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ELECTION 2020-VOTING WITNESS SIGNATURES, listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-SAUDI ARABIA, TIMES SQUARE-NEWS YEAR’S EVE, VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHILDREN’S HEALTH, MET OPERA SEASON, HALLOWEEN-CANDY, COLOMBIA-MASSCRES, GOOGLE-ANTITRUST, WELLS FARGO-CEO-APOLOGY, FILM-DISNEY-POSTPONEMENTS, FRANCE-OBIT-GRECO.
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TRUMP-NIXON LETTERS — There were two men in 1980s Manhattan who craved validation — one a past president, one a future president. That’s how a thirty-something Donald Trump and a seventy-ish Richard Nixon struck up a decade-long correspondence in the 1980s that meandered from football and real estate to Vietnam and media strategy. By Nancy Benac. SENT: 1,320 words, photos, video.
LEBANON-AP PHOTO-SYRIAN FAMILY — An image captured by an AP photographer showing a dust-covered girl carried against a man’s shoulder, a bloody gash on her forehead, has come to symbolize the devastation of the explosion at the Beirut port. By Zeina Karam and Hassan Ammar. SENT: 1,360 words, photos. Abridged version also available.
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RACIAL-INJUSTICE-BREONNA-TAYLOR — A Kentucky grand jury brings no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor during a drug raid gone wrong, with prosecutors saying that two officers who fired their weapons at the Black woman were justified in using force to protect themselves. The only charges brought by the grand jury are three counts of wanton endangerment against fired Officer Brett Hankison for shooting into Taylor’s neighbors’ homes during the raid. By Dylan Lovan and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn. SENT: 1,000 words, video, photos. With BREONNA TAYLOR-ATTORNEY GENERAL — Black attorney general chokes up during Taylor announcement. SENT: 470 words, photo; RACIAL INJUSTICE-CHARGING COPS — In Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justice. SENT: 790 words, photos; RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR-REACTION — Celebs, long vocal about case, decry decision. SENT: 920 words, photo; RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR-TIMELINE (sent).
VIRUS-OUTBREAK — A huge international study of a COVID-19 vaccine that aims to work with just one dose is getting underway as top U.S. health officials seek to assure a skeptical Congress and public that they can trust any shots the government ultimately approves. Hopes are high that answers about at least one of several candidates being tested in the U.S. could come by year’s end, maybe sooner. By Lauran Neergaard and Ricardo-Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 540 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-GINSBURG-MEMORIAL — With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembered at the Supreme Court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon. By Mark Sherman and Matthew Barakat. SENT: 890 words, photos, video.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — Despite Democratic cries of hypocrisy, Republicans hope the battle over replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg will help them keep their Senate majority as well as President Donald Trump’s job in the White House. By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 980 words, photos, video. With SUPREME COURT-VACANCY-RUSHING — Allison Jones Rushing, said to be on Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court vacancy, landed what most lawyers would consider a career-defining position before turning 40. SENT: 760 words, photos; ELECTION 2020-SUPREME COURT-FACT CHECK — Trump, Senate allies misrepresent facts about Supreme Court nominations. UPCOMING: 2,000 words by 7 p.m., photos.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman makes a rare address to the U.N. General Assembly, becoming only the second Saudi monarch to do so. He uses the moment to highlight his steadfast commitment to the Palestinians, his stature as custodian of Islam’s holiest sites and his views that Iran is responsible for much of the region’s instability. By Aya Batrawy. SENT: 950 words, photos. With UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY-LEBANON — Lebanon asks world’s help “trying to rise from its rubble.” SENT: 500 words, photos.
AMERICA PROTESTS-ANTIFA — Social media disinformation, right-wing news outlets and President Trump have stirred up a new boogeyman for many Americans to fear: antifa. But FBI Director Christopher Wray says antifa is more an ideology or a movement than an organization. By Claire Galofaro and Michael Kunzelman. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.
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TRUMP-FRAUD PROBE — A judge rules that President Trump’s son Eric Trump must testify in a New York investigation into the family’s businesses before the November election. SENT: 870 words, photo.
CALIFORNIA-GAS VEHICLES — In a bid to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, California’s governor says the state will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035. SENT: 500 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-ABORTION — President Trump says he’ll be signing an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to energize voters opposed to abortion. SENT: 500 words, photo.
