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ADDS: MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK-DAILY DEATHS, AMERICA PROTEST-SEATTLE, ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT-POLICING COMPLAINTS, FACEBOOK-TRUMP ADS, TRUMP-EARLY ARRIVALS, AMERICA PROTESTS-SCHOOL CURRICULUM, VENEZUELA-US SANCTIONS, END OF CAMELOT, PEOPLE-BILLIE EILISH, VIRUS OUTBREAK-MLB
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AP POLL-TRUMP — Americans are deeply unhappy about the state of their country — and more than half think President Donald Trump is making matters worse. About two-thirds of Americans also say Trump is making the country more divided, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By Julie Pace and Emily Swanson. SENT: 910 words, photos, graphics.
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SUPREME COURT-IMMIGRATION — The Supreme Court rejects President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, his second stunning election-season rebuke from the court in a week, including Monday’s ruling that it’s illegal to fire people because they’re gay or transgender. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, video.
TRUMP-BOLTON BOOK — The White House’s fight with former national security adviser John Bolton is just the latest in a lengthy history of book battles in Washington, yet it will likely define future cases between the U.S. government and former employees determined to write tell-all tomes. By Deb Riechmann and Mike Balsamo. UPCOMING: 1,000 words by 7 p.m. With CONGRESS-BOLTON BOOK — John Bolton’s explosive allegations that President Donald Trump sought political help from China puts congressional leaders in a bind after they impeached and acquitted the president over similar conduct with Ukraine. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Bolton “chose royalties over patriotism” by not testifying to the House, but was noncommittal on whether Democrats would try to subpoena him. By Laurie Kellman. SENT: 720 words.
AMERICA PROTESTS — A number of Atlanta police officers called out sick or refused to answer calls to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief said members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to policing.. By Kate Brumback. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, video. With AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.
AMERICA PROTESTS-PROSECUTORS — Prosecutors across the country are defying traditionally cozy relationships with police departments, swiftly charging officers with assault and other crimes in the massive protests following the death of George Floyd and dropping charges for demonstrators arrested by the cops. By Alanna Durkin Richer and Michael Tarm. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK-DAILY DEATHS — The number of deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. has fallen in recent weeks to the lowest level since late March, even as states increasingly reopen for business. But scientists are deeply afraid the trend may be about to reverse itself. By Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster. SENT: 760 words, photos.
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BRAZIL-BLACK LIVES MATTER — More than 600 people were killed by police in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state in the first months of this year, and most were black or biracial. As the Black Lives Matter movement brings hundreds of thousands to the streets around the world, demonstrators have been organizing the largest anti-police brutality demonstrations in years on the streets of Rio. By David Biller. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
OCOEE MASSACRE — On Election Day a century ago, a white mob swept through a tiny Florida citrus town after a black man showed up at the polls to vote. Over two days of terror, the mob set fire to homes and drove black residents from their community. As the centennial of the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots approaches, Florida’s governor is considering a bill requiring schools to do more to highlight that day in history classes. By Bobby Caina Calvan. SENT: 840 words, photos.
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AMERICA PROTESTS-JUNETEENTH — In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade or a community festival. But Juneteenth 2020 will be a day of protest in many places. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. With AP EXPLAINS-JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY
AMERICA PROTEST-SEATTLE — The largest labor group in the Seattle area has expelled the city’s police union, saying the guild representing officers failed to address racism within its ranks. SENT: 490 words, photos.
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT-POLICING COMPLAINTS — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Chicago can keep all records of complaints against police officers that are more than five years old, delivering a victory for police reform advocates who say the records are crucial to keeping track of officers accused of brutality and misconduct.
AMERICA PROTESTS-SCHOOL CURRICULUM — The state of Oklahoma is nudging school districts to do a more thorough job of teaching the events surrounding the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. Advocates nationwide say schools ought to do more to teach the country’s history of violence against black people. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos by 8 p.m.
AMERICA PROTESTS-TEEN-SINGER — AP Exclusive: Keedron Bryant, the 12-year-old singer whose passionate performance about being a young black man in today’s world became a rallying cry, has signed a deal with Warner Records. His poignant song will officially be released Friday. SENT: 700 words, photos.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS-RICHMOND — A judge has extended a court order preventing Virginia’s governor from removing a historic statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a famed avenue in the former capital of the Confederacy. SENT: 790 words, photos.
AMERICA PROTESTS-CONGRESS-CONFEDERATE SYMBOLS — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi orders the removal from the Capitol of portraits honoring four previous House speakers who served in the Confederacy. By Matthew Daly. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT-BENEFITS — Three months after the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a heavy rate, a trend that points to a slow and prolonged recovery from the recession. SENT: 1,030 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIVES LOST-YESHIVA STUDENT —Saadya Ehrenpreis was born with Down syndrome, and when he was young, doctors said he might never learn to talk. He proved them wrong, going on to graduate from high school, study in Israel and ultimately enroll in a program for young men with special needs at New York’s Yeshiva University. he died in late April, one of more than 110,000 lives claimed by COVID-19 in the U.S.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RESTAURANTS EVOLVE — The virus pandemic has decimated the restaurant industry, leaving millions unemployed and shuttering countless spots for good. Those restaurants that survived with takeout during the initial days of COVID-19 are now gradually opening their doors to welcome patrons to a very different dining experience. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-VIRAL-QUESTIONS-HOTELS — Is it safe to stay in hotels as reopenings get underway? It depends on the precautions you and the hotel take. SENT: 240 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA TESTS-PHOTO ESSAY — A first-person view inside Beijing’s virus tests. SENT: 590 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-NOISE AND GUILT — Everyone has experienced the pandemic in different ways over the past three months in the United States. But many share a common trait: They’re doing it pretty much alone. SENT: 600 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-GET WELL SOON — A Bangladeshi group of volunteers is providing COVID-19 patients with fruit baskets and “get well soon” cards to keep their spirits up amid reports that many patients are being ostracized by their families and neighbors. SENT: 540 words, photos, video.
