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Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., leaves a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAndrew Harnik)

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Professional Lucha Libre wrestler La Zorra waits in line to receive a donation of household items, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Former wrestler El Fantasma, the president of Mexico City's Lucha Libre commission, organized donations provided by the city's Jewish community to help support more than 200 professional wrestlers who have been unable to work for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

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A street vendor argues with a policeman during an operation to evict a group of street vendors who came out to sell their products, ignoring lockdown measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in La Victoria district of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)

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A man holds a cross with pictures of injured demonstrators during the yellow vests demonstrations as part of an hospital workers demonstration Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Paris. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP PhotoChristophe Ena)

AMERICA PROTESTS-TRUMP-LAFAYETTE PARK LEGACY — President Donald Trump has often emerged relatively unscathed from a seemingly endless stream of crises and controversies. But the forceful clearing of demonstrators from the park across from the White House has resonated like few others, prompting top military leaders and usually lockstep Republicans to distance themselves from the president. By Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.
Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

AMERICA-PROTESTS-LOS-ANGELES-POLICE — Unarmed social workers instead of police would respond to nonviolent calls for service under a proposal from several City Council members following nationwide calls for law enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. SENT: 540 words.
A demonstrator from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement reacts after a brief fight broke out between demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators on the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall a man pulled a demonstrators holding a large speaker down and graded others before a County Commission meeting to discusses the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (PhotoJoshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall during a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MILITARY DEPLOYMENT — For Fort Bragg soldiers deploying to the Middle East, the usual predeparture fanfare has been replaced with a mandatory two-week quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.
FILE - In this June 13, 2020, file photo, the pedestal is left after protesters removed a bust of John McDonogh in Duncan Plaza in New Orleans. The whereabouts of the bust of the slave owner toppled by protesters and thrown into the Mississippi river in New Orleans remains unknown after a group of men fished the bust out of the river. (AP PhotoRebecca Santana, File)

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FILE — In this June 4, 2018, file photo a demonstrator is removed from the statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the rotunda of the Capitol, by a California Highway Patrol officer, during a protest in Sacramento, Calif. Calling Columbus "a deeply polarizing historical figure," Senate President Pro Ten Toni Atkins, D-San Diego; Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood; and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that the controversial statue will be removed. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli, File)

AMERICA PROTESTS-BUFFALO — Protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says. SENT: 210 words, videos.
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Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., leaves a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAndrew Harnik)

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Professional Lucha Libre wrestler La Zorra waits in line to receive a donation of household items, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Former wrestler El Fantasma, the president of Mexico City's Lucha Libre commission, organized donations provided by the city's Jewish community to help support more than 200 professional wrestlers who have been unable to work for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

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A street vendor argues with a policeman during an operation to evict a group of street vendors who came out to sell their products, ignoring lockdown measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in La Victoria district of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)

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A man holds a cross with pictures of injured demonstrators during the yellow vests demonstrations as part of an hospital workers demonstration Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Paris. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP PhotoChristophe Ena)

AMERICA PROTESTS-TRUMP-LAFAYETTE PARK LEGACY — President Donald Trump has often emerged relatively unscathed from a seemingly endless stream of crises and controversies. But the forceful clearing of demonstrators from the park across from the White House has resonated like few others, prompting top military leaders and usually lockstep Republicans to distance themselves from the president. By Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.

Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

AMERICA-PROTESTS-LOS-ANGELES-POLICE — Unarmed social workers instead of police would respond to nonviolent calls for service under a proposal from several City Council members following nationwide calls for law enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. SENT: 540 words.

A demonstrator from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement reacts after a brief fight broke out between demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators on the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall a man pulled a demonstrators holding a large speaker down and graded others before a County Commission meeting to discusses the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (PhotoJoshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall during a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MILITARY DEPLOYMENT — For Fort Bragg soldiers deploying to the Middle East, the usual predeparture fanfare has been replaced with a mandatory two-week quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.

FILE - In this June 13, 2020, file photo, the pedestal is left after protesters removed a bust of John McDonogh in Duncan Plaza in New Orleans. The whereabouts of the bust of the slave owner toppled by protesters and thrown into the Mississippi river in New Orleans remains unknown after a group of men fished the bust out of the river. (AP PhotoRebecca Santana, File)

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FILE — In this June 4, 2018, file photo a demonstrator is removed from the statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the rotunda of the Capitol, by a California Highway Patrol officer, during a protest in Sacramento, Calif. Calling Columbus "a deeply polarizing historical figure," Senate President Pro Ten Toni Atkins, D-San Diego; Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood; and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that the controversial statue will be removed. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli, File)

AMERICA PROTESTS-BUFFALO — Protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says. SENT: 210 words, videos.

