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Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK, ELECTION 2020-BIDEN TAX RETURNS, VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS, CONGRESS-HORSE RACING, RACIAL INJUSTICE-PROTESTERS INJURED, DISNEY-PARKS-LAYOFFS, ANITA HILL-HARASSMENT SURVEY, FILM-LION KING-SEQUEL, YANKEES-INDIANS.
ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — Debate begins 9 p.m.
YANKEES-INDIANS — Game starts 7 p.m.
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ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — President Donald Trump and Joe Biden barrel into their crucial first debate, a chance to outline their starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises, including racial justice protests and a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs. By Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville and Will Weissert. SENT: 1,210 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Debate begins at 9 p.m., 1,300 words by 10:30 p.m. With ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-SCENE — Crowds and pageantry are out, COVID tests and masks are in. SENT: 400 words, photos. UPCOMING: 600 words by 11 p.m.; ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-FACT CHECK — Fact and fiction during the debate. UPCOMING: 700 words by 11 p.m.; ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-TAKEAWAYS — Highlights. UPCOMING: 900 words by 11 p.m.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
TRUMP TAX RETURNS-PAYBACK OPTIONS — President Trump is facing a reported $421 million in loans due in the next four years, a sum that’s been portrayed as a tightening vise on his finances and an ethical minefield for his administration. But financial experts say Trump has plenty of options and assets to pay off that debt, starting with a portfolio that includes office towers, golf courses and branding deals that’s been valued at $3.6 billion. By Business Writer Bernard Condon. SENT: 900 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — After preying heavily on the elderly in the spring, the coronavirus is infecting a rising number of American children and teens in a trend authorities say appears driven by school reopenings and the resumption of sports, playdates and other activities. An American Academy of Pediatrics report shows children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April. By Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner. SENT: 940 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — Republican senators praise President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, during a day of meetings on Capitol Hill. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “even more convinced” she’s the right pick. By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 1,020 words, photos, video. With SUPREME COURT-GINSBURG-BURIAL — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. SENT: 440 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR — Kentucky’s attorney general acknowledges that he never recommended homicide charges against any of the police officers conducting the drug raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s death, and says he doesn't object to a judge’s order to publicly release the grand jury’s deliberations. By Dylan Lovan. SENT: 840 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-APPALACHIA — Some Black Appalachians say their history and struggles are finally being recognized more widely in the wake of this year’s nationwide protests against institutional racism. That the national reckoning is echoing in the hills of Appalachia is particularly striking in a region that isn’t known for its diversity. By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn. SENT: 920 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NFL — The Tennessee Titans suspend in-person activities through Friday after the NFL says three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for the coronavirus. The first COVID-19 outbreak of the NFL season and jeopardizes the Titans’ game this weekend against the Pittsburgh Steelers and poses the first significant in-season test to the league’s coronavirus protocols. By Teresa M. Walker. SENT: 850 words, photos.
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JOE MONTANA-GRANDCHILD-ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING — A 39-year-old woman is charged in what authorities say was an attempted kidnapping of the 9-month-old granddaughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana from his California home. SENT: 230 words, photos.
AMAZON-PALM READING — Amazon is introducing new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees broader uses in places like stadiums and offices. SENT: 210 words, photo.
TV-GABRIELLE UNION — Gabrielle Union and NBC say they have settled their differences in their dispute over her firing from “America’s Got Talent.” SENT: 320 words, photo.
ALEX JONES ARREST — Prosecutors in Texas reject a drunken driving charge against conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones, who was arrested in Austin earlier this year. SENT: 198 words.
FILM-BORAT SEQUEL — Sacha Baron Cohen has filmed a sequel to his 2006 film “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” that Amazon plans to release before the election. SENT: 200 words.
