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LOUISIANA-STATE-POLICE-RACIAL-SLURS — An Associated Press review of hundreds of Louisiana State Police records revealed multiple cases when troopers forwarded emails with such titles as “PROUD TO BE WHITE,” and demeaned minority colleagues with names including “Django,” Hershey’s Kiss” and “Egg Roll.” SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump dangles the promise of getting the country “back to normal” in the campaign’s home stretch as he looks to overcome a devastating pandemic and economic collapse. Democrat Joe Biden promises to level with people about tough days ahead even if he wins Tuesday’s election. By Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe and Kevin Freking. SENT: 940 words, photos, video, audio. UPCOMING: 1,050 words after Trump event at 6:45 p.m., Biden event at 7:30 p.m. With ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-IOWA — Biden makes his case that Trump has mishandled the coronavirus in one of the states hit hardest by the pandemic. SENT: 820 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TEXAS — Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016′s race — an unprecedented surge of early voting that comes as Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign is making a late push to flip what has long been the country’s largest Republican state. By Will Weissert and Paul Weber. SENT: 940 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-IOWA — Joe Biden faltered in the February Iowa caucuses, but he returns to the state as the Democratic presidential nominee, believing he’s just days away from becoming president-elect. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 780 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — Officials in many U.S. states being hit hard by the coronavirus are resisting taking stronger action to stop the spread, even as a long-feared second wave strains hospitals. Public fatigue, skepticism and political calculations are running up against and contravening pleas from health experts. By Adam Geller and David Pitt. SENT: 860 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-EARLY VOTE — The early vote numbers are lopsided and don’t predict the election outcome, but they do provide a few hints at what’s happening in the electorate. The numbers lean heavily Democratic, meaning Republicans have to do very well on Election Day. By Nicholas Riccardi and Angeliki Kastanis. SENT: 1,410 words, photos.
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 sttes. 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.
FBC--T25-CLEMSON-REPLACING LAWRENCE — With Trevor Lawrence out with the coronavirus, top-ranked Clemson turns to freshman quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei against Boston College on Saturday. The Tigers, however, do not lack for star power. They have another Heisman Trophy candidate in running back Travis Etienne. By Pete Iacobelli. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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NOT-REAL-NEWS — In the final days leading up to the U.S. election, social media users shared a range of false claims about the candidates. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan would not raise taxes on a majority of Americans as social media posts stated, nor did he stop campaigning in-person. SENT: 2,110 words, photos.
WALMART-GUNS — Walmart has reversed course, announcing it is returning ammunition and firearms to their displays in its U.S. stores. On Thursday the nation’s largest retailer said it had removed the displays due to “civil unrest” in some areas of the country. SENT: 210 words, photos.
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BRIBERY — Authorities say “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin has reported to a federal prison in California to begin serving her two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions bribery scandal. SENT: 220 words, photo.
NETFLIX-PRICE INCREASE — Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled people at home during the fight against the pandemic. SENT: 600 words, photos.
EBAY-EMPLOYEES-CYBERSTALKING — Two more former eBay Inc. employees have admitted to their roles in a campaign to terrorize a Massachusetts couple with threatening social media messages and disturbing deliveries of things like live spiders sent to their home. SENT: 240 words, photos.
FALL BACK — It’s time for a change for most of the United States. The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. A new term begins for standard time at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. SENT: 200 words, photo.
MCRIB-THE-RETURN — McRib, the fast food sandwich that went viral before viral was a thing, is back. McDonald’s has announced that it was bringing its barbeque slathered sandwich with the cult following back nationwide starting Dec. 2, the first time in eight years it will be on the menu. SENT: 260 words, photo.
GERMANY-DRUGS-ONLINE — Germany shuts down Telegram-based drugs marketplaces. SENT: 100 words.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LEARNING-LOSS — Primary and secondary schools around the country are debating how important it is to measure what’s known as learning loss caused by pandemic-related closures. SENT: 1,420 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK-PREPAREDNESS — Like battle-hardened veterans, New York City hospitals and nursing homes are bracing for a potential resurgence of coronavirus patients, drawing on lessons learned in the spring when the outbreak brought the nation’s largest city to its knees. SENT: 970 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ANTIBODY DRUG — For the second time, a study testing an experimental antibody drug for COVID-19 has been paused to investigate a possible safety issue in hospitalized patients. SENT: 440 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREK-DAY-OF-THE-DEAD — Day of the Dead will undoubtedly be harder this year for Latino families across the U.S. torn apart by coronavirus. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
SWM--ITALY-VIRUS CASES — Much of the Italian swimming team has been locked in tiny hotel rooms in the Alps for nearly two weeks with the coronavirus. Olympic medal contender Gabriele Detti says training camp has become “a bit like home arrest.” SENT: 900 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BELGIUM — Belgian coronavirus cases have continued their record rise ahead of a government meeting to consider even tougher restrictions on movements that would amount to a quasi-lockdown. SENT: 250 words, photos.
