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PACKERS-49ERS — Game starts 8:20 p.m.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic, with a surprising twist: In places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support, an AP analysis reveals. By Carla K. Johnson, Hannah Fingerhut and Pia Deshpande. SENT: 900 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020 — Election officials in key battlegrounds press forward with vote counting, two days after Election Day. Democrat Joe Biden urges patience, while President Trump pursues legal options, insisting the processing of ballots should be stopped. By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 840 words, photos, video, audio. With EXPLAINING-ELECTION-2020-STATES-OF-PLAY — States still in play and what makes them that way. SENT: 850 words, photos; ELECTION 2020-THE LATEST, developing.
ELECTION 2020-DIVIDED AMERICA — The only thing the 2020 presidential contest seems to have clarified is the extent of the cavernous divisions that define the nation. Whenever a winner is determined, he will face the prospect of gridlock in a divided Congress, questions about the legitimacy of his victory and a fired-up electorate increasingly divided by race, education and geography. By Steve Peoples. SENT: 910 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES — Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismiss Trump campaign lawsuits, undercutting a campaign legal strategy aimed at attacking the integrity of the voting process in states where the result could mean President Trump’s defeat. By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko. SENT: 950 words, photos.
For more on legal challenges, click here.
Find more coverage below and on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE — With a surge in coronavirus cases straining health systems in many European countries, Greece announces a nationwide lockdown in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable” pressure. Britain’s own lockdown kicks in, while in Italy the government says four regions will be put under “red-zone” lockdown starting Friday. By Elena Becatoros and Menelaos Hadjicostas.
ELECTION 2020-HOUSE DEMOCRATS — Their majority shrunk, House Democrats are casting blame on their election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi after expectations for big wins came crashing down with a stark reversal of gains in Trump country. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. UPCOMING: 800 words by 7 p.m., photos. With ELECTION 2020-SENATE — Control of the Senate still hangs in the balance, two days after the election. SENT: 720 words, photos.
CLIMATE-FOOD — The world likely can’t keep global warming to a relatively safe minimum unless we change how we grow, eat and throw away our food, a study says. But we don’t need to all go vegan. By Science Writer Seth Borenstein. SENT: 700 words, photos.
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UBER-RESULTS — Uber’s food delivery business brought in more money during the third quarter than its signature rides business, showing just how much consumer behavior has changed since the pandemic struck. SENT: 270 words, photos.
CHEROKEE NATION-WILL ROGERS — The Cherokee Nation has agreed to buy the ranch where Will Rogers was born from the cash-strapped Oklahoma Historical Society. SENT: 250 words.
TOY HALL OF FAME — Pioneering Black doll Baby Nancy enters Toy Hall of Fame. SENT: 390 words, photo.
FUGITIVE CAUGHT — A convicted rapist is arrested in Florida more than 40 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison sentence and assuming a stolen identity. SENT: 250 words.
PACKERS-49ERS — Nick Mullens is at quarterback for the banged-up San Francisco 49ers when they face the Green Bay Packers in a rematch of last season’s NFC title game. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Game starts 8:20 p.m.
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Trump spends a second day in the White House residence stewing over an election result that seems to be slipping further from his grasp, even as his campaign projects confidence. SENT: 950 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-REPUBLICANS — Some Republicans break with President Trump as he attempts to falsely declare victory in the presidential race and halt vote-counting in Pennsylvania and other states. SENT: 770 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-POLL WATCHERS — Election officials in key battleground states dispute claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being denied access to observe the counting of ballots. SENT: 820 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-PROTESTS — Police arrest more than a dozen people in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, overnight during protests demanding a full tally of all votes in the election. SENT: 800 words, photos. With EXPLAINING-ELECTION-2020-PROTESTS (sent).
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.
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BRITAIN-EARNS-ASTRAZENECA — AstraZeneca hopes to show its COVID-19 vaccine is effective by the end of this year and is ramping up manufacturing so it can supply hundreds of millions of doses starting in January. SENT: 570 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MISSOURI-POLL WORKER — A suburban St. Louis election official who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a positive test for the coronavirus has now died, raising concerns for the nearly 2,000 people who voted there. SENT: 450 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000. By Economics Writer Paul Wiseman. SENT: 780 words, photos.
ONE GOOD THING-TWO BLIND BROTHERS — How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause. SENT: 750 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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ETHIOPIA-MILITARY CONFRONTATION — Ethiopia’s army says the country has been forced into an “unexpected and aimless war” with its powerful Tigray region, while Tigray asserts that fighter jets bombed areas around its capital. SENT: 800 words, photos.
TROPICAL WEATHER — The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flood homes from Panama to Guatemala as the death toll across Central America rises to at least 19. SENT: 670 words, photos.
AUSTRIA-VIENNA ATTACK — Austrian leaders call for more legal options to fight extremism in the wake of this week’s deadly attack. SENT: 590 words, photos. With FRANCE-ATTACKS-BORDER CONTROLS — French president says France is reinforcing its border controls after attacks in recent weeks. SENT: 380 words, photos.
KOSOVO-WAR-CRIMES — Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo’s war for independence from Serbia, resigns to face charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity at a court in The Hague. SENT: 400 words, photo.
RUSSIA-US-ESPIONAGE — The brother of an American convicted of espionage in Russia says his imprisoned sibling is suffering sleep deprivation at a prison where he is serving a 16-year sentence. SENT: 190 words, photos.
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GEORGE-FLOYD-INVESTIGATION — A Minnesota judge declines defense requests to move the trial of four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death. SENT: 600 words, photos.
MEXICO-GENERAL ARRESTED — Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos pleads not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking and money laundering charges. SENT: 290 words.
OHIO-SHOOTING-GUNMAN'S RECORD — The Ohio Supreme Court rejects a request by media groups seeking school records of the man who gunned down nine people in Dayton last year. SENT: 430 words, photos.
TRAYVON MARTIN ROAD — A section of road that leads to the Florida high school that Trayvon Martin attended now bears the name of the Black teenager whose 2012 death sparked a movement for social justice. SENT 160 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks rally again on Wall Street as a post-election wave of buying continues, keeping the S&P 500 on track for its biggest weekly gain since April. SENT: 800 words, photos.
FEDERAL RESERVE — The Federal Reserve keeps its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero amid the pandemic. By Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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ESPN-LAYOFFS — ESPN, citing the pandemic, lays off about 300 employees and cuts about 500 jobs from its global workforce. SENT: 300 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MUSIC VENUES — Independent music clubs all over the nation are shuttered as a result of the coronavirus. And owners fear for the future of their businesses and of a musical way of life. SENT: 820 words, photos.
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