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Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK-NURSING HOMES, SUPREME COURT-PENNSYLVANIA-MAIL-IN VOTING, ELECTION 2020-SAVE THE CHILDREN-CONSPIRACY THEORY, POLICE SHOOTING-ILLINOIS, 2020 CENSUS, KIDNAPPED JOURNALISTS-ARREST, OBIT-DIANE DI PRIMA.
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ELECTION 2020 — Joe Biden vows not to campaign “on the false promises of being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch,” pledging instead to prioritize science even as President Donald Trump uses the race’s final days to maintain a whirlwind schedule aimed at focusing on anything but the coronavirus. By Will Weissert, Aamer Madhani and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,090 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-EXPLAINER — Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son. SENT: 1,200 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-VOTING-OUTSTANDING BALLOTS — Millions of mail ballots have yet to be returned in key battleground states just days before the presidential election, according to data collected by The Associated Press. Officials warn that time is running out for voters who want to avoid a polling place on Election Day. By Christina A. Cassidy. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With AP data distribution, AP interactive.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — A new wave of lockdowns and business closings sweep across France, Germany and other places in Europe as surging coronavirus infections there and in the U.S. wipe out months of progress against the scourge on two continents. The resurgence and the resulting clampdown send a shudder through financial markets, and stocks slump. By Todd Richmond, Frank Jordans and John O’Connor. SENT: 980 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE — France, Germany impose new lockdowns to curb virus spread. SENT: 1,000 words, photos; FINANCIAL MARKETS — Dow drops nearly 950 points. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
TROPICAL WEATHER — Hurricane Zeta slams into storm-weary Louisiana with New Orleans squarely in its path, threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds in a Gulf Coast region already pounded by multiple storms this year. By Kevin McGill, Stacey Plaisance and Rebecca Santana. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
ELECTION 2020-BLACK MEN — Get-out-the-vote efforts targeting Black men aren’t just about persuading them to choose former Vice President Joe Biden over incumbent Donald Trump. This year, following an unprecedented surge of protests against racial injustice, organizations have poured significant resources into increasing Black men’s participation in the election — and well beyond 2020. By Aaron Morrison. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
TRUMP-IMPACT ON IMMIGRATION ASYLUM — President Trump’s vast reshaping of U.S. immigration policy may be most widely felt in his undoing of asylum. With immigration laws temporarily suspended at the border during the pandemic, people who enter the U.S. illegally are immediately expelled without even a piece of paper, generally within two hours and with no chance to plead for protection from persecution. By Elliot Spagat. SENT: 1,700 words, photos. Abridged version also available.
CONGRESS-SOCIAL MEDIA-CEOS — Under fire from President Trump and his allies, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google rebuff accusations of anti-conservative bias at a Senate hearing and promise to aggressively defend their platforms from being used to sow chaos in next week’s election. By Marcy Gordon. SENT: 970 words, photos. With SOCIAL MEDIA-RULES-SECTION 320 — Rule that made the modern internet. SENT: 820 words, photo.
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TRUMP-ANONYMOUS — A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” makes his identify public. SENT: 660 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP RALLY-STRANDED — At least seven people were taken to hospitals after an Omaha airport rally for President Trump that drew thousands, many of whom were left stranded miles from their parked cars in freezing weather. SENT: 340 words, photos.
EARNS-TUPPERWARE — Tupperware relied on social gatherings for explosive growth in the mid-20th century. In the 21st century, it's social distancing that is fueling sales. SENT: 310 words, photos.
R-KELLY ATTACK — A convicted gang member who says he beat up jailed R&B singer R. Kelly in a Chicago cell has been sentenced to life in prison for a racketeering conviction. SENT: 270 words.
