AP News Digest 2 p.m.

| November 11, 2020 11:09 AM

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TOP STORIES

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TRUMP — President Donald Trump makes his first public appearance in days but his White House remains frozen, taking cues from a president mulling his options, forgoing governing in favor of blocking the transition, talking on the phone with allies and incessantly watching cable TV. All this as his aides grow more certain that legal challenges won’t change the outcome of the election that delivered victory to Joe Biden. By Aamer Madhani and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 482 words. UPCOMING: 900 words by 5 p.m., photos. WITH: ELECTION 2020-VOTING-AP EXPLAINS — The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise. SENT: 860 words.

TRUMP-LEGAL CHALLENGES — Legal ethicists are pondering the work of lawyers who have signed on to lawsuits aimed at denigrating the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The issues have been litigated and the evidence found lacking. The nadir of the legal strategy came Saturday, when Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani called reporters to a landscaping business in a seedy stretch of town and had a convicted sex offender complain about his stint as a poll watcher. By Alanna Durkin and Maryclaire Dale. UPCOMING 890 words by 6 p.m.

CONGRESS-BIDEN — Joe Biden feels very much at home on Capitol Hill, but the place sure has changed since he left. His party’s poor performance in House and Senate races leaves him little choice but to try to govern from a vanishing middle and to try to patch up a system broken by the tumult of the last decade. By Andrew Taylor. UPCOMING; 900 words by 4 p.m., photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — The U.S. is celebrating this Veterans Day with virtual gatherings and spectator-free parades. Many of the traditional ceremonies have been canceled this year because of the surging coronavirus that has killed thousands of veterans. Several of the nation’s veterans homes are fighting new outbreaks and are barring visitors. In New York City, a quiet parade of military vehicles with no spectators rolled through Manhattan. By Sean Murphy and Rebecca Boone. SENT: 695 words, photos.

VATICAN MCCARRICK-SURVIVORS — Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored. The internal investigation, released Tuesday, found that bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed multiple reports of sexual misconduct by the now-90-year-old McCarrick. The men who say McCarrick abused them are demanding that the Vatican institute changes to ensure that nothing like what was described in the report can happen again. By Sarah Rankin. SENT: 985 words, photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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SWAN RESCUE — NYC woman gets ill swan to clinic via foot, car and subway. SENT: 475 words, photos.

BMW-NEW MODEL — German luxury automaker BMW gave an early look at a new battery-driven SUV that illustrates the company’s future plans for electric-powered driving. SENT: 240 words, photos.

REALITY SHOW-LAWSUIT — A couple are complaining than an Animal Planet show cast them as pot growers. SENT: 250 words.

BRITAIN-GUINNESS RECALL — Irish brewer Guinness is recalling cans of its recently launched non-alcoholic stout over contamination concerns. SENT: 180 words, photos.

GERMANY MONEY-HEIST — German authorities are offering a $118,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a group of burglars who made off with $7.7 million in cash from a customs office near the Dutch border earlier this month. SENT: 150 words.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — The United Kingdom has become the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths, a level that one of the nation’s leading doctors says “should never have been reached.” SENT: 700 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-IRAN-CEMETERY-CRISIS — The Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery on the outskirts of the Iranian capital is struggling to keep up with the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the country. SENT: 720 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-WHO-PANDEMIC-RECORDINGS — As the coronavirus explodes again, the World Health Organization finds itself both under intense pressure to reform and holding out hope that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will reverse a decision by Washington to leave the health agency. With its annual meeting underway this week, WHO has been sharply criticized for not taking a stronger and more vocal role in handling the pandemic. SENT: 1,570 words, photos. An abridged version of 950 words is available.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FRANCE — Aid group Doctors Without Borders is recruiting emergency help for French nursing homes, where more people with the coronavirus have died so far in November than reported in the previous five months combined. SENT: 350 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HUNGARY — Hungary’s government has imposed its strictest pandemic measures so far amid a quickly worsening situation, drastically changing course after weeks of lax restrictions and an optimistic outlook from Prime Minister Viktor Orban. SENT: 690 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA — Hong Kong and Singapore will start an air travel bubble at the end of November, allowing travelers from each city to visit the other without entering quarantine in a first step to stimulate tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 970 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-BELGIAN ARTIST — Artist gives life to Belgian boot-scrapers during pandemic. SENT: 560 words, photos.