UNCLE BEN’S-NAME CHANGE — The Uncle Ben’s rice brand is getting a new name: Ben’s Original. SENT: 530 words, photos.
CHARGERS-TAYLOR — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor missed last Sunday’s game because a team doctor accidentally punctured his lung, according to a person familiar with the case. SENT: 300 words, photos.
TIGER KING-LAWSUIT — Carole Baskin of “Tiger King” fame is being sued for defamation by a former assistant. SENT: 400 words, photos.
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TIMES SQUARE-NEWS YEAR’S EVE — Organizers say New Year’s Eve in Times Square will incorporate virtual elements and be scaled down in response to the coronavirus. SENT: 150 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHILDREN’S HEALTH — A sharp decline in routine medical care for children during the coronavirus shutdown could cause long-term harm if not reversed, federal officials warn. UPCOMING: 500 words by 7 p.m.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL — Israel’s Netanyahu calls for tough lockdown as virus rages. SENT: 700 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — India reports more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases, showing some decline after reaching a record a week earlier. SENT: 270 words, photos.
MET OPERA SEASON — The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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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ELECTION 2020-VOTER VOICES-SUPREME COURT — The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has set off a political fight in Washington, but conversations with voters in battleground states suggest the vacancy isn’t at the top of their minds. SENT: 1,310 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page on APNewsroom.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-UKRAINE — Two Republican-led Senate committees issue a politically charged report alleging that the work Joe Biden’s son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a time when Biden was engaged in Ukraine policy as vice president. SENT: 990 words, photos.
TRUMP-BOLTON BOOK — White House officials repeatedly exerted political pressure in an unsuccessful effort to block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton’s tell-all book, according to a court filing. UPCOMING: 600 words by 7 p.m., photo.
TRUMP-CUBA — Americans won’t be allowed to bring cigars and rum home from Cuba or stay at government-owned lodging there under new measures President Trump says will help to financially starve the island’s government. SENT: 760 words, photo.
HOMELAND SECURITY-WOLF — President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security denies allegations that he molded intelligence reports to suit the administration. SENT: 730 words, photos.
DEMOCRATS-PRESIDENTIAL ABUSES — House Democrats propose a sweeping bill to curb presidential abuses, a pitch to voters weeks ahead of Election Day as they try to defeat President Trump, capture the Senate from Republicans and keep their House majority. SENT: 890 words, photo.
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WESTERN WILDFIRES — Federal investigators look into whether a huge wildfire near Los Angeles was sparked by Southern California Edison utility equipment. SENT: 480 words, photos.
NUCLEAR SITE CORRUPTION — Two companies will pay fines of nearly $58 million for billing the federal government for thousands of hours of work at a former nuclear weapons production plant that were not performed. SENT: 680 words, photo.
HALLOWEEN-CANDY — Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they’re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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GERMANY-RUSSIA-NAVALNY — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month’s treatment for a poisoning. Doctors believe a “complete recovery” is possible. SENT: 590 words, photos.
BELARUS-PROTESTS — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus assumes his sixth term of office during an inauguration ceremony that officials did not announce in advance after weeks of mass protests against the authoritarian leader’s reelection. SENT: 650 words, photos.
COLOMBIA-MASSCRES — A spike in massacres in rural areas of Colombia is signaling a new chapter in the country’s long history of bloodshed. SENT: 870 words, photos.
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GOOGLE-ANTITRUST — As the Trump administration pushes toward antitrust action against search giant Google, it’s campaigning to enlist support from sympathetic state attorneys general across the country. SENT: 970 words, photos.
FINANCIAL MARKETS — Wall Street racks up more losses as stocks close broadly lower, wiping out the market’s gains from the day before. The Dow drops more than 520 points. SENT: 770 words, photos.
WELLS FARGO-CEO-APOLOGY — Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf apologizes for comments he made suggesting it is difficult to find qualified Black executives in the financial industry. SENT: 450 words, photos.
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ASTEROID FLYBY — An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. SENT: 210 words, photo.
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FILM-DISNEY-POSTPONEMENTS — The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including “Black Widow.” By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 390 words, photo.
FRANCE-OBIT-GRECO — French media say Juliette Greco, singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of France’s post-War period, has died. She was 93. SENT: 410 words, photos.
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OBIT-SAYERS — Gale Sayers, the dazzling and elusive running back who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite the briefest of careers, has died. He was 77. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
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