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HIGHLIGHTING
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT (SENT, DEVELOPING)
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP (SENT)
AMERICA-CENSUS BEGINS Q&A (SENT)
ELECTION 2020-PROTESTS (UPCOMING)
VENEZUELA-AT&T (SENT)
IRAN (SENT)
CHINA-RUSSIA-THE LEADERS (SENT)
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VENEZUELA-AT&T — The U.S. government is trying to pressure DirecTV to pull the rug from under what they consider Nicolás Maduro’s propaganda machine. The U.S. wants the company, which is wholly owned by Dallas-based AT&T, to stand up forcefully to government censors — or risk being caught in violation of U.S. sanctions barring Americans from doing business with Maduro. By Joshua Goodman. SENT: 2,120 words, photos.
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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FRANCE-STRIKES — Paris Louvre museum closed amid strikes over pension plans. SENT: 171 words.
AFRICA-LOCUST OUTBREAK — Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa. SENT: 450 words.
ITALY-STOLEN-KLIMT — Painting found in Italian gallery's walls verified as Klimt. SENT: 150 words.
BODY-CHILD NEGLECT — North Dakota woman charged with leaving 6 kids with dead man. SENT: 150 words.
PIZZA DELIVERY-AIRPLANE — Alaska company takes pizza to new heights with air delivery. SENT: 300 words.
OVERTURNED SEMI-PIGS — Crews round up over 1,700 piglets after semi overturns. SENT: 90 words, photos, video.
SAG AWARDS-PRESENTERS — Scarlett Johansson, Sterling K. Brown among SAG presenters. SENT: 170 words, photos.
PEOPLE-REP.-AYANNA-PRESSLEY — Rep. Ayanna Pressley goes public with alopecia and baldness. SENT: 690 words, photos.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — President Donald Trump's legal team will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton. That's according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. SENT: 100 words. DEVELOPING.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Donald Trump's surrogates fan out across the country in an aggressive — and uphill — effort to stretch his appeal beyond the base of working-class white voters who propelled him to victory in 2016. SENT: 1030 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-PROTESTS — Three years after Trump took office and millions of people swarmed to the Women’s March in Washington and companion marches across the country, the anti-Trump protests have gotten smaller. As they gather again Saturday in Washington and across the U.S. activists say the smaller numbers shouldn't be mistaken for lack of motivation to vote Trump out in November. UPCOMING: 1,000 words by 3:30 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG-CLIMATE — Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would push for all new cars to be electric by 2035 and new buildings to produce zero carbon emissions by 2025 as part of clean energy plans he released this week. SENT: 560 words, photo.
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-TRIAL RULES — Yes, the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is an actual trial — but it probably won’t resemble anything Americans have seen from watching Court TV or the sensational criminal cases that have captured public attention over the years. A look at how the Senate trial compares with a courtroom trial. UPCOMING: 750 words by 4 p.m., photo.
TRUMP-COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPS — President Donald Trump welcomes the LSU Tigers, 2019 college football champions. UPCOMING: Developing from 11 a.m. event, 250 words by 2 p.m., photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-EVELYN YANG — The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang says she was sexually assaulted by an obstetrician while she was pregnant with the couple's first child. SENT: 777 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-SEWELL — Joe Biden secures a weighty Deep South endorsement for his presidential campaign, with Alabama’s lone Democratic House member on Friday announcing her support for the former vice president. SENT: 760 words, photo. (Moved at 6 a.m.)
ELECTION 2020-STEYER — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is riding high on recent polling showing him ascendant in Nevada. He's making a concerted push to reach Latinos with Spanish-language ads and a slate of Hispanic-focused events this week. SENT: 850 words, photo.
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NATIONAL
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AMERICA-CENSUS BEGINS Q&A — The 2020 Census kicks off next week in remote Alaska. Here's a look at what you need to know about the census, including why it historically starts in Alaska. SENT: 700 words.
