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EMIRATES-ISRAEL — The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issues a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries. The deal opening up relations between Israel and the UAE was announced Aug. 13. It required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians. By Jon Gambrell. SENT: 660 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-RNC-TRUMP — President Donald Trump sought to use the Republican convention to make the case he alone has what it takes to maintain law and order and steer a virus-battered nation out of its health and economic crisis. But voters and GOP strategists say he still has work to do as he tries to win over suburban women and bolster his position with waffling supporters. By Thomas Beaumont, Aamer Madhani and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMIC RELIEF-RISK — With the economy still in the pandemic’s grip, the Federal Reserve is facing a decision on whether to stretch an emergency lending program in a way that could bring more risk for the government and taxpayers. By Marcy Gordon. SENT: 970 words, photo.
OBIT-CHADWICK-BOSEMAN — First Chadwick Boseman slipped on the cleats of Jackie Robinson, then the Godfather of Soul’s dancing shoes, portraying both Black American icons with a searing intensity that commanded respect. When the former playwright suited up as Black Panther, he brought cool intellectual gravitas to the Marvel superhero whose “Wakanda forever!” salute reverberated worldwide. As his Hollywood career boomed, though, Boseman was privately undergoing “countless surgeries and chemotherapy” to battle colon cancer, his family said in a statement announcing his death at age 43 on Friday. He’d been diagnosed at stage 3 in 2016 but never spoke publicly about it. By Entertainment Writer Ryan Pearson. SENT: 1,420 words, photos. With OBIT-CHADWICK-BOSEMAN-REACTION — Shock, grief, and gratitude after death of Chadwick Boseman (sent).
TROPICAL WEATHER — The angry storm surge has receded and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. President Donald Trump plans to tour the damage in Louisiana and neighboring Texas. By Stacey Plaisance and Melinda Deslatte. SENT: 670 words, photos. With TROPICAL WEATHER-DODGING THE WORST — A wobble, luck and preparations lessened Laura’s devastation (sent).
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea has reported 323 new cases of the coronavirus as health officials prepare to tighten distancing restrictions in the greater capital area. The 16th consecutive day of triple-digit jumps brought the national caseload to 19,400. Fatalities reached 321 after five more deaths overnight. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIGRANT CHILDREN-HOTELS — The U.S. government has detained children at several major hotel chains — more than previously known — during the coronavirus pandemic instead of transferring them to government-funded shelters, according to new data. SENT: 740 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ALABAMA — The University of Alabama reports an additional 481 students have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to more than 1,000 infections since students returned to campus for the fall. The University of Alabama System released new numbers on its dashboard of cases for all three campuses. The additional 481 cases on the Tuscaloosa campus were reported between Aug. 25 and Aug. 27. SENT: 490 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MEXICO — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador loves hugging supporters and shaking hands in crowds but even he appears to be spooked by the country’s continued high coronavirus infection rates, shooing away fans and warning them not to come to see him. SENT: 360 words, photo.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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PORTLAND-PROTESTS — Protests erupt at Portland police building, mayor’s condo. SENT: 270 words, photos.
GEORGE-FLOYD-INVESTIGATION — Prosecutors to seek stiff sentences for cops charged in the death of George Floyd. SENT: 290 words.
SWEDEN-QURAN BURNING — Far-right activists burn a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police say. SENT: 100 words, photos.
CANADA-TRUMP HOTEL — Owner of Trump hotel in Vancouver files for bankruptcy. SENT: 210 words, photos.
KASHMIR-RELIGIOUS-PROCESSION-PHOTO-GALLERY — Pandemic casts pall over Muharram in Kashmir. SENT: 630 words photos.
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ELECTION 2020-AMERICAN CITIES — Speakers at the Republican National Convention portrayed American cities like Portland, New York and Chicago as lawless liberal wastelands that have been overrun with violence, looting and destruction that is forcing residents to flee for safer locales. The reality on the ground isn’t quite that simple. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-MILITARY — The top U.S. military officer tells Congress that the U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote. SENT: 870 words, photo.
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POLICE-SHOOTING-WISCONSIN-OFFICER — The Kenosha police union offers the most detailed accounting to date on officers’ perspective of the moments leading up to police shooting Jacob Blake seven times in the back, saying he had a knife and fought with officers, putting one of them in a headlock and shrugging off two attempts to stun him. SENT: 1,080 words, photo. With POLICE-SHOOTING-WISCONSIN-POLICE TACTICS — Activists see disparate police tactics amid Kenosha protests (sent).
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ZIMBABWE-SOCIAL-MEDIA-PROTESTS — Unable to protest on the streets, some in Zimbabwe are calling themselves “keyboard warriors” as they take to graffiti and social media to pressure a government that promised reform but is now accused of gross human rights abuses. Activists use the hashtag #zimbabweanlivesmatter to encourage global pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Tens of thousands of people, from Jamaican reggae stars to U.S. rap and hip-hop musicians, have joined African celebrities, politicians and former presidents in tweeting with the hashtag. SENT: 810 words, photos.
VENEZUELA-OPPOSITION — Venezuelan authorities release an opposition politician to home detention two years after being jailed on suspicion of taking part in a failed drone attack on President Nicolás Maduro, his family says. Images on social media showed Juan Requesens arriving home where his relatives greeted him with emotional embraces. SENT: 470 words, photo.
MAURITIUS-OIL-SPILL-PROTEST — Honking and drumming, hundreds of people have begun protesting in the capital of Mauritius over the government’s handling of an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery of dozens of dead dolphins in recent days. SENT: 400 words, photos.
JAPAN-TRANSPARENT-TOILETS — The walls of two newly installed public toilets in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood are see-through before people enter, but turn opaque when the doors are closed and locked from the inside. The so-called transparent toilets were designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for a project organized by The Nippon Foundation that redesigned a total of 17 public toilets in the neighborhood. The goal was to make them accessible to anyone, regardless of gender, age or disability. SENT: 230 words, photos.
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MUSK-NEURALINK-DEMO — Elon Musk isn’t content with electric cars, shooting people into orbit, populating Mars and building underground tunnels to solve traffic problems. He also wants to get inside your brain. His startup, Neuralink, wants to one day implant computer chips inside the human brain. The goal is to develop implants that can treat neural disorders — and that may one day be powerful enough to put humanity on a more even footing with possible future superintelligent computers. SENT: 600 words, photos..
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ATHLETICS-ASTROS-PROTEST-POSTPONEMENT — The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play. The decision came on Jackie Robinson Day across the majors, and in the wake of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, being shot by police in Wisconsin over the weekend. All players, managers and coaches at Minute Maid Park were wearing No. 42, the jersey number Robinson wore when he broke the major league color barrier in 1947. There have been 11 big league games postponed this week as clubs joined teams in the NBA, WNBA and MLS in calling off games while protesting social injustice. SENT: 553 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-NBA — The NBA playoffs will resume after the league and the National Basketball Players Association detailed the commitments that made players comfortable continuing the postseason. In a joint statement released Friday, the sides say they will immediately establish a social justice coalition, made up of players, coaches and owners, that would focus on issues such as voting access and advocating for meaningful police and criminal justice reform. Play stopped Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t take the court for their playoff game against Orlando, showing their frustration with the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and acts of racial injustice. By Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney. SENT: 891 words, photos.
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