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KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea blows up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea in a dramatic display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on Washington and Seoul amid deadlocked nuclear diplomacy. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 910 words, photos, video.
POLICE-SHOOTING-ATLANTA-WHAT-HAPPENED — It started off as routine: a man asleep in his car in a fast-food drive-thru. But it rapidly spun out of control when Atlanta police tried to handcuff and arrest Rayshard Brooks for being intoxicated. Video of the scene shows the 27-year-old black man wrestling with two white officers, taking a Taser from one of them, running a short distance through the Wendy’s parking lot, and then pointing the stun gun toward one. That officer shot him twice in the back, killing him. By Lisa Marie Pane. SENT: 910 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Chinese authorities are reimposing some travel restrictions in the capital as they work to contain a new coronavirus outbreak and prevent it spreading more widely in a country that previously appeared to have largely contained the virus. By Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 990 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA — More controls used in Beijing as outbreak grows; VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HEALING HEALTH WORKERS — At hospitals around the country, health care workers are reckoning with the psychological toll of the fight against the coronavirus, and fears that the disease could flare anew later this year. At New York City’s Elmhurst Hospital, workers have been cheered as heroes in the virus crisis. But the work also has been exhausting and traumatic. By Jennifer Peltz. SENT: 1,010 words, photos, videos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP RALLY-MAYOR — For most mayors in deep-red states like Oklahoma, the prospect of hosting the first rally for President Donald Trump in months would be a delight. It would showcase the city on an international stage and draw revenue for local businesses that have been shuttered for months amid the coronavirus outbreak. But G.T. Bynum, the first-term mayor of Tulsa, isn’t celebrating Trump’s planned rally Saturday at the city’s 19,000-seat downtown BOK Center arena. By Sean Murphy. SENT: 940 words, photos. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.
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ELECTION 2020-WARREN-VP — Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s overtures with the African American community could help her standing as one of the women Joe Biden is reportedly considering as his running mate. Biden has pledged to pick a woman, and pressure is increasing on him to pick a black woman. By Will Weissert. SENT: 990 words, photo. With ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-OBAMA — Obama to hold joint fundraiser for Biden next week.
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AMERICA PROTESTS — Pleading through tears, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demands changes in the criminal justice system and calls on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. SENT: 1,100 words, photos, videos. With AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.
AMERICA PROTESTS-CONGRESS — The Senate Judiciary Committee takes up police reform at a hearing, while Republicans consider an extensive package with new restrictions on police chokeholds and other practices. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 700 words, photos. UPCOMING: 850 words after 2:30 Senate hearing.
SKOREA-US-BANNER’S REMOVAL — A large Black Lives Matter banner is quietly removed from the U.S. Embassy building in South Korea’s capital three days after it was raised there in solidarity with demonstrators protesting against racial inequality back home. SENT: 690 words, photos.
CIVIL-WAR-PLAQUE-MARYLAND — A Maryland panel votes to remove a plaque from Maryland’s Capitol that honors the Civil War’s Union and Confederate soldiers and until recently showed the U.S. flag and Confederate flag crossed. SENT: 600 words, photos.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-COMPANY-WAIVERS — As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’t sue if they catch COVID-19. SENT: 1,060 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi Arabia's opportunity to host the prestigious G20 gathering of world leaders this November will likely be a virtual meet-up, stripping Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the pomp that would have accompanied televised arrivals on Riyadh’s tarmac. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INTERNSHIPS — Even as economies slowly reopen, the global coronavirus crisis is disrupting summer internships, an important stepping stone to working life for many university students and recent graduates. By Business Writer Kelvin Chan. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GERMANY-TRACING-APP — Germany launches a coronavirus tracing app that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VIRAL-QUESTIONS-LONG-TERM EFFECTS — What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19? It’s hard to say exactly. SENT: 330 words, graphic.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN-VACCINE — Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, becoming the latest entry into the race to find an effective vaccine to stop the pandemic. By Medical Writer Maria Cheng. SENT: 470 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EUROPE-REOPENS-PHOTO-GALLERY — Sunshine, espressos, shopping as Europe opens up. SENT: 340 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TURKEY — Turkey makes the wearing of face masks mandatory in five more provinces, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases. SENT: 280 words, photo.
