AP News Digest 7:30 a.m.

| June 24, 2020 5:03 AM

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-FIGHTING FOR BREATH — Guinea’s best hope for coronavirus patients lies inside a neglected yellow shed on the grounds of its main hospital: an oxygen plant that has never been turned on. But the foreign technicians and supplies needed to complete the job can’t get in under Guinea’s coronavirus lockdowns. Unlike many of Guinea’s public hospitals, the country's lucrative mines have a steady supply of oxygen. By Lori Hinnant, Carley Petesch and Boubacar Diallo. SENT: 2,400 words, photos, video. An abridged version of 1,080 words is available.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL — New coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level in two months and are now back to where they were at the peak of the outbreak. By Nick Perry and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 790 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

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ELECTION 2020 — Voters rebuff President Donald Trump and nominate two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky. Calls in higher-profile races in Kentucky and New York faced days of delay as swamped officials count mountains of mail-in ballots. By Christina A. Cassidy, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Alan Fram. SENT: 1,050 words, photos, videos.

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RACIAL INJUSTICE-CIVIL RIGHTS ICONS — Bob Moses, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young were among those who risked jail time, assaults and even assassination in the 1960s battles against racial segregation and for voting rights in the South. AP reporters have been asking ’60s leaders their thoughts on the current protests across the country. By Dan Sewell and Russell Contreras. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With RACIAL INJUSTICE-THEN & NOW — Historian compares civil rights protests, then and now.

RUSSIA-ARCTIC HEAT WAVE — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists worried about what it means for the rest of the world. On Saturday, the thermometer hit a likely record of 100.4 degrees in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in Russia’s Sakha Republic. The increasing temperatures in Siberia have been linked to wildfires that grow bigger and more severe every year, and the thawing of the permafrost. By Daria Litvinova and Seth Borenstein. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.

RACIAL INJUSTICE-POLICE ARBITRATION — Hundreds of law enforcement officers across the country have been fired, sometimes repeatedly, for violating policies but have gotten their jobs back after appealing their cases to an arbitrator who overturned their discipline. It’s an all-too-common practice that some law and policing experts say stands in the way of real accountability. By Martha Bellisle. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. Also see MORE ON RACIAL INJUSTICE below.

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ISRAEL-APARTHEID — Israel’s harshest detractors have for years labeled the country an apartheid state as a tactic primarily to describe its rule over Palestinians who were denied basic rights in occupied areas. And for the most part, Israel successfully pushed back against the fraught word. But as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves closer to launching his annexation moves the term is increasingly becoming part of Israel’s political conversation. By Josef Federman. SENT: 1,130 words, photos. With ISRAEL-ANNEXATION — European lawmakers protest Israel annexation plans; UNITED NATIONS-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — U.N. chief hopes Israel decides against West Bank annexation.

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