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ELECTION 2020 — Joe Biden returns to Iowa, reflects the growing confidence among Democrats in the closing days of the presidential campaign. Iowa is among the clutch of GOP-leaning states that Biden is trying to bring back into the Democratic column. President Donald Trump plays defense in Michigan and Wisconsin, states he won four years ago. By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe and Thomas Beaumont. SENT: 910 words, photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-RACE — A convergence of three unprecedented, simultaneous national crises — the pandemic, joblessness and police brutality — has led many to believe this presidential election is a referendum on race relations in America. Black voters will be decisive in the outcome. By Kat Stafford. SENT: 1,610 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.
ELECTION 2020-NATIONAL GUARD — If the military has any role in next week’s election, it most likely will involve National Guard members under state control — not troops on federal duty. The Guard may provide poll workers in some states, which is legal so long as members are out of uniform and unarmed. By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor. SENT: 960 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-HEALTH ADVISERS — A multi-state coronavirus surge in the countdown to Election Day exposes a clear split between President Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and urgent public warnings from the government’s top health officials. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. 860 words, photos.
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WESTERN-GRAY-WOLF-25-YEARS — Wolves have repopulated the mountains and forests of the American West with remarkable speed since their reintroduction 25 years ago, expanding to more than 300 packs in six states. Now voters in Colorado are poised to give the predators another boost in their rebound from extinction in the region last century, through an initiative that would reintroduce them on the state’s Western Slope. Cattle ranchers and hunting guides see the return of wolves as a threat to their industries. By Matthew Brown, James Anderson and Christina Larson. SENT: 1,460 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.
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MALAYSIA-POLITIC — Malaysian PM’s key ally demands early polls in new snag. SENT: 330 words, photos.
TANZANIA-ELECTION — Tanzania’s president poised to be declared election winner. SENT: 210 words.
PEOPLE-SCARLET JOHANSSON-COLIN JOST — Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot a year after engagement. SENT: 118 words.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Japan’s coronavirus cases have topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the health ministry says. SENT: 230 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PANDEMIC LEARNING-PHOTO GALLERY — When New York schools reopened in September it was anything but business as usual. With state guidelines for social distancing making it impossible for all students to attend classes in person at the same time, educators prepared for a hybrid model of instruction. SENT: 200 words, 25 photos.
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP’S RALLIES — There are no crowds at Disneyland and attendance was strictly limited at this year’s World Series. But there’s a different vibe in Trumpland: Day in and day out, thousands of supporters cram together at Trump campaign rallies across the country — with masks optional and social distancing frowned upon. By Deb Riechmann. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-CABINET — Members of President Trump’s Cabinet are logging extra miles as mostly unofficial campaign surrogates in crucial states in the final days before Tuesday’s election. Critics say the officials are blending politics and policy in ways that skirt established norms and may even violate the law. By Ben Fox. SENT: 930 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-COAL-VOTERS — Four years after Donald Trump donned a miner’s helmet at a West Virginia campaign rally and vowed to save a dying industry, coal has not come roaring back. The fuel has been outmatched against cheaper, cleaner natural gas and renewable energy. SENT: 970 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.
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TROPICAL WEATHER — Trees on top of buses and cars. Roofs ripped off homes. Boats pushed onto the highway by surging seawater. Hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. The remnants of Hurricane Zeta were far from land over the Atlantic, but people across the South were still digging out from the powerful storm that killed six people. SENT: 840 words, photos.
POLICE SHOOTING-WISCONSIN — The mother of a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is among those slated to testify during a hearing in Illinois to decide if her son should be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charges. SENT: 730 words, photos.
KENNEDY COUSIN — Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel is expected at a court hearing as Connecticut prosecutors decide whether to retry him for the bludgeoning death of a fellow teenager in 1975. SENT: 610 words, photo.
POLICE SHOOTING-ILLINOIS — A Black woman who was seriously injured when a suburban Chicago police officer shot her and killed her boyfriend is suing the officer who opened fire and the officer who initially questioned them minutes earlier. SENT: 490 words, photos.
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UNITED STATES-ASIA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation, anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam with a call for regional unity to counter Beijing’s growing assertiveness, as the fierce American presidential election race entered its final stretch. SENT: 840 words, photos.
NEW ZEALAND-REFERENDUM RESULTS — New Zealanders vote to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results show they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. SENT: 620 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-WILDFIRES — An investigation into Australia’s catastrophic wildfire season on Friday recommended greater efforts to forecast the impacts of climate change on specific parts of the country, warning fire behavior was becoming more extreme. SENT: 620 words, photo.
TAIWAN-MILITARY-LGBT-MARRIAGE — Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military in a historic celebration with their peers. Taiwan is the only place in Asia to have legalized same-sex marriage, with more than 4,000 such couples marrying since the legislation passed in May 2019. SENT: 440 words, photos.
UNITED NATIONS-CONGO — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed a plan with benchmarks that would allow the more than 18,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo to progressively transfer its activities to Congolese authorities. SENT: 570 words.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian stocks sink as investors looked ahead to next week’s U.S. presidential election and weighed the chances of economic stimulus from Washington and Europe. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul all retreated. Shanghai swung between gains and losses. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 500 words, photos.
THANKSGIVING-TURKEY PLANS — For the turkey industry, this Thanksgiving is a guessing game. Millions of Americans are expected to have scaled-down celebrations amid the pandemic, heeding official warnings against travel and large indoor gatherings. That leaves anxious turkey farmers and grocers scrambling to predict what people will want on their holiday tables. By Business Writer Dee-Ann Durbin. SENT: 930 words, photos.
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MUSIC-PARIS JACKSON — Paris Jackson has turned coping with the heartache of a recent break up into her debut solo album. The 22-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson has written 11 songs for the concept album “Wilted,” an ethereal acoustic sound which she calls alternative-folk. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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FBC—VIRUS OUTBREAK-LAWRENCE — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has tested positive for COVID-19, putting into doubt whether the face of college football will be available to play the top-ranked Tigers’ biggest game of the season. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said in a statement released by the school that Lawrence is in isolation with mild symptoms. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo. SENT: 430 words, photos.
FBN—PANTHERS-BRIDGEWATER HIT — Panthers running back Mike Davis described defensive end Charles Harris’ hit on quarterback Teddy Bridgewater during a 25-17 loss to the Falcons as a “cheap shot.” As Bridgewater was trying to scramble up the middle and avoid a sack late in the third quarter, he was kicked in the midsection by linebacker Dante Fowler and then took a shot to the back of his neck from Harris after landing on the ground. Officials flagged both players and ejected Harris. By Steve Reed. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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