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ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final 48 hours of his reelection campaign with a dizzying onslaught of events in the battleground states that could decide the race. By Bill Barrow, Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani. SENT: 860 words, photos.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AFRICA-DEBT — Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia is headed for a default on debt owed to private investors. One of Africa’s largest copper producers, Zambia has been heavily indebted for years but now could get an undesired reputation if a group of investors who hold up to $3 billion of the country’s eurobonds insist on interest payments that have come due. By Rodney Muhumuza. SENT: 870 words, photos.
ASIA-TYPHOON — A super typhoon slams into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds knocking down power in several towns and prompting the evacuation of about a million people in its likely path, including in the capital, Manila, where the main airport was shut down. By Jim Gomez. SENT: 650 words, photos.
SEAN CONNERY-APPRECIATION — To glimpse Sean Connery’s magnetism, you might turn to a photograph of him in a tailored suit, leaning against an Aston Martin. You’d probably get more of his menacing charisma by pulling up the “Chicago way” scene from “The Untouchables.” It might be enough simply to say: The king is dead. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 945 words, photos. WITH: BRITAIN-OBIT-SEAN-CONNERY — Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning career in other rugged roles, has died. He was 90. SENT: 1,660 words, photos.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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TROPICAL WEATHER — Tropical Storm Eta ties record; expected to become hurricane. SENT: 250 words.
CANADA-QUEBEC-STABBINGS — Police arrest suspect after stabbings in Quebec City kill 2. SENT: 140 words.
HONG-KONG-LAWMAKER-ARRESTED — Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature. SENT: 240 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-VOTING RALLY ARRESTS — N. Carolina voter rally ends with pepper spray, 8 arrests SENT: 470 words.
OFFICERS SHOT-LOUISIANA — New Orleans police identify officer shot in French Quarter. SENT: 250 words.
OBIT-RANCE ALLEN — Gospel star Bishop Rance Allen dead at 71. SENT: 290 words.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK- ASIA — Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months. In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state, which had the highest number of cases in the country, residents were enjoying the first weekend of cafes, restaurants and pubs reopening to walk-in customers. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-DEATH-AND-ME-COPING — The coronavirus is the first widespread health crisis in the age of information and social media. So far, more than 225,000 people have died in the United States from the coronavirus or complications from it, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University. SENT: 530 words, photos.
TURKEY-VIRUS-OUTBREAK — A Turkish politician from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party has died from the coronavirus. SENT: 130 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-OBAMA — Barack Obama is hitting President Trump right where he thinks it’ll hurt most: his ego. Personal attacks on Trump are now a centerpiece of the former president’s campaign pitch for Joe Biden, and he seems to relish needling his successor. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 480 words, photos.
POSTAL SERVICE STATES-LAWSUIT — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service. SENT: 575 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.
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TURKEY-EARTHQUAKE — Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 53 people and injuring more than 900. SENT: 450 words, photos.
ALGERIA-REFERENDUM — Algerians were voting Sunday on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits, promises new freedoms and aims at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters who pushed out their long-serving, autocratic president last year. SENT: 500 words, photos.
FRANCE-PRIEST SHOT — French police interrogated one suspect and searched for others after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot and critically wounded while closing the door to his church in the French city of Lyon. SENT: 280 words, photos.
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FBC--T25-OHIO ST-PENN ST — Justin Fields passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns, two to Chris Olave, and No. 3 Ohio State beat No. 18 Penn State 38-25 on an eerily quiet Saturday night at what is usually one of the most raucous settings in college football. Jeremy Ruckert also caught a pair of touchdowns, Master Teague II ran for another and the Buckeyes generated 526 yards of offense in their 15th straight Big Ten win and 10th straight on the road against a ranked opponent. SENT: 860 words, photos.
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