OBIT-BILLY JOE SHAVER — Outlaw country singer songwriter Billy Joe Shaver, who penned songs for Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Bobby Bare, has died. He was 81. SENT: 460 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK-NURSING HOMES — The Justice Department is vastly expanding its inquiry into whether New York is undercounting its coronavirus nursing home deaths. SENT: 700 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AUSTRALIA — Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, emerges from nearly four months of lockdown, with restaurants, cafes and bars opening and outdoor contact sports resuming. SENT: 810 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EU-SUMMIT — As European Union countries weigh tougher coronavirus restrictions, including possible new lockdowns, a top EU official urges the 27 member states to introduce common rules to test for the disease and track its spread. SENT: 460 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTH AFRICA-PRESIDENT QUARANTINE — South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announces he’s gone into quarantine after coming into contact with a dinner guest who has tested positive for COVID-19. SENT: 475 words.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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ELECTION 2020-FLORIDA BATTLEGROUND COUNTRY — In Florida’s Old South, a new political battleground emerges. SENT: 1,090 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-FLORIDA GOVERNOR — Florida governor couldn’t initially cast ballot because someone changed his address online. SENT: 420 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-MEDIA — News organizations preparing to follow the vote count are preaching caution. This year’s early voting and mail-in ballots will complicate what used to be a fairly cut-and-dried process of reporting election results. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 970 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-PENNSYLVANIA-MAIL-IN VOTING — The Supreme Court says it will not grant a quick, pre-election review to a Republican appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots received after Election Day. SENT: 250 words.
ELECTION 2020-SAVE THE CHILDREN-CONSPIRACY THEORY — QAnon’s “Save the Children” has morphed into a popular slogan. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT-CHINA — The Justice Department charges eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man wanted by Beijing to return to China. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE SHOOTING — The police commissioner in Philadelphia says that her department will release 911 tapes and footage from police body cameras “in the near future” in the shooting death of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off clashes with police and break-ins of stores on the other side of the city. SENT: 1,000 words, video, photos.
CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES — Calmer weather allows firefighters to beat back twin blazes that drove nearly 100,000 Southern California residents from their homes amid fierce winds and extremely dry conditions. SENT: 530 words, photos. With CALIFORNIA-POWER OUTAGES-EXPLAINER (sent).
POLICE SHOOTING-ILLINOIS — Lawyers for two Black people who were shot by suburban Chicago police say police video shows their bullet-riddled car but not the shooting. SENT: 400 words, photo.
2020 CENSUS — A revised lawsuit says the U.S. Census Bureau was able to claim it had reached 99.9% of households because census takers were pressured to falsify data in order to close cases. SENT: 670 words, photo.
LIGHTS OUT-MISSISSIPPI TOWN — The lights may go out for all 1,800 residents in Itta Bena, Mississippi. The culprit is a long-standing debt with a wholesale electrical provide. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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IRAN-NUCLEAR — Satellite photos show Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility. SENT: 840 words, photo.
KIDNAPPED JOURNALISTS-ARREST — An Afghan man is brought to the United States to face charges in the 2008 gunpoint kidnapping of a journalist for The New York Times and two other men in Afghanistan. SENT: 190 words.
BRITAIN-ISOLATED BORIS JOHNSON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’ is battling both the pandemic and a long list of political foes. Even previously loyal lawmakers are growing restive. SENT: 930 words, photos.
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Deadly fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh shows no signs of abating. SENT: 700 words, photos.
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ECONOMY-GDP-FADING GROWTH — Americans may feel whiplashed by a report Thursday on the economy’s growth this summer, when an explosive rebound followed an epic collapse. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 800 words, photo.
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WORLD SERIES-TURNER-CORONAVIRUS — Justin Turner testing positive for the coronavirus and being forced from the final game of the World Series was not the upbeat note Major League Baseball hoped to end on. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. UPCOMING: 750 words by 7 p.m., photos.
WISCONSIN-NEBRASKA — No. 9 Wisconsin cancels Saturday's game at Nebraska after a dozen people within the program, including the head coach, test positive for COVID-19. SENT: 400 words, photos.
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FILM-ELECTION YEAR DOCUMENTARIES — The presidential election has brought with it a wave of documentaries, maybe more so than any election before. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 900 words, photos.
OBIT-DIANE DI PRIMA — Diane di Prima, a poet, activist and teacher who was one of the last surviving members of the Beats and one of the few women writers in the Beat movement, has died at 86. SENT: 540 words.
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