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Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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TOP STORIES

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MINNEAPOLIS POLICE-DEATH-NATIONWIDE PROTESTS — Georgia’s governor declares a state of emergency to activate the state National Guard as violence flares in Atlanta and in dozens of cities nationwide following the death in Minnesota of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck while taking him into custody. Another 500 Guard soldiers were mobilized in Minneapolis and surrounding cities, where Floyd died and an officer faced charges in his death. By Sudhin Thanawala. SENT: 1,010 words, photos. With MINNEAPOLIS DEATH-DC PROTESTS — Crowds protest Floyd killing and Trump outside White House (sent)

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE-DEATH-PROTESTS — The white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as he begged for air was arrested Friday and charged with murder, as crowds broke overnight curfews imposed to try to stem violent protests over police killings of African Americans that have spread to cities across the U.S. By Amy Forliti and Tim Sullivan. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, video. With MINNEAPOLIS-POLICE-DEATH-THE LATEST.

MINNEAPOLIS-MILITARY POLICE — As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests. By James Laporta. SENT: 840 words, photos.

TRUMP-ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump fuels new tensions during a period of national crisis with a tweet appearing to warn that protests in Minneapolis would bring gunfire. The episode comes as the coronovirus already has upended nearly every aspect of American life and put his November reelection prospects at risk. An AP News Analysis by Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace. SENT: 920 words, photos, video. With TRUMP-MINNEAPOLIS DEATH — Trump spends Friday trying to walk back his incendiary tweet. SENT: 940 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — Grim employment and spending numbers have darkened the prospects for a speedy recovery in the U.S. as the economic devastation from the global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. President Donald Trump meanwhile announces the United States will end its support for the World Health Organization, charging it didn’t respond adequately to the pandemic because of China’s “total control” over the U.N. agency. By Martin Crutsinger and Dan Sewell. SENT: 890 words, photos. WITH: VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

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MORE ON MINNEAPOLIS PROTESTS

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MINNEAPOLIS POLICE-DEATH-MISINFORMATION — Since a video of a white Minneapolis police office officer kneeling on an African American man’s neck first surfaced, internet troublemakers and even celebrities have posted misleading or unsubstantiated claims about George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests. The false social media posts play along racial divisions, with some on Facebook or Twitter pushing out-of-context or old photos claiming they show protesters causing damaging in the city. SENT: 660 words, photos.

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE-DEATH-CHARGES — A former Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck could face the same 12 1/2-year prison sentence that was imposed against another former officer in his department if he’s convicted of third-degree murder. SENT: 200 words, photos.

MINNEAPOLIS POLICE-DEATH-OFFICERS — A white Minneapolis police officer and the black man who died in his custody both worked as security guards as recently as last year at the same Latin nightclub but its former owner says she’s not sure they knew each other. What she is certain of is how aggressive Officer Derek Chauvin, who was taken into custody and charged with murder, became when the club hosted African-American dance nights, responding to fights by taking out his mace and spraying everyone in the crowd, a tactic she pointed out to him was “overkill.” SENT: 750 words, photos.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-SEA CHANGE — Pollution from human and agriculture waste spilling into the seas off Rome has decreased 30% during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown, preliminary results from a nationwide survey of seawater quality indicate. Authorities stressed it was too soon to give the lockdown sole credit for the change, saying that shifting sea currents and limited rainfall in April and May also could have been responsible for reduced runoff of livestock and fertilizer waste. SENT: 570 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PHILIPPINES-QUARANTINE GRIDLOCK — Tens of thousands of Filipinos working on some of the world’s best-known cruise ships have been stuck at quarantine facilities at home waiting to be cleared to see their families. Their sudden influx after months of voyaging around the globe combined with the government’s limited quarantine and virus-testing capability to set off chaotic delays. It sparked congestion in Manila hospitals, hotels and makeshift isolation structures. SENT: 790 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — India registers another record single-day jump of 7,964 coronavirus cases and 265 deaths, a day before the 2-month-old lockdown is set to end. The Health Ministry put the total number of confirmed cases at 173,763 with 4,971 deaths. The infections include 82,369 people who have recovered. More than 70% of the cases are concentrated in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan states. SENT: 650 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-WUHAN NURSE — Zhang Dan was among the first to respond to the call for help in China’s coronavirus epicenter. The 36-year-old nurse worked through grueling days, ministering to patients who needed assistance from breathing to merely eating. She struggled — but then, a little street dog helped her through. Zhang was among 42,600 medical workers brought from around China to bolster Wuhan’s overwhelmed medical system. SENT: 560 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOME CITED — The federal agency that oversees workplace safety said Friday that it had issued its first citation in the U.S. related to the coronavirus outbreak: against a Georgia nursing home that delayed reporting the hospitalization of six infected workers. SENT: 320 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-PEACEKEEPER-DEATHS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announces the deaths of the first two U.N. peacekeepers from COVID-19. He made the announcement at a ceremony marking the International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers, saying both peacekeepers, who died Thursday and Friday, were serving in Mali. SENT: 300 words, photos

