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Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-US SURGE, ELECTION 2020-WHAT’S NEXT, VIRUS OUTBREAK-RUSSIA-VACCINE, BRIDGE-TRUCK CRASH, FORMER OFFICER-ASSAULT-LAWSUIT, CHINA-SINGLES’ DAY, HALFWAY OVERVIEW, JEFFREY TOOBIN.
CY YOUNG AWARDS — Awards show begins 6 p.m.
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TRUMP — President Donald Trump spends 10 minutes in public honoring America’s war veterans. The outing gives the veneer of normalcy to a White House that is frozen by a defeated president mulling his options, largely forgoing the mechanics of governing and blocking the transition to his inevitable successor. By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 1,130 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-VOTING-AP EXPLAINS — The presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite Trump’s claims. SENT: 860 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-US SURGE — Texas becomes the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closes in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country from coast to coast. In New York, the governor says all restaurants, bars and gyms statewide will have to close at 10 p.m. starting Friday, a major retreat in a corner of the U.S. that had seemingly brought the virus largely under control. By National Writer David Crary. SENT: 760 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK — The U.S. is celebrating this Veterans Day with virtual gatherings and spectator-free parades. SENT: 690 words, photos.
TRUMP-LEGAL CHALLENGES — Loyalists of President Trump have filed at least 15 legal challenges in Pennsylvania in an effort to reclaim the state’s 20 electoral votes. There’s action, too, on the legal front in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Michigan, but election officials nationwide from both parties say there’s been no conspiracy. By Maryclaire Dale and Alanna Durkin Richer. SENT: 880 words, photos. With EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-CHALLENGES — A state-by-state guide to Republican lawsuits. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.
TRUMP-FUNDRAISING — President Trump’s campaign has been blasting out emails and text messages to supporters, raising money for an “election defense fund” to contest the outcome of last week’s vote. But much of the money has instead paid down Trump’s campaign debt, replenished the Republican National Committee and helped launch a new political action committee. By Brian Slodysko. SENT: 950 words, photos.
VATICAN MCCARRICK-SURVIVORS — Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick express 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. By Sarah Rankin. SENT: 985 words, photos.
CONGRESS-BIDEN — President-elect 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. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
HURRICANE STAYING POWER — Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction. A new study finds that warmer ocean waters from climate change are likely making hurricanes lose power more slowly after landfall, because they act as a reserve fuel tank for moisture. By Science Writer Seth Borenstein. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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FLYING CARS-FLORIDA — The nation’s first regional hub for “flying cars” is being built in central Florida. The vehicles in coming years will be able to take passengers from Orlando to Tampa in a half hour. SENT: 270 words.
BRITAIN-BABY DEATHS — A British nurse is charged with murdering eight babies and trying to kill another 10 at a hospital in northwest England. SENT: 130 words.
T25-MARSHALL PLANE CRASH — Marshall University will mark the 50th anniversary of a plane crash that killed most of the school’s football team by awarding posthumous degrees to the players who were killed. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.
GERMANY-MONEY HEIST — German authorities offer a reward for information leading to the arrest of burglars who made off with $7.7 million in cash from a customs office near the Dutch border. SENT: 150 words.
CY YOUNG AWARDS — The AL and NL Cy Young Award winners are announced. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Awards show at 6 p.m.
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MORE ON ELECTION 2020
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ELECTION 2020-SENATE — Control of the Senate won’t be decided until the new year now that Republicans have won a seat in Alaska. Neither party can lock up the majority until January Senate runoffs in Georgia. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 650 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-SENATE-NORTH CAROLINA — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis wins reelection to his U.S. Senate seat. SENT: 420 words, photos; ELECTION 2020-ALASKA-SENATE — Republican Dan Sullivan re-elected in Alaska Senate race. SENT: 670 words, photos.
ELECTION-2020 GEORGIA — Georgia election officials announce an audit of presidential election results that will trigger a full hand recount that is expected to take until Nov. 20 to finish. SENT: 475 words, photos.
BIDEN-INTELLIGENCE — President-elect Joe Biden says he’s not worried that President Trump has broken with tradition by not letting him read the ultra-secret daily brief containing the nation’s most sensitive intelligence before inauguration. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-WHAT'S NEXT — U.S. voters have spoken: What’s next to make it official? SENT: 560 words, photos.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-RUSSIA-VACCINE — Developers of Russia’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine say early, interim data from a large trial suggests the shot appears to be 92% effective. SENT: 800 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — The United Kingdom becomes the fifth country 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-FRANCE — Aid group Doctors Without Borders recruits emergency help for French nursing homes, which are seeing a spike in virus deaths. SENT: 350 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-HUNGARY — Hungary’s government imposes stricter pandemic measures. SENT: 690 words, photos.
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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. SENT: 980 words, photos.
SAUDI ARABIA-ATTACK — An explosion at a Saudi cemetery where American and European officials were commemorating the end of World War I wounds three people, according to official statements. SENT: 770 words, photos.
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Thousands of people protest in Armenia’s capital, demanding the prime minister’s resignation after he signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting that calls for Armenian territorial concessions. SENT: 545 words, photos.
UNITED NATIONS-YEMEN-HUMANITARIAN — The head of the World Food Program sounds an alarm that war-torn Yemen faces “looming famine.” SENT: 690 words.
EUROPE-ARMISTICE — The pandemic has made sure that the remembrance of the millions who died fighting in World War I was one of the loneliest ceremonies ever. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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TROPICAL WEATHER — Eta weakens again to a tropical storm just hours after regaining hurricane strength as Florida braces for a second hit from the storm. SENT: 600 words, photos.
BRIDGE-TRUCK CRASH — A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days, Kentucky’s governor says. The bridge serves as a crucial link for interstate commerce. SENT: 410 words, photos.
FORMER OFFICER-ASSAULT-LAWSUIT — A former Louisville police officer who faces criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor raid is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her. SENT: 430 words, photo.
ARMY MUSEUM — A long-awaited national museum dedicated to the U.S. Army is making its debut on Veterans Day at Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia. SENT: 560 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-SYMPTOM CHECKS — Temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks like the ones used at schools and doctor’s offices have again proved inadequate for spotting coronavirus infections and preventing outbreaks. By Chief Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione. SENT: 560 words, photos.
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CHINA-SINGLES' DAY — Chinese consumers spent over a hundred billion dollars during this year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, signaling a rebound in consumption as China recovers from the pandemic and a battering of the economy. SENT: 250 words, photo.
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MASTERS — No longer the opening act, the Masters is now essentially the final chapter. So ends a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic forced golf’s annual rite of spring to move to November. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. SENT: 750 words, photos.
HALFWAY OVERVIEW — From the unbeaten Steelers at the top to the winless Jets at the bottom, predictability has taken a hike halfway through NFL 2020. There’s one reason, of course: COVID-19. UPCOMING: 900 words by 8 p.m., photos.
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JEFFREY TOOBIN — The New Yorker has parted ways with staff writer Jeffrey Toobin after he reportedly exposed himself during a Zoom conference last month. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 220 words, photos.
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