliberately by a group working together. SENT: 380 words.
FELONS-VOTING-FLORIDA — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg is helping Florida felons pay their debts so they can vote in the presidential election. SENT: 400 words, photo.
OBIT-TOMMY DEVITO-FOUR SEASONS — Tommy DeVito, a founding member of the 1960s Four Seasons band, has died from the coronavirus at age 92, NJ.com reports. SENT: 140 words.
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UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-TRUMP — President Trump demands that the United Nations hold China accountable for the pandemic as he defends his own handling of COVID-19 in America, where the death toll has topped 200,000. SENT: 890 words, photos, video.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VIRUS-DIARY — After months of avoiding airplanes and hospitals, a Brazil-based writer rushed headlong toward both, confronting a family crisis. SENT: 600 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EDUCATION FUNDING — Supporters of an education funding plan vetoed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan say it’s needed now more than ever. SENT: 820 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VIRAL-QUESTIONS-KIDS — It appears the coronavirus can spread among children and teens, but how easily may vary by age. SENT: 250 words, graphic.
A separate wire advisory has moved detailing our complete coronavirus coverage.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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SUPREME COURT-VACANCY-ROMNEY — Sen. Mitt Romney infuriated President Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote, but his decision clearing the way for a vote on Trump’s Supreme Court pick quickly had “He’s a Republican” trending on Twitter. SENT: 690 words, photos, video.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY-LARSEN — Joan L. Larsen climbed so quickly through the conservative legal ranks that it even surprised her at times. She is among a small group of female lawyers being considering to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. SENT: 950 words, photo.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY-TODD — President Trump didn’t have to look very far for one of his Supreme Court contenders: Kate Comerford Todd is a deputy White House counsel, helping navigate Trump’s White House through a thicket of legal issues. SENT: 940 words, photo.
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ELECTION 2020-MESSAGING — On the campaign trail this week with Joe Biden, the generational fight to fill a suddenly vacant Supreme Court seat has become an afterthought. On the other side, President Trump has found a new rallying cry. SENT: 830 words, photos.
CONGRESS-GOVERNMENT FUNDING — Democrats controlling the House press ahead with a government-wide temporary funding bill that would keep federal agencies fully up and running into December. By Andrew Taylor. SENT: 760 words, photo.
TRUMP-CENSUS ORDER — The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets. SENT: 410 words, photo. With 2020 CENSUS — With 95% homes hit, feds say no need for census extension (sent).
UNITED STATES-CHINA-FORCED LABOR — A bipartisan bill aimed at keeping goods out of the U.S. that are made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China passes overwhelmingly in the House. SENT: 790 words, photo.
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TROPICAL-WEATHER — Beta weakens to a tropical depression as it parks itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas farther inland. SENT: 800 words, photos, video. With TROPICAL WEATHER-PROTECTION PLAN-TEXAS — Close call with storm renews debate over Houston barrier. SENT: 970 words, photos.
WESTERN-WILDFIRES — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains. SENT: 790 words, photos.
FEDERAL-EXECUTIONS — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse is the first of two more inmates the federal government is preparing to put to death this week. SENT: 700 words, photo. UPCOMING: Developing. Execution set for 6 p.m.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR — Police in Kentucky’s largest city begin preparing for protests and possible unrest as they nervously await the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he will charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death. SENT: 480 words, photo.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-AUDIT — A California state audit finds that the University of California wrongly admitted at least 64 wealthy, mostly white students over the past six years as “favors to donors, family, and friends.” SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
LOUISIANA-POLICE DEATH-FEDERAL PROBE — A Louisiana state trooper has died following a single-vehicle crash hours after learning he would be fired for his role in the in-custody death of a Black man last year. SENT: 530 words, photos.
KOBE BRYANT-CRASH-PHOTOS — Vanessa Bryant, widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, sues the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed her husband, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others. SENT: 600 words, photos.
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LEBANON-EXPLOSION — A powerful explosion shakes a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, sending thick grey smoke billowing over the village. The cause is not clear. SENT: 530 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA-CRITIC SENTENCED — The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is sentenced to 18 years in prison. SENT: 340 words, photos.
GERMANY-ANTI-SEMITISM — Assaults, arson, slurs: Report finds anti-Semitism in Berlin. SENT: 990 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks rebound on Wall Street, recovering some of their losses after tumbling on a raft of worries about the pandemic and governments’ response to it. SENT: 820 words, photos.
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RAIDERS-ANALYSIS — The Las Vegas Raiders are doing all sorts of things they couldn’t in their final years in Oakland. They're even avoiding penalties for a change. By Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow. UPCOMING: 700 words by 8 p.m., photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLLEGE SPORTS — Notre Dame’s game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests land 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine. SENT: 400 words, photos.
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MUSIC-BILLBOARD AWARDS-NOMINATIONS — Post Malone scores 16 nominations for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. His 2019 album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” is up for top Billboard 200 album. SENT: 520 words, photos.
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