AP News Digest 6:30 p.m.
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GEORGIA SHOOTING-RACE RELATIONS and VIRUS OUTBREAK-DATA DYSFUNCTION, both listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHELVED REPORT, VIRUS OUTBREAK-PLANDEMIC MISINFORMATION, TRUMP-CHINA INVESTMENTS, MONTHLY-BUDGET, OBIT-CAROLYN REIDY, BROADWAY REOPEN.
ELECTION 2020-NEBRASKA — Last polls close 8 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-HOUSE-CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION — Polls close 11 p.m.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHELVED REPORT — The detailed reopening advice from the nation’s top disease control experts that was shelved by the Trump administration included far more restrictive measures than the White House’s final reopening plans. The Associated Press has obtained a 63-page document that is more detailed than other, previously reported segments of the guidance. By Jason Dearen and Mike Stobbe. UPCOMING: 1,070 words by 7 p.m., photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DAY AT THE MORGUE — One of the nation’s busiest morgues is facing an unprecedented surge in deaths because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office in Chicago has seen its caseloads triple some days, forcing staff to work 12-hour days, seven days a week. By Michael Tarm. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warns Congress and the nation of what he calls “really serious” consequences of suffering, death and deeper economic damage if state and local officials lift stay-at-home orders too quickly. His warning comes even as President Donald Trump pushes states to ease restrictions as soon as it is safe to right a free-falling economy. By Lauran Neergaard and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 990 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING (sent).
SUPREME COURT-TRUMP TAXES — The Supreme Court appears likely to reject President Trump’s claim that he is immune from criminal investigation while in office. But the court seems less clear about exactly how to handle subpoenas from Congress and the Manhattan district attorney for Trump’s tax, bank and financial records. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 800 words, photos, video. With SUPREME COURT-AP COURTSIDE — Observations, trivia and analysis from AP Supreme Court reporters. SENT: 1,290 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveils a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package with nearly $1 trillion for states, cities and tribal governments to avert layoffs and another $200 billion in “hazard pay” for essential workers. By Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor. SENT: 800 words. SENT: 860 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS-HIGHLIGHTS — Details of the relief bill. SENT: 420 words, photo; VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS-POSTAL SERVICE — Package includes $25 billion for the cash-strapped Postal Service. SENT: 550 words, photos; VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS ON CALL — Congress learns how to teleconference. SENT: 750 words, photos.
AFGHANISTAN — Militants storm a maternity hospital in Kabul, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing 16 people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses, Afghan officials say. It is part of a spasm of violence in the war-torn nation that also sees a suicide bomber kill 24 people at a funeral ceremony. By Rahim Faiez. SENT: 820 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COUNTERFEIT MASKS — Counterfeit face masks that provide inadequate COVID-19 protection have been distributed to front-line providers across the country. An Associated Press investigation tracked the masks to a U.S.-certified factory in China where legitimate medical masks are made. By Juliet Linderman and Martha Mendoza. SENT: 1,840 words, photos. Abridged version also available.
Find more all-format coverage on the Virus Outbreak featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
GEORGIA CHASE-DEADLY SHOOTING — The Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of a black man, before charges were filed more than two months later, are placed under investigation for their conduct in the case, which has fueled a national outcry and questions about whether the slaying was racially motivated. By Jeff Martin and Russ Bynum. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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UBER-GRUBHUB — Uber is reportedly considering acquiring Grubhub in a deal that would give the companies control over a majority of the U.S. food delivery business. SENT: 370 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TESLA — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading, picking up support — as well as critics — on social media. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
CHILD IN SHED-DALLAS — Police arrest two people after finding a 6-year-old boy locked in a shed in Dallas. SENT: 100 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIRAL QUESTIONS-CURRENCY — Can the coronavirus live on paper currency? Yes, but experts say the risk of getting the virus from cash is low. SENT: 170 words, photos.
OBIT-STEPHENS — A Detroit-area woman who was fired by a funeral home after she said she no longer wanted to be recognized as a man has died, before the Supreme Court could rule on whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people. SENT: 260 words, photo.