TRIBES-CORONAVIRUS-RELIEF-FUNDING — The U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes that it intended to withhold while a court challenge over the agency’s initial round of payments to tribal governments played out in court, a federal judge rules. SENT: 530 words.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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OFFICERS SICKENED-SHAKE SHACK — Shake Shack “horrified” NYPD officers’ drinks may have had bleach; department sees no criminality. SENT: 170 words.
T-MOBILE-NETWORK-ISSUES — T-Mobile says it’s working to fix widespread network issues. SENT: 260 words, photo.
BRITAIN-FILM AWARDS — British Academy Film Awards postpones ceremony by two months. SENT: 210 words, photo.
BRITAIN-US-FIGHTER CRASH — U.S. pilot in fighter jet crash named; accident cause unclear. SENT: 160 words.
FRANCE-UNREST — Clashes in Dijon injure 10, prompt French government to intervene. SENT: 180 words.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-OMAR’S-FATHER — Rep. Omar announces father’s death from COVID-19 complications. SENT: 90 words, photo.
MILITARY BASE-SHOOTING-ALASKA — Guard kills trespassing suspect at Alaska military facility. SENT: 320 words.
JAPAN-CRUISE SHIP SMOKE — Fire breaks out on Japanese cruise ship docked near Tokyo. SENT: 170 words, photos.
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UNITED STATES-JORDAN — The Trump administration is considering withholding aid to one of its closest Arab partners, Jordan, in a bid to secure the extradition of a woman convicted of a deadly bombing in Israel. SENT: 870 words, photo.
SUPREME COURT-WEBSITE GLITCH — When the Supreme Court announced that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a glitch on the court’s website meant many people trying to read the decision initially saw only a single page. SENT: 730 words, photos.
FEDERAL EXECUTIONS — The Justice Department has set new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates following a monthslong legal battle over the plan to resume the executions for the first time since 2003. SENT: 960 words, photo.
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INDIA-CHINA-HIMALAYAN STANDOFF — At least three Indian soldiers, including a senior army officer, were killed in a confrontation with Chinese troops along their disputed border high in the Himalayas where thousands of soldiers on both sides have been facing off for over a month, the Indian army says. SENT: 600 words, photo.
HONG KONG-CHINA — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she hopes that the opposition would not “demonize and stigmatize” the new national security law as doing do would mean pitting themselves against the people of Hong Kong. SENT: 590 words, photos.
HUMAN-RIGHTS-RACISM — African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in the wake of recent high-profile killings of blacks by American police. SENT: 290 words, photo.
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IMMIGRATION-VISA-RESTRICTIONS — Trump is expected to announce new restrictions on work visas, and businesses and universities are pleading for restraint. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES-UTILITY — Pacific Gas & Electric is expected to plead guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter during a court hearing in which the nation’s largest utility will be confronted with its history of neglect and greed that culminated in a wildfire that wiped out most of a Northern California town. By Business Writer Michael Liedtke. SENT: 610 words, photos.
GOLDEN STATE KILLER — A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s agrees to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death penalty, a law enforcement source and a victim’s relative says. SENT: 650 words, photo.
CASINOS-CASHLESS-PAYMENTS — The American casino industry wants gambling regulators to make it easier to adopt cashless payment transactions on the casino floor, citing a desire to help customers avoid handling money during the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 510 words.
TEXAS EXECUTION — A Texas inmate condemned for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago is scheduled to die by injection, as the nation’s busiest death penalty state prepares to resume executions following a four-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 670 words, photo.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Global shares rose, cheered by fresh moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to support markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 590 words, photos.
EUROPE-APPLE-ANTITRUST — European Union authorities open antitrust investigations into Apple’s App Store and its payments platform over concerns that its practices stifle competition. SENT: 170 words, photo.
BRITAIN-ECONOMY — The number of people in the U.K. claiming job-related benefits increased by a monthly 23.3% in May to 2.8 million, official figures that likely underestimate the heavy toll on the labor market of the coronavirus lockdown. SENT: 490 words, photos.
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CHINA-SATELLITE LAUNCH SCRUBBED — Citing technical reasons, China delays the launch of the final satellite to complete its Beidou Navigation Satellite System constellation that emulates the U.S. Global Positioning System. SENT: 300 words, photo.
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COMMISSIONERS-ESPN — Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season. By Sports Writer Joe Reedy. SENT: 860 words, photos.
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