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MORE ON ELECTION 2020
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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN TAX RETURNS — Joe Biden paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes last year, according to returns he released just hours before his debate with President Trump. SENT: 510 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-SANDERS — Former staffers from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign want to harness his strong support among Hispanics to bolster Joe Biden in two battleground states. SENT: 590 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-IOWA — President Trump has spent millions trying to secure Iowa’s six electoral votes, but polls show a surprisingly close race with Democrat Joe Biden. SENT: 1,020 words, photo. With ELECTION 2020-GEORGIA SENATE — A pair of high-profile endorsements add fuel to an already contentious special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. SENT: 480 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-NEW YORK-ABSENTEE BALLOTS — Mail-in voting gets off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out a large number of absentee ballots with the wrong names and addresses on the return envelopes. SENT: 450 words.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NYC SCHOOLS — Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students head back to classrooms this week as New York City enters a high-stakes stage of resuming in-person learning during the pandemic. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK — Alarmed by a spike in coronavirus infections in a few Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, New York City officials will start issuing fines in those areas to people who refuse to wear masks, the mayor says. SENT: 670 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL — Hundreds of Israeli motorists protest in Jerusalem against a proposed measure to curtail public demonstrations during the pandemic. SENT: 465 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIRAL QUESTIONS-VACCINE STUDIES — How can I volunteer for a COVID-19 vaccine study? Governments and companies are setting up websites where people can sign up. SENT: 400 words, photo.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete coronavirus coverage.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — The Senate advances a stopgap spending measure that’s the bare minimum for Congress to complete before departing Washington for the fall campaign. UPCOMING: 600 words by 7 p.m., photos.
TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE — A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn tells a judge she has updated President Trump on the case’s status and asked him not to issue a pardon for her client. SENT: 780 words, photo.
CONGRESS-HORSE RACING — The House approves a bill to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry to discourage use of performance-enhancing drugs that can lead to horse injuries and deaths. SENT: 520 words, photos
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POLL-CONFEDERATE STATUES — In a state where Confederate monuments have become a flashpoint in the national debate over racial injustice, Virginians remain divided on whether the statues should stay or go, according to a poll. SENT: 840 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — Thousands of California’s weary wine country residents are confronting yet another devastating wildfire. The blaze has scorched more than 66 square miles (170 square kilometers) and destroyed about 95 structures. SENT: 880 words, photos. With CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES-PHOTO GALLERY — Fueled by dry winds, fire rages in wine country. SENT: 180 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-PROTESTERS INJURED — The organizer of a Southern California rally against racism has been charged with attempted murder after driving her car into a crowd of counterprotesters. SENT: 890 words, photos.
OBIT-TUSKEGEE AIRMEN NURSE — Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden, who served as a nurse to Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died. She was 100. SENT: 310 words.
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KUWAIT-OBIT-SHEIKH SABAH — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War, has died. He was 91. SENT: 1,270 words, photos. With KUWAIT-NEW EMIR — Crown prince becomes oil-rich Kuwait’s new ruling emir. SENT: 570 words, photos.
U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY-WOMEN — As the U.N. prepares for a summit Thursday to mark the anniversary of a landmark female empowerment plan, women’s rights were hardly a top theme at the world body’s recent signature assembly. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Armenia says one of its warplanes was shot down by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey, killing the pilot, in fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. SENT: 580 words, photos.
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EMIRATES-MOON MISSION — The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, a top Emirati official says, the latest gamble in the stars by the oil-rich nation. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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AIRLINES-JOBS — About 40,000 workers in the airline industry are facing layoffs on Thursday unless Congress comes up with another aid package. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
DISNEY-PARKS-LAYOFFS — Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. says it is planning to lay off 28,000 workers in California and Florida. SENT: 360 words, photos.
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ANITA HILL-HARASSMENT SURVEY — Three years into the #MeToo movement, a major Hollywood survey led by Anita Hill finds little faith in the ranks of the entertainment industry that sexual harassers will be held to account. By National Writer Jocelyn Noveck. SENT: 900 words, photo.
FILM-LION KING-SEQUEL — The Walt Disney Co. will make a sequel to the 2019 live-action “The Lion King,” with Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning “Moonlight,” set to direct. SENT: 290 words, photo.
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YANKEES-INDIANS — Cleveland’s Shane Bieber starts against New York’s Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of the wild-card series between the Indians and Yankees. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos. Game starts 7 p.m. With coverage of Tuesday’s three other AL games: Astros-Twins, White Sox-Athletics, Blue Jays-Rays.
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