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| June 11, 2020 4:27 AM

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT-BENEFITS — Many more likely sought U.S. jobless aid even as layoffs slow. SENT: 160 words, photo.

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-HOMES-FOR-DISABLED — Many homes for people with developmental disabilities were ill-equipped to protect the highly vulnerable population from the coronavirus pandemic, an AP investigation finds. And while nursing homes have come under the spotlight, little attention has gone toward thousands of other facilities for people with disabilities. By Holbrook Mohr, Mitch Weiss and Reese Dunklin. SENT: 2,530 words, photos, video. An abridged version of 870 words is available.

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CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS-TOPPLED — Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue. Police were on the scene and videos on social media showed the monument in the former capital of the Confederacy being towed away as a crowd cheered. SENT: 410 words, photo, video. With COLUMBUS STATUE-ARRESTS Police: Seven arrested for vandalizing Columbus statue in Miami; AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.

TRUMP-ANALYSIS — In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, President Donald Trump is increasingly leaning into many of the personal and policy instincts that helped him draw support from disaffected, largely white, Americans in the 2016 election. Yet he appears to be falling out of step with the growing majority of Americans, including some of his supporters in politics, sports and pop culture, who see Floyd’s death as a searing inflection point in America’s fraught racial history. By Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace. SENT: 900 words, photos.

AMERICA-PROTESTS-BLACK-EMPLOYEES — After hitting the streets to protest racial injustices, Sharon Chuter was disillusioned by the number of corporate brands posting “glossy” messages spouting support for black lives. The 33-year-old founder of Uoma Beauty, a cosmetics company that caters to black women, came up with a social media challenge to test the sincerity of the companies: She launched the #pulluporshutup campaign on Instagram to push brands to reveal the racial makeup of their corporate workforce and executives. By Sally Ho. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA-CAPITAL CATASTROPHE — Two and a half months of nationwide lockdown kept numbers of infections relatively low in India. But with restrictions easing in recent weeks, cases have shot up, raising questions about whether authorities have done enough to avert catastrophe. India’s tally has reached 286,579 confirmed cases, the fifth highest in the world, and 8,102 deaths. Half of New Delhi’s 8,200 hospital beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients are already full and officials are projecting more than half a million cases in the city alone by July 31. By Emily Schmall. SENT: 970 words, photos.

BELGIUM-PROTESTS-REVILED-KING — When it comes to ruthless colonialism and racism, few historical figures are more notorious than Leopold II, the king of the Belgians who held Congo as his personal property and may have been responsible for the deaths of millions of Congolese more than a century ago. Yet across Belgium, the monarch’s name is still found on streets and tunnels. Cities are dotted with his statues and busts, even as evidence of his misdeeds has piled up over the decades. Now a reckoning seems to be at hand. By Raf Casert. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.

GEORGE FLOYD-AFRICA’S POLICE — Collins Khosa was killed by law enforcement officers in a poor township in Johannesburg over a cup of beer left in his yard. The 40-year-old black man was choked, slammed against a wall, beaten, kicked and hit with the butt of a rifle by the soldiers as police watched, his family says. Two months later, South Africans staged a march against police brutality. But it was mostly about the killing of George Floyd in the United States, with the case of Khosa, who died on April 10, raised only briefly. By Gerald Imray and Tom Odula. SENT: 880 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.

Full coverage of America Protests in AP Newsroom.

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