ALASKA-CHURCH ABUSE — A review commissioned by the Archdiocese of Anchorage finds credible evidence of sexual misconduct by 14 people who served in the archdiocese dating to 1966, a church leader announces. SENT: 780 words, photos.
CONGRESSMAN-STOCK-INDICTMENT — A judge must decide the fate of former U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins after his lawyers and prosecutors disagreed over how he should be punished for conspiring in an insider trading scheme. SENT: 380 words, photo.
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INTERNATIONAL
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IRAN — Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing “American clowns” who he said pretend to support the Iranian nation but want to stick their "poisoned dagger” into its back. By Amir Vahdat and Joseph Krauss. SENT: 670 words, photo. WITH: IRAN-MOUNTING CRISES — A look at Iran's mounting crises. SENT: 800 words.
BRITAIN-ROYAL RIFT-SHRINKING MONARCHY — The British monarchy is changing with the scandal surrounding Prince Andrew, and with Prince Harry's decision to break away. There will be fewer senior royals working to support Queen Elizabeth II. By Gregory Katz. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
CHINA-RUSSIA-THE LEADERS — Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping have established themselves as the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders in decades. Now it looks like they want to hang on to those roles indefinitely. By Daria Litinova and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 1,290 words, photos.
CHINA-TRAVEL RUSH — As the Lunar New Year approaches, Chinese travelers flock to train stations and airports to take part in a nationwide ritual: the world's biggest annual human migration. Around 3 billion trips will be made during the Spring Festival travel rush. SENT: 290 words, photos. With CHINA-POPULATION — China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls.
UKRAINE-POLITICS — Ukraine's prime minister submits his resignation, days after he was caught on tape saying the country's president knows nothing about the economy. SENT: 380 words, photo.
PHILIPPINES-VOLCANO — An erupting Philippine volcano remains life-threatening despite weaker emissions and fewer tremors, an official says and advises thousands of displaced villagers not to return to the danger zone. SENT: 530 words, photos.
GERMANY-ANTI-SEMITISM — A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. SENT: 860 words, photos.
JAPAN-PATERNITY LEAVE — Japan's environment minister became father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave — still a rarity in Japan where men are under pressure to put work before family. SENT: 380 words, photo.
CENTRAL AMERICA-MIGRANTS — U.S. officials are crediting tough measures taken over the past year and cooperation from regional governments for sharply reducing the number of Central American migrants who responded to a call for a new caravan. SENT: 770 words, photos.
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BUSINESS/ECONOMY
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FEDERAL-RESERVE-NOMINATIONS — Trump says that he intends to nominate two people to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, an institution he has repeatedly attacked for not cutting rates deeply enough. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 470 words, photo.
ONE-PERSON-RAIL-CREWS — This year’s scheduled completion of a $15 billion automatic railroad braking system will bolster the industry’s argument for eliminating one of the two crew members in most locomotives. By Business Writer Josh Funk. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
CARLOS GHOSN — The legal team of Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn issues a statement refuting the latest allegations by the Japanese automaker against the fugitive businessman. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 350 words, photo.
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ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
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EMINEM-SURPRISE ALBUM — Rapper Eminem again drops a surprise album, releasing “Music to Be Murdered By”— along with a video that calls for changes to gun laws. SENT: 300 words, photo.
MUSIC-GRAMMYS CEO - Recording Academy President CEO Deborah Dugan, who the company announced Thursday was placed on adminstrative leave, has fired back in a statement through her lawyer, saying: “What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told.” By AP Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 560 words, photo.
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SPORTS
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TITANS-IGNORED KICKER — The Tennessee Titans seem to have found a way to fix the NFL’s worst field goal unit: score touchdowns instead of trying field goals. They are the first team since 1980 to go six straight games in the same season without making a field goal, and their fourth different kicker has yet to attempt a field goal even as the Titans have reached the AFC championship game. By Pro Football Writer Teresa M. Walker. UPCOMING: 575 words, photos by 5 p.m. ET.
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