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SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — President Donald Trump is expected to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic conservative stamp on the high court just weeks before the election. By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,050 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: 1,100 words after 5 p.m. announcement.
RACIAL-INJUSTICE-BREONNA-TAYLOR -- Breonna Taylor’s family demands that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to no charges being brought against police officers who killed the Black woman during a raid at her apartment. By Claire Galofaro, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Angie Wang. SENT: 1,000 words, photos video.
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-PENNSYLVANIA — Pennsylvania is emerging as the most crucial battleground on the election map. But while President Trump’s campaign has made an overwhelming push for the state, capturing its 20 electoral college votes would require beating Joe Biden in his own backyard. By Jonathan Lemire, Marc Levy and Thomas Beaumont. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CHINA-VACCINES — Hundreds of thousands of people have taken one of the four leading vaccine candidates in China. Kan Chai, a popular journalist and writer in September shared his experience of signing up for a state-backed firm’s vaccine candidate, CNBG. By Huizhong Wu and Sam McNeil. SENT: 1,220 words, photos. WIith VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — The health minister in Australia’s Victoria state has resigned in the fallout from an inquiry into why security guards were used instead of police or the military at quarantine hotels. Lapses in security at the hotels were given as the major reason for a second wave of COVID-19 cases. SENT: 610 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — The latest hot spot for the coronavirus in the United States is the heartland, where cases are rising in a worrying trend. The pandemic began with devastation in the New York City area, and was followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. But it is now striking cities with much smaller populations, often in conservative corners of America where anti-mask sentiment runs high, creating problems at hospitals and schools in the Midwest and West. By Heather Hollingsworth, Nicky Forster and Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.
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AUSTRALIA-STRANDED-WHALES — Still no cause for mass pilot whale stranding in Australia. SENT: 260 words, photos.
MUSHROOM RECALL-SALMONELLA — Mushrooms linked to salmonella outbreaks in 10 states. SENT: 190 words.
ASTRONAUT VOTING — NASA astronaut plans to cast her ballot from space station SENT: 240 words, photo.
RON-PAUL-HOSPITALIZED — Former congressman Ron Paul hospitalized, says he’s OK. SENT: 200 words, photo.
POLICE-TRAFFIC STOPS — NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says. SENT: 400 words.
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ELECTION 2020-MOMENT OF TRUTH — It’s decision time for a number of current and former Trump administration officials who are debating whether join a chorus of Republican voices trying to persuade on-the-fence voters to deny Trump a second term. By Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,090 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-BALLOT BOMBSHELLS — A federal prosecutor’s description of nine “discarded” military ballots found in the trash at a Pennsylvania elections office is seized on by President Trump and his supporters, despite any public evidence they were handled with nefarious intent. By Christina Cassidy and Mark Scolforo. SENT: 1,280 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-PRESCRIPTION CARDS — If you’re on Medicare, don’t run to the mailbox just yet looking for your $200 prescription drug card courtesy of President Trump. Officials say key details, from timing to how the government will pay the estimated $7 billion cost, have yet to be determined. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 770 words, photos, video.
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PORTLAND-RROTESTS — At least several thousand people are expected in Portland, Oregon, for a right-wing rally in support of President Donald Trump and his “law and order” reelection campaign as tensions boil over nationwide following the decision not to charge officers in Louisville, Kentucky, for killing Breonna Taylor. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern and central areas of the state this weekend that may fan the flames of several major wildfires or ignite new ones. SENT: 950 words, photos.
LOUISIANA POLICE DEATH-FEDERAL PROBE — A Louisiana state trooper who died in a single-car crash just hours after he was told he would be fired for his role in the death of a Black man was buried with honors at a ceremony that authorities sought to keep secret out of concerns it would attract a mass protest. SENT: 570 words, photos.
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UNITED-NATIONS-LIBYA — Russia and China block the official release of a report by U.N. experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers -- including Russia -- of violating a U.N. arms embargo on the conflict-wracked country, U.N. diplomats say. SENT: 700 words, photo.
BOLIVIA-ELECTION AND EVO — Even in exile, Evo Morales is a factor in Bolivia’s election next month. National rifts that contributed to chaos in 2019 threaten to destabilize the Oct. 18 vote and its aftermath nearly one year after Morales was forced to resign following disputed vote results, protests, violence and a military call for the ouster of Bolivia’s first Indigenous president. SENT: 780 words, photos.
KOREA-MISSING OFFICIAL — South Korea says it will request North Korea to further investigate the killing of a South Korean government official who was shot by North Korean troops after being found adrift near the rivals’ disputed sea boundary while apparently trying to defect. SENT: 470 words, photos.
UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-JAPAN OUT OF THE SHADOWS — Japan’s new prime minister, stepping from the shadows of his longtime supporting role, says in his debut at the U.N. General Assembly that he’s willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without any conditions. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
JAPAN-CHINA — New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to work closely together by holding high-level meetings including summits, but did not discuss the possibility of a visit by Xi to Japan. SENT: 360 words, photo.
MALAYSIA-ELECTION — Polls open in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state in a vote seen as a referendum for embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s 7-month-old unelected government. SENT: 440 words, photo.
INDIA-BOLLYWOOD-DRUG-PROBE — A top Bollywood star, Deepika Padukone, is questioned by India’s narcotics agency that is probing the movie industry’s links with drug peddlers and cartels, officials say. SENT: 220 words, photo.
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CHINA-AUTO SHOW — Ford, Nissan and BMW unveiled new electric models with more range for the Chinese market on Saturday as the Beijing auto show opened under anti-virus controls that included holding news conferences by international video link. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 590 words, photos.
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HKN--STANLEY CUP — Kevin Shattenkirk will never forget having his contract bought out in the summer of 2019 and joining the Tampa Bay Lightning. More than a year later, he created a moment to remember to put the Lightning on the verge of making good on years of unfulfilled potential. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With HKN--Stanley Cup-Stars; HKN—Stanley Cup-Notebook.
BKN--HEAT-CELTICS — Their season saved for at least two more days, Boston coach Brad Stevens offered the most succinct assessment of his Celtics. “We’re prideful,” Stevens said. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 820 words, photos. With BKN--Heat-Adebayo (upcoming by 4 a.m.).
FBC--VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLLEGE SPORTS — The Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, became the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that will play in the fall. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. SENT: 920 words, photos.
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