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INTERNATIONAL

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PERU-POLITICAL CRISIS - When Peru’s legislature booted President Martín Vizcarra from office this week, they may have done more than just oust a popular leader – they likely put the country’s best chance at making a dent on endemic corruption on hold. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 4:30 p.m

SAUDI ARABIA-ATTACK — An explosion at a Saudi cemetery where American and European officials were commemorating the end of World War I wounded three people, according to official statements.. SENT: 770 words, photos.

EUROPE-ARMISTICE —The coronavirus pandemic has made sure that the remembrance of the millions who died fighting in the 1914-1918 World War I was one of the loneliest ever. Under the Menin Gate in western Belgium’s Ypres, at the heart of the blood-drenched Flanders Fields, usually thousands gather to pay tribute. Only a half a dozen were allowed at the monument carved with the names of more than 54,000 fallen British and Commonwealth soldiers who have no known grave. SENT: 550 words, photos.

ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Thousands of people protested in Armenia’s capital, demanding the prime minister’s resignation after he signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh that calls for Armenian territorial concessions. SENT: 545 words, photos.

LEBANON-SEARCHING-FOR-MEDICINE — Lebanese have been forced to search far and wide for their prescriptions after many medications vanished from pharmacies. It’s the latest chapter in their country’s financial breakdown. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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TROPICAL WEATHER — Eta weakened again to a tropical storm afternoon just hours after regaining hurricane strength as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm along the Gulf of Mexico coast near the heavily-populated Tampa Bay region. SENT: 600 words, photos.

ARMY MUSEUM — A long-awaited national museum dedicated to the U.S. Army is making its debut on Veterans Day. The National Museum of the United States Army on Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia has been planned for more than a decade. It opens Wednesday with a livestreamed dedication ceremony. Artifacts on display include a sword from the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 and a Sherman tank that first broke through enemy lines at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Admission to the museum is free but is limited through the use of time-stamped tickets. SENT: 560 words, photos.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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MED--VIRUS OUTBREAK SYMPTOM CHECKS, HFR — Temperature and symptom checks like the ones people endure when they visit doctor’s offices and schools have again proved inadequate for detecting coronavirus infections. A new study finds that despite these measures and strict quarantines, fresh Marine recruits spread the virus to many others even though hardly any of them had symptoms. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Eds: This story may not be published until after 5 p.m.

SCI-HURRICANE STAYING POWER — A new study finds that hurricanes are staying stronger longer after striking land than they did decades ago, and that means more destruction inland. The study blames man-made climate change for making ocean water warmer and increasing the staying power of storms. In the 1960s, a typical hurricane lost two-thirds of its power within 17 hours. Now it typically takes almost 33 hours for the storm to decay that much. SENT: 550 words, photos.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS TRAVEL — Business travel might never look the same in the wake of the coronavirus. By Business Writers Dee-Ann Durbin and David Koenig. SENT: 1,050 words, photo.

FINANCIAL-MARKETS — The S&P 500 was pushing closer toward its record and big technology stocks are also rising on Wall Street. SENT: 900 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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MUSIC-JIMMIE ALLEN — Country singer Jimmie Allen is nominated for best new artist at this year’s CMA Awards but the award that’s been on his mind lately is actually the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. By AP Music Writer Kristin M. Hall. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos, video by 5 p.m.

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SPORTS

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FBC-T25-MARSHALL PLANE CRASH — After a plane crash killed most of the Marshall University football team 50 years ago, the simplest choice for school leaders would have been to drop the sport altogether. It was the worst sports disaster in U.S. history. But school officials couldn’t bring themselves to eliminate the team. From the 75 lives lost, the program slowly rebuilt and eventually triumphed. A half-century later, those who lived through the tragedy remember the feeling that they had to keep playing. On Friday, the university will mark the anniversary of the crash by awarding posthumous degrees to the players who were killed. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.

GLF-MASTERS - For so many, the Masters signaled the start of the golf season for those watching and playing. In a most unforgettable year marked by a pandemic, a Masters in November gives golf the closest thing it has ever had to a Super Bowl. It’s a sendoff, and a celebration of how the sports with the longest season managed to play on. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. Upcoming: 750 words, photos by 3 p.m. EDT. With GLF--Masters-Notebook (upcoming).

BBO-CY YOUNG AWARDS — The AL and NL Cy Young Award winners are announced. Cleveland Indians ace Shane Bieber is the heavy favorite in the AL race, and Trevor Bauer, Yu Darvish and Jacob deGrom are in the mix in the NL. By Jay Cohen. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos from 6:17 p.m. announcement of AL winner.

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