NCAA-ACADEMIC HONORS — Clemson’s 2018 championship football team is recognized for an academic feat. SENT: 380 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-DEVELOPMENTS — As health officials issue warnings against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus strikes inside some of the world’s superpowers. SENT: 800 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-KIDS RARE SYNDROME — “A pretty scary thing”: Kid illness tied to virus worries NY. SENT: 790 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-IRAN-DOCTORS — As Iran struggles with the coronavirus, some medical professionals say government and religious leaders are to blame for allowing the virus to spread — and for hiding how much it had spread. SENT: 1,930 words, photos. Abridged version also available.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PLANDEMIC MISINFORMATION — Tech companies scrambled to take down a 26-minute documentary-style video called “Plandemic,” in which an anti-vaccine activist and discredited researcher promotes a string of questionable, false and potentially dangerous coronavirus theories. But it was too late. UPCOMING: 800 words by 7:30 p.m., photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FUTURE OF THE OFFICE — Office jobs are never going to be the same. When workers around the world return to their desks, they’ll find many changes spurred by the pandemic. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOSPITAL MATCHMAKING — Hospitals turn to online matchmakers to swap supplies. By Medical Writer Linda A. Johnson. SENT: 780 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LOST PARISHIONERS — In hard-hit New York City, the coronavirus outbreak has taken a particularly heavy toll on Hispanic communities. That’s dramatically clear at two churches — one Lutheran and one Catholic — that serve Hispanic worshippers. SENT: 780 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-THE LUCK FACTOR — Luck has allowed one writer an unexpected gift: a quarantine with her new husband in a peaceful environment that she never expected to arrive so soon. By Lisa J. Adams Wagner. SENT: 630 words, photos.
GROUND GAME — AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at how the Trump administration shelved a document created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that contained step-by-step advice for local authorities on how and when to reopen public places during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.
A separate advisory has been sent outlining AP’s complete coronavirus coverage.
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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN — Joe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning as coronavirus continues its spread, and he says that won’t stop him from toppling President Donald Trump in November. But some Democrats are wondering whether Biden’s virtual campaign is doing enough to reach voters. By Bill Barrow. UPCOMING: 800 words by 7 p.m., photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page on APNewsroom.
TRUMP-CHINA INVESTMENTS — The Trump administration directs the U.S. federal employee retirement fund to scrap its plan to place more than $4 billion into Chinese investments. SENT: 460 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-HOUSE-CALIFORNIA SPECIAL ELECTION — A fight for the U.S. House seat vacated by former Rep. Katie Hill comes to a close after a campaign that focused on President Trump’s leadership and the coronavirus crisis. SENT: 770 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing; polls close 11 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-NEBRASKA — Nebraska is holding the nation’s first in-person primary since a heavily criticized election in Wisconsin five weeks ago in the middle of the pandemic. SENT: 500 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing; last polls close 8 p.m.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WAGE GARNISHMENT — The Education Department says it’s ramping up efforts to contact more than 37,000 employers who have improperly continued to garnish wages from workers who have fallen behind on their student loans. SENT: 540 words, photo.
MONTHLY-BUDGET — The federal government piled up a record deficit of $737.9 billion in April, traditionally a month of big budget surpluses. By Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger. SENT: 300 words, photo.
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ITALY-MAFIA BUSINESS — Italian police arrest 91 suspected mobsters in a money-laundering and extortion probe in a bid to thwart Sicily’s Cosa Nostra from exploiting economic woes triggered by the pandemic. SENT: 340 words.
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FLOODED CANYON-DEATH — A 7-year-old girl dies and her 3-year-old sister is missing after flash flooding sent torrents of water into a narrow canyon in the Utah desert. SENT: 300 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHOIR SUPERSPREADER — Disease trackers are calling a choir practice in Washington state a “superspreader event” that illustrates how easily the coronavirus can spread. SENT: 360 words, photo.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — With worries about the downside of reopening the economy too soon weighing on markets, Wall Street falls to its biggest loss since the start of the month. SENT: 830 words, photo.
OBIT-CAROLYN REIDY — Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy, who presided over her company during a time of frequent and traumatic change, has died at 71. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 650 words, photos.
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BROADWAY REOPEN — The shutdown on Broadway has been extended again — until at least early September. Broadway producers are now offering refunds and exchanges for tickets purchased for shows through Sept. 6. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT: 250 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MINOR LEAGUE UNCERTAINTY — As North America’s pro football, basketball, baseball and hockey leagues try to play again in a pandemic, minor league sports face a more treacherous climb to return. SENT: 970 words, photos.
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