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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Donald Trump is running out of time to recover from a series of self-inflicted setbacks that have rattled his base of support and triggered alarm among Republicans who fear the White House is on the verge of being lost to Democrat Joe Biden. By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,540 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.
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SUPREME COURT-BARRETT — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and cement a conservative court majority before Election Day. By Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo. SENT: 840 words, photos. Hearing to begin at 9 a.m. EDT.
SUPREME COURT-GRAHAM — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is wielding the gavel in the performance of his political life. Once a biting critic of President Donald Trump, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman on Monday opens confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett in a bid to seal a 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. By Laurie Kellman. SENT: 900 words, photos.
ISRAEL-GAS-DEAL — Five years after Israel signed a landmark agreement to develop large offshore gas fields over the objections of antitrust authorities, environmentalists and consumer advocates, ordinary Israelis have yet to see the windfall promised by the government. The deal has chiseled away at the monopoly held by Houston-based Noble Energy and Israel’s Delek Group, which discovered and developed the fields, bringing prices down. The country is on track to phase out coal and derive nearly all its electricity from cleaner-burning gas and solar power by 2025, and is exporting gas to neighboring Egypt and Jordan. By Joseph Krauss. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.
NOBEL-ECONOMICS — The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics will be announced Monday, coming as much of the world experiences the worst recession since World War II because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 260 words, photos.
LOOKING-FOR AMERICA-APPALACHIA PHOTO ESSAY — AP PHOTOS: Tasha Lamm’s problems could seem overwhelming: poverty, unemployment, an abusive mother, a boyfriend who died of a heroin overdose. But Lamm is far more than the sum of those difficulties. She’s can seem almost unbreakable. UPCOMING: 5 a.m.
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DENVER-PROTEST-SHOOTING — Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests. SENT:450 words, photos
SUSPECT LED BY ROPE — Black man who police led by rope sues Texas city for $1M. SENT:290 words, photo.
AUSTRIA-POLITICS — Center-left wins Vienna election, no comeback for Strache. SENT: 210 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-DC CHARTER SCHOOLS — While the District of Columbia’s traditional public school system was forced to start the year with total distance learning, about a dozen charter schools in the nation’s capital have essentially chosen to become medical-educational experiments — offering in-person instruction for select groups of students. By Ashraf Khalil. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Chinese health authorities will test all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao for the coronavirus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found, the government announce. SENT: 580 words, photos.
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FACT CHECK-WEEK -- Impatient to return to the campaign trail, President Donald Trump dubiously claimed he’s fully recovered and immune from COVID-19, hailed a cure that isn’t so and declared the coronavirus is “disappearing” even as cases spiked. By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 3,440 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-WATCH -- President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail this week after an 11-day absence in what is likely his last opportunity to reset his beleaguered presidential bid. The Republican president is trailing Democrat Joe Biden by a significant margin in major national polls and narrowly in make-or-break swing states like Pennsylvania and Florida. By National Political Writer Steve Peoples. UPCOMING at 5 a.m. EDT: 960 words, photos.
VOTING-MACHINES-GEORGIA — A federal judge expresses serious concerns about Georgia’s new election system but declined to order the state to abandon its touchscreen voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots for the November election. SENT: 490 words, photo.
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JAPAN-NORTH-KOREA — Japan vowed to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming “more diverse and complex,” as displayed during Pyongyang’s military parade over the weekend. SENT: 300 words, photo.
ARTIC-EXPEDITION — An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of data that will help researchers better predict climate change in the decades to come. SENT: 510, words.
HONG-KONG-POLICY-ADDRESS-DELAY — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday that her annual policy address scheduled for this week will be delayed until she travels to Beijing to ask the Chinese central government for help with measures to help her city’s battered economy. SENT: 270 words, photos,
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Asian shares were mostly higher in muted trading Monday, as worries about the pandemic kept optimism in check despite a rally that closed out last week on Wall Street. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama, SENT: 520 words, photos.
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BKN—NBA FINALS — The ultimate anguish. The ultimate joy. This season, for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, had it all. And it ended in the only fashion that they deemed would be acceptable, with them back atop the basketball world. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With BKN--NBA Finals-Bubble Butler; BKN--NBA Finals-Notebook (sent).
FBN—VIRUS OUTBREAK-NFL — The NFL has juggled its regular-season schedule due to coronavirus outbreaks with the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots. Nine teams are being affected, some over a period of weeks through Nov. 22. By Pro Football Writers Barry Wilner and Teresa M. Walker. SENT: 800 words, photos.
FBN—FALCONS-QUINN FIRED — Dan Quinn never stopped believing he could turn things around in Atlanta. He won’t get the chance. With the Falcons mired at 0-5 for the first time since 1997, Quinn was fired as coach shortly after a 23-16 loss to the Carolina Panthers. By Paul Newberry. UPCOMING: 930 words, photos by 4 a.m.
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