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: 720 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP RALLIES-END OF AN ERA — As President Trump battles for reelection, a fixture of American politics for the last five years also hangs in the balance: the Trump campaign rally. Trump’s most dedicated supporters have traveled the country to be part of what they describe as a movement that could outlive his presidency. By Jill Colvin. SENT: 1,230 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-ELECTION NIGHT — Trump is uncertain he’ll hold his planned Election Night party at his Washington hotel after District of Columbia officials signal that such a gathering could be in violation of rules limiting mass gatherings. SENT: 400 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-DC PROTESTS — Activists in the nation’s capital are conducting dozens of protest training sessions and gaming a wide variety of potential election scenarios, from an extended Supreme Court standoff to President Trump summoning supporters and militias to the capital. By Ashraf Khalil. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 7 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE — Russian interference has been minimal so far in the most tempestuous U.S. presidential election in decades. But that doesn’t mean the Kremlin can’t inflict serious damage. The vulnerability of state and local government networks is a big worry. By Frank Bajak. SENT: 1090 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-SUPREME COURT POLITICS — More than 70 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, but President Donald Trump thinks he can count on one hand the votes that will determine the outcome. The Supreme Court, with three members appointed by Trump, has already been involved in election litigation and could be pulled into more. By Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman. SENT: 760 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TEXAS-24-HOUR VOTING — The most populous county in Texas is making a concerted effort to increase voter turnout by offering eight 24-hour polling places. SENT: 800 words, photos.
2020-ELECTION-CUBANS-FOR-TRUMP — A Cuban salsa song is all the rage in Miami, where Cuban Americans form a powerful Republican voting bloc. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-ASIA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wraps 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. By Matthew Lee. SENT: 882 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-CALFORNIA VOTES-PHOTO GALLERY — AP PHOTOS: Scenes from a blue state as California votes. SENT: 300 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.
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PORTLAND-PROTESTS-RULING — A federal judge has found that tweets by President Donald Trump helped incite improper conduct by federal officers responding to racial justice protests in Portland, Oregon. SENT: 810 words, photos.
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 — An Illinois judge has ordered the extradition of a 17-year-old accused in the fatal shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin. SENT: 780 words, photos.
KENNEDY COUSIN — A prosecutor has said that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not face a second trial in the killing of Martha Moxley, an announcement that came 45 years to the day after the teenager was found bludgeoned to death in her wealthy Connecticut neighborhood. SENT: 610 words, photo.
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FRANCE-ATTACK — Mourners lit candles and prayed silently to honor the three people killed in a French church by a young Tunisian extremist, as France heightened security at potential targets at home and abroad amid geopolitical tensions around published cartoons mocking the prophet of Islam. Tunisian anti-terrorism authorities have opened an investigation into a heretofore-unknown Tunisian extremist group in connection with the attack. By Angela Charlton and Daniel Cole. SENT: 890 words, photos. WITH: MIDEAST-FRANCE PROTESTS — Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests, as the French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
TURKEY-EARTHQUAKE — A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos collapsed buildings in western Turkey, killing 14 people and injuring over 400. Earthquake officials said a small tsunami struck the Seferisar district south of Izmir. SENT: 700 words.
TANZANIA-ELECTION — Tanzania’s populist President John Magufuli has been declared the overwhelming winner of a second term amid allegations of widespread election fraud. SENT: 510 words, photos.
EX-NISSAN BOSS-ESCAPE-ARRESTS — U.S. Department of Justice lawyers have urged a judge to deny a bid to block the extradition of two American men wanted in Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn sneak out of the country in a box. SENT: 570 words, photos.
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN — Armenia and Azerbaijan have promised after a day of talks in Geneva to avoid targeting residential areas amid the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. SENT: 800 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-CANADA — Canadians repeatedly absorbed President Trump’s insults against their prime minister and threats on their country’s trade policies. The unprecedented attacks on America’s closest ally left a bitter taste and most Canadians will be relieved if Trump is defeated in the election. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Sharp drops in Apple, Facebook and other big technology companies ended a miserable week on Wall Street on another sour note. The S&P 500 gave back 1.2%, sealing back-to-back weekly losses and the second straight losing month for the benchmark index since March. The Dow fell 157 points. SENT: 890 words, photos.
CONSUMER SPENDING — U.S. consumers increased their spending by 1.4% in September, a modest gain but far less than the big increases of late spring, adding to concerns that Americans remain cautious with the viral pandemic resurging across the country and impeding the economy. By Martin Crutsinger. SENT: 400 words, photo.
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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PLASTIC WASTE — The most comprehensive study of mismanaged plastic waste in the US finds that between 2.5 and 5 billion pounds of plastic in 2016 ended up as litter, dumped illegally or most likely shipped abroad and then mishandled. That’s as much as 15 pounds per person or the equivalent of more than 1,350 plastic grocery bags a year. It means the US is among the worst plastic waste managers in the world. By AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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MET-GALA-EXHIBIT — The annual hoopla around the celebrity-studded Met Gala is so intense, it’s often forgotten who the real star is: the fashion exhibit inside. This year, it’s the only star. A stylish Costume Institute show at the Metropolitan Museum has opened, six months behind schedule. But what’s six months when you’re covering 150 years of fashion? SENT: 760 words, photos.
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BBN--METS SALE — Major League Baseball owners have voted to approve the sale of the New York Mets to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen. The sale from the Wilpon and Katz families values the franchise at between $2.4 billion and $2.45 billion, a record for a baseball team. The sale is likely to close within 10 days. SENT: 480 words, photos.
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