VIRUS OUTBREAK-KILLING HOGS —Meatpacking plants that had to briefly close due to coronavirus outbreaks have been back up and running for weeks, but production backlogs are forcing farmers to euthanize thousands of hogs that can’t be processed, drawing complaints from animal welfare advocates. SENT: 850 words, photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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CHINA-AIRCRAFT CARRIER — China home-built aircraft carrier conducting sea trials. SENT: 320 words, photo.

MISSISSIPPI POLICE SHOOTING — A local Mississippi prosecutor says the state attorney general had bad timing in dropping a manslaughter charge this week against a white former police officer in the 2015 killing of a black man, given protests erupting across the U.S. over similar killings. SENT: 550 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MISSOURI LAKE — Partygoer at Missouri’s Lake of Ozarks positive for COVID-19. SENT: 200 words, photo.

NOT-REAL-NEWS — This week’s Not Real News looks at a number of false posts that circulated around the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. SENT: 2,900 words, photos.

VATICAN-SUMMER CAMP — Papal ping-pong? Vatican opens summer camp amid virus. SENT: 250 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FRONTIER DAYS — No rodeo festival dashes Wyoming city’s hopes amid COVID-19. SENT: 970 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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UNITED-STATES-CHINA-TRUMP — President Trump announces a series of measures aimed at China as a rift between the two countries grows. He says he will withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong’s special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government. By Ben Fox. SENT: 1,040 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2020-BIDEN — Joe Biden laments the “open wound” of systemic racism in the United States. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee responded to the police killing of a black man in Minnesota with an empathetic contrast to President Trump. By Will Weissert and Kat Stafford. SENT: 970 words, photo.

SUPREME-COURT-CHURCHES — A divided Supreme Court rejects an emergency appeal by a California church that challenged state limits on attendance at worship services that have been imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus. SENT: 280 words, photo.

UNITED STATES-LIBYA — U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia’s longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies. SENT: 460 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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CHINA-HONG KONG-US — The mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party said U.S. moves to end some trading privileges for Hong Kong “grossly interfere” in China’s internal affairs and are “doomed to fail.” Saturday’s editorial in the newspaper People’s Daily was responding to an announcement from President Donald Trump, after China’s ceremonial parliament bypassed Hong Kong’s local legislature to advance legislation that could severely curtail free speech and opposition political activities in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. SENT: 640 words, photos.

UNITED NATIONS-SOUTH SUDAN-SANCTIONS — The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution extending for a year an arms embargo on South Sudan and a travel ban and financial sanctions for targeted individuals, with Russia, China and South Africa abstaining. SENT: 520 words.

UNITED NATIONS-COUNCIL ELECTIONS — The U.N. General Assembly adopts a new voting procedure for the upcoming election of new members of the Security Council aimed at preventing a large gathering and ensuring social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. SENT: 330 words.

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NATIONAL

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VIRUS PROTEST CONCERT — A Utah judge blocked a concert protesting coronavirus restrictions Friday, siding with county health officials who said the event expected to attract thousands of people could worsen the pandemic. SENT: 530 words.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks closed out a solid week on Wall Street with a late-afternoon rebound after worries that President Donald Trump would reignite a costly trade war with China faded. SENT: 790 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NBA — The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Friday. The people, speaking on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because no details of the call were publicly released, said Commissioner Adam Silver is still collecting information on multiple options. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 640 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLLEGE SPORTS — The NCAA released a long and detailed plan to help schools bring athletes back to campus during the pandemic. The move came as schools across the country prepare for the return of athletes as early as June 8. By College Sports Writer Ralph D. Russo. SENT: 775 words, photos.

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