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PEOPLE-BILLIE EILISH — Pop star Billie Eilish gets 3-year restraining order against a man who repeatedly appeared at her Los Angeles home. SENT: 410 words, photo.
FATHER'S DAY-PANDEMIC LESSONS — This Father’s Day, dads have new respect for duties at home. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
COLOMBIA-REBELS WANTED — US: $10 million each for arrests of 2 Colombian rebel chiefs. SENT: 350 words.
BRANDS-REEVALUATING RACE — Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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SUPREME COURT-INDEPENDENCE — Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberals and ruled against President Donald Trump in two big cases this week, but over the course of Trump’s presidency Roberts has been both a vote for the administration and against it. His votes have meant that in big, controversial cases the court cannot be automatically labeled as conservative or liberal. SENT: 925 words, photos.
END OF CAMELOT — Camelot’s inner circle is just about gone — though its spirit, some say, is very much alive. The death of Jean Kennedy Smith, an acclaimed former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, virtually erases those who were closest to the assassinated 35th U.S. president. SENT: 800 words, photos. With JEAN-KENNEDY-SMITH-OBIT — Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died at 92. SENT: 800 words, photos.
DRINKING WATER-CONTAMINATION — The Trump administration has rejected imposing federal drinking-water limits for a chemical used in fireworks and other explosives and linked to brain damage in newborns, opting to override Obama administration findings that the neurotoxin was contaminating the drinking water of millions of Americans. By Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 800 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-CAMPAIGNING AT HOME — As both Donald Trump and Joe Biden wrestle with how to get out on the campaign trail — safely — during the pandemic, historians point to a precedent that might offer some lessons: James Garfield let the people come to him. SENT: 880 words, photos.
TRUMP-EARLY ARRIVALS — Despite the heat, the growing risk of coronavirus and a lukewarm reception from local officials, backers of Donald Trump are already camped out outside an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the president will hold his first campaign rally in months. SENT: 850 words, photo.
FACEBOOK-TRUMP ADS — Facebook has removed a campaign ad by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that featured an upside-down red triangle, a symbol once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners, communists and others in concentration camps. By Eric Tucker and Barbara Ortutay. SENT: 760 words, photos.
TRUMP-JUDICIAL NOMINEE — A divided Senate approved the nomination of a 38-year-old judge and ally of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to serve on a top federal appeals court, despite Democrats’ objections that he’s inexperienced and biased against the Obama-era health care law. SENT: 800 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-VOA — The new chief of U.S.-funded global media is facing a conservative backlash over his decision to fire the heads of two international broadcasters, adding to concerns about the direction of the agency, which oversees the Voice of America and other outlets. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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VENEZUELA-US SANCTIONS — The Trump administration increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday, targeting a lifeline he’s used for selling crude oil run by a close associate of the socialist leader who was recently jailed in Cape Verde. SENT: 770 words, photo.
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — An Israeli soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman near the Gaza frontier in 2018 has been given 45 days of community service after an army investigation concluded he fired without authorization. SENT: 450 words, photos.
POLAND-US — President Donald Trump will be giving an image boost to Poland’s populist president, Andrzej Duda, by hosting him at the White House next week, just four days before Poland holds a presidential election in which Duda is facing a strong challenge. SENT: 860 words, photos.
BRAZIL-CORRUPTION PROBE — Brazilian authorities have arrested a man sought as part of an investigation into allegedly suspicious movements of money while working for the son of President Jair Bolsonaro, marking another indirect blow to the embattled leader.. SENT: 720 words, photos.
GERMANY-RUSSIA-SLAYING — German prosecutors file murder charges against a Russian man accused in the brazen daylight slaying in Berlin of a Georgian man, and say that the Russian state ordered the killing — adding to tensions between the two countries. SENT: 370 words.
REFUGEES REPORT — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says he is “very worried” about the impact of the new coronavirus in Latin America, where millions of Venezuelans have fled upheaval at home and could face hardship abroad among lockdowns and other restrictive measures to fight the pandemic. SENT: 510 words, photos.
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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE-UTILITY — Pacific Gas & Electric on Thursday was fined $4 million for the deaths of 84 people killed in a nightmarish Northern California wildfire ignited by the its long-neglected electrical grid. The sentencing comes as the nation’s largest utility prepares to end a 17-month bankruptcy proceeding triggered by the catastrophe. SENT: 750 words.
DEPUTIES-SHOOTING — The half-brother of a black man found hanged in a Southern California park was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after they say he opened fire on them. SENT: 470 words.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Wall Street held at a near standstill on Thursday, with indexes split as caution about rising coronavirus infections in hotspots around the world washed over hopes for a coming economic recovery. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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FILM-BLACK LIVES MATTER — As protests erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd, every major entertainment company in Hollywood issued statements of support for the black community. But as unanimous as that show of solidarity was, it was also clear that this wasn’t a fight Hollywood could watch from the sidelines. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. An abridged version of 870 words has also been sent.
BRITAIN-OBIT-LYNN — Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces’ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
JAMES BROWN ESTATE — The Godfather of Soul’s dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina’s Supreme Court -- weighing into a 14-year-old legal saga yet again — has ruled that James Brown’s last partner was not legally married to him. SENT: 610 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MLB — Baseball players proposed a 70-game regular-season schedule, a plan immediately rejected by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred with the sides 10 games and about $275 million apart on plans to start the coronavirus-delayed season. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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