AP News Digest 6:30 p.m.
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RACIAL INJUSTICE-DEFUNDING THE POLICE, listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds 2020-CENSUS, TRUMP-TAX RETURNS-UNDERFUNDED IRS, ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-TRAIN TOUR, ELECTION 2020-VETERANS-FACT CHECK, CONGRESS-GOVERNMENT FUNDING, CONGRESS-CHINA-FORCED LABOR, LAS VEGAS-SHOOTING SETTLEMENT, FAMILY-ISLAMIC STATE, UAW CORRUPTION, BASEBALL BONANZA, OBIT-MAC DAVIS.
NBA FINALS — Game begins 9:10 p.m.
ELECTION 2020 — Will be updated with 9 p.m. Trump rally in Minnesota.
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ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden continue their debate-stage clash from afar as they compete for working-class voters in the Midwest and elected officials in both parties — and the debate commission — try to deal with the most chaotic presidential faceoff in memory. By Steve Peoples, Will Weissert and Kevin Freking. SENT: 1,100 words, photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-TRAIN TOUR — Looking for votes in key areas, Biden takes a private train tour of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. SENT: 720 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-RACE — President Trump tries to walk back his refusal to outright condemn the far right Proud Boys during the presidential debate, but the inflammatory moment was far from the first time he has failed to denounce white supremacists or has promoted racist ideas. By Jonathan Lemire, Michael Kunzelman and Mary Clare Jalonick. SENT: 1,000 words, photos, video.
ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-MEDIA — The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Trump and Joe Biden. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 760 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hold an “extensive conversation” on a huge COVID-19 rescue package, meeting face to face for the first time in more than a month in a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief. By Andrew Taylor. SENT: 700 words, photos.
2020-CENSUS — A federal judge’s court has been flooded with messages from census takers who say they are being asked to cut corners and finish their work early. The messages come as the judge in California considers whether the Trump administration violated her order allowing the 2020 census to continue through October by setting an Oct. 5 end date. By Mike Schneider. SENT: 600 words, photos.
TRUMP-TAX RETURNS-UNDERFUNDED IRS — Revelations of President Trump’s near-zero federal income tax payments underscore the ability of the wealthy to outmatch an understaffed and underfunded IRS. As a result, the IRS tends to pursue taxpayers of modest means far more aggressively than high-powered businesspeople with pricey tax lawyers — even though the richest Americans are widely believed to be disproportionately cheating. By Marcy Gordon and Paul Wiseman. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SCHOOLCATIONS — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended summer vacation, some lured by the ailing hotel industry catering to parents with remote learners through “roadschooling” amenities. By Leanne Italie. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NFL — The Pittsburgh-Tennessee game originally scheduled for Sunday will be played either Monday or Tuesday after a new positive coronavirus test result among the Titans, the NFL says. SENT: 570 words, photos.
BRANDED WOMEN — A wealthy benefactor of the disgraced leader of an upstate New York self-improvement group is sentenced to almost seven years in prison in a federal sex slave case. SENT: 580 words, photos.
FRENCH OPEN — Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title ends at the French Open because of an injury.
WALMART-STORE REDESIGN — Walmart is getting inspiration from the airport terminal as it revamps the layout and signage of its stores to speed up shopping and better cater to smartphone-armed customers. SENT: 240 words, photos.
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MORE ON THE 2020 ELECTION
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-CLIMATE CHANGE — President Trump has publicly acknowledged some human blame for climate change. But scientists say he still isn’t dealing with the reality of our primary role in the crisis. SENT: 780 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-LAWSUITS — Democrats and Republicans are involved in hundreds of lawsuits across the country relating to the upcoming election. The cases are unfolding during an election made unique by the pandemic and by a president who refuses to commit to accepting the results. SENT: 1,080 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-LAWSUITS-GLANCE — Some of the top lawsuits in battleground states. SENT: 380 words.
