AP News Digest 7 a.m.

| August 13, 2020 4:03 AM

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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UNEMPLOYMENT — The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. UPCOMING: Report at 8:30 a.m.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOL BOARD DILEMMA — School boards nationwide are facing what one South Carolina leader calls an impossible decision. It’s a simple question: Do we return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic? But officials say there are no right or easy answers. By Jeffrey Collins. SENT: 1,480 words, photos, video. An abridged version of 1,010 words has also been sent.

ELECTION 2020-HARRIS-ASIAN IDENTITY — Kamala Harris’ selection as Joe Biden’s running mate is generating glee among South Asians worldwide and putting the spotlight on her as the first person of Asian descent on a presidential ticket. Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother. By Sophia Tareen. SENT: 840 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-HARRIS — Biden, Harris deliver aggressive one-two attack on Trump; ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-FUNDRAISING — Biden raises $26 million for campaign in past 24 hours. Also see ELECTION 2020-TRUMP below.

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-FRANCE-INJUSTICE — Festering beneath France’s promise of guaranteed health care for all lie deep disparities across economic and racial lines — differences laid painfully bare by the COVID-19 crisis. As France records a new uptick in virus cases, a health advocacy group is trying to help, offering medical care and guidance in poor and migrant-heavy suburbs and neighborhoods. By Arno Pedram. SENT: 860 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPAIN’S SECOND WAVE — Not two months after battling back the coronavirus, Spain’s hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards. The deployment of a military emergency brigade to set up a field hospital in Zaragoza this week is a grim reminder that Spain is far from claiming victory over the coronavirus that devastated the European country in March and April. By Joseph Wilson. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

LEBANON-HELPING THEMSELVES — The explosion that tore through Beirut left around a quarter of a million people with homes unfit to live in. But there are no collective shelters or people sleeping in public parks. That’s because in the absence of the state residents Lebanon have opened their homes to relatives, friends and neighbors. By Hend Kortam. SENT: 1,020 words, photo. With LEBANON — Lebanon Parliament meets after blast, government resignation.

PACIFIC WAR-75-JAPAN-WAR REMAINS — Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts. The missing Japanese make up about half of the 2.4 million soldiers who died overseas during Japan’s military rampage across Asia in the early 20th century. As the anniversary for the end of the Pacific War arrives Saturday, there is little hope these remains will ever be recovered, let alone identified and returned to grieving family members. SENT: 820 words, photos. With PACIFIC WAR-JAPAN-CHILD OF MANCHURIA — War’s end meant years of pain for Japanese girl in China.

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