ELECTION 2020-VETERANS-FACT CHECK — President Trump falsely blames Joe Biden for the deaths of 308,000 veterans who he said couldn’t get health care because of the Obama administration’s policies. SENT: 480 words, photo.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-IMMUNITY — One of COVID-19′s scariest mysteries is why some people are mildly ill or have no symptoms and others rapidly die — and scientists are starting to unravel why. SENT: 940 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN — British lawmakers renew the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus. SENT: 570 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRITAIN THEATRE CRISIS — Actors in drag march to highlight virus threat to UK theater. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RESTAURANTS — U.S. restaurants are moving warily into fall, hoping their slow recovery persists despite the new challenge of chilly weather and a pandemic that’s expected to claim even more lives. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete coronavirus coverage.
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TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE — Republican lawmakers confront former FBI Director James Comey about his oversight of the bureau’s Russia investigation during a politically charged hearing. SENT: 600 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — President Trump’s stark expectation that the Supreme Court will need to intervene in what he calls a “rigged” election casts new questions on the Senate’s rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 900 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-BARRETT-FAITH — A religious organization tied to President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee sought to erase all mentions and photos of her from its website before she met with lawmakers and faced questions at her Senate confirmation hearings. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
CONGRESS-GOVERNMENT FUNDING — The Senate sends President Trump legislation to fund the government through Dec. 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Thursday. SENT: 350 words, photo.
CONGRESS-CHINA-FORCED LABOR — For the second time in two weeks, the House approves a bill aimed at cracking down on U.S. imports of goods made with the forced labor of detained ethnic minorities in China. SENT: 820 words, photo.
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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — Flames devour swaths of brush and trees in Northern California amid unseasonably hot and dry weather. SENT: 250 words, photos. With SEVERE WEATHER-STRONG WINDS — Winds close to hurricane strength sweep across parts of the U.S. Northeast. SENT: 290 words, photo.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR — A Kentucky judge delays until Friday the release of secret grand jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by police, so that prosecutors can edit out witnesses’ names and personal information. SENT: 550 words, photos.
CALIFORNIA-DEPUTIES SHOT — Authorities arrest a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies as they sat in their squad car. SENT: 600 words, photos.
LAS VEGAS-SHOOTING SETTLEMENT — A judge in Nevada approves $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting, the deadliest in recent U.S. history. SENT: 540 words, photo.
FRUITS OF LABOR BAN — The U.S. government says it will block palm oil shipments from one of Malaysia’s biggest producers, citing widespread labor abuses. The move follows an AP investigation into the $65 billion industry. SENT: 340 words, photo.
FAMILY-ISLAMIC STATE — A father and son accused of traveling from the U.S. to Syria and joining the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are facing terrorism charges in Florida, prosecutors say. SENT: 200 words.
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UN GENERAL-ASSEMBLY-THE MEETING THAT WASN’T — The U.N. General Assembly’s 2020 edition was distant, remote and technology-driven. It was also an example of two things — how technology can bring people together, and how that illusion of togetherness can also keep them apart. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
VATICAN SCANDAL — Cardinal George Pell, who left the Vatican in 2017 to face child sexual abuse charges in Australia, has returned to Rome. SENT: 630 words, photos.
BRITAIN-ASSANGE — Julian Assange’s conversations in the latter part of his 7-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were bugged, even in the toilet, a London court is told. SENT: 630 words, photo.
BRAZIL-PANTANAL WILDFIRES — As Brazil’s wetlands burned, the government did little to help. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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OBIT-TIMOTHY RAY BROWN — Timothy Ray Brown, who made history as “the Berlin patient,” the first person known to be cured of HIV infection, has died. He was 54. SENT: 470 words, photos.
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ECONOMY-GDP — The U.S. economy plunged at an unprecedented rate this spring, but a record rebound is expected in the just-ended third quarter. By Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger. SENT: 580 words, photos. With FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks end a bumpy day higher, but still down for September. SENT: 800 words, photos.
UAW CORRUPTION — The former president of the United Auto Workers has pleaded guilty to an embezzlement scheme. SENT: 430 words, photo.
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NBA FINALS — LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers take on Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 750 words by 11:45 p.m., photos. Game begins 9:10 p.m.
BASEBALL BONANZA — With eight games starting in the span of about 10 hours, baseball serves up an unprecedented postseason feast. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. First version will move by 7 p.m. and be updated through the night.
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OBIT-MAC DAVIS — Country star Mac Davis, who launched his career crafting the Elvis hits “A Little Less Conversation” and “In the Ghetto,” has died. He was 78. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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