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Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., leaves a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAndrew Harnik)

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., leaves a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAndrew Harnik)

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AMERICA PROTESTS — The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in the span of less than three weeks have led to a push in the U.S. for more training of police officers in how to deescalate tense situations before they explode in violence. Experts say deescalation training generally involves officers being taught how to keep their cool, calm people down and use the least amount of force required. By Kate Brumback and R.J. Rico. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — The Chinese capital cancels more than 60% of commercial flights and raises the alert level amid a new coronavirus outbreak, state-run media reports. Beijing has enacted a number of measures to limit travel in and out of the city, especially among those coming from districts where new cases have been detected. By Ken Moritsugu and Rod McGuirk. SENT: 220 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing, will be expanded. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Beijing adds more measures to curb new outbreak; With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

Professional Lucha Libre wrestler La Zorra waits in line to receive a donation of household items, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Former wrestler El Fantasma, the president of Mexico City's Lucha Libre commission, organized donations provided by the city's Jewish community to help support more than 200 professional wrestlers who have been unable to work for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

Professional Lucha Libre wrestler La Zorra waits in line to receive a donation of household items, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Former wrestler El Fantasma, the president of Mexico City's Lucha Libre commission, organized donations provided by the city's Jewish community to help support more than 200 professional wrestlers who have been unable to work for months due to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

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KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea says it will redeploy troops to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites, reinstall guard posts and resume military exercises at front-line areas, nullifying the tension-reducing deals reached with South Korea just two years ago. Experts believe these are calculated moves to apply pressure on Seoul and Washington amid stalled nuclear diplomacy. By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung. SENT: 830 words, photos.

AMERICA PROTESTS-CONGRESS — Senate Republicans are proposing changes to police procedures and accountability, according to a draft of a bill obtained by The Associated Press. It would establish an enhanced use-of-force database, restrictions on chokeholds and new training and commissions to study law enforcement and race. By Lisa Mascaro and Jim Mustian. SENT: 580 words, photos. UPCOMING: 900 words after 9:30 a.m. news conference.

A street vendor argues with a policeman during an operation to evict a group of street vendors who came out to sell their products, ignoring lockdown measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in La Victoria district of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)

A street vendor argues with a policeman during an operation to evict a group of street vendors who came out to sell their products, ignoring lockdown measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in La Victoria district of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)

AMERICA PROTESTS-TRUMP-LAFAYETTE PARK LEGACY — President Donald Trump has often emerged relatively unscathed from a seemingly endless stream of crises and controversies. But the forceful clearing of demonstrators from the park across from the White House has resonated like few others, prompting top military leaders and usually lockstep Republicans to distance themselves from the president. By Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.

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ELECTION 2020-LGBT RIGHTS — The Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination underscores an election-year challenge facing the GOP: How can Republicans reconcile broad national support for LGBT protections, even among many Republicans, while some of the party’s die-hard conservative voters fervently oppose them? By Alan Fram. SENT: 940 words, photos.

A man holds a cross with pictures of injured demonstrators during the yellow vests demonstrations as part of an hospital workers demonstration Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Paris. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP PhotoChristophe Ena)

A man holds a cross with pictures of injured demonstrators during the yellow vests demonstrations as part of an hospital workers demonstration Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Paris. French hospital workers and others are protesting in cities around the country to demand better pay and more investment in France's public hospital system, which is considered among the world's best but struggled to handle a flux of virus patients after years of cost cuts. France has seen nearly 30,000 virus deaths. (AP PhotoChristophe Ena)

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TRUMP-LEGACY OF A MASSACRE — Trump’s site for a rally Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, stands in what’s historically the white downtown, a few hundred feet from a once-thriving black community wiped out by a white massacre in 1921. SENT: 1,090 words, photos. With AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.

Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

AMERICA-PROTESTS-LOS-ANGELES-POLICE — Unarmed social workers instead of police would respond to nonviolent calls for service under a proposal from several City Council members following nationwide calls for law enforcement reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. SENT: 540 words.

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall before a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-IRAN — As Iranian businesses open and people begin to move around more, health experts fear a growing complacency among the Islamic Republic's 80 million people may further allow the coronavirus to spread. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP — Trump’s suggestion that “if we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases” reflects a broader administration effort to play down the ongoing threat of the coronavirus. SENT: 800 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-FACT CHECK — Trump states inaccurately that an AIDS vaccine exists.

A demonstrator from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement reacts after a brief fight broke out between demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators on the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall a man pulled a demonstrators holding a large speaker down and graded others before a County Commission meeting to discusses the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (PhotoJoshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

A demonstrator from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement reacts after a brief fight broke out between demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens" movement and anti-defund police demonstrators on the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall a man pulled a demonstrators holding a large speaker down and graded others before a County Commission meeting to discusses the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (PhotoJoshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MILITARY DEPLOYMENT — For Fort Bragg soldiers deploying to the Middle East, the usual predeparture fanfare has been replaced with a mandatory two-week quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 760 words, photos, video.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AUSTRALIA — China and Russia are using the heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic to undermine Western democracies by spreading disinformation online, Australia’s foreign minister says. SENT: 520 words, photo.

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Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall during a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

Demonstrators from the "End Slavery In Athens"movement fill the steps of Athens-Clarke County City Hall during a County Commission meeting on the annual budget, and where commissioners Mariah Parker Tim Denson proposed their 5010 plan in Athens, Ga.,Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The 5010 plan would take half of the budget for local police and use it to add social workers, counselors and crisis intervention specialists to the police department with the aim of dramatically decreasing the department's use of lethal force. Six individuals were killed by ACCPD in 2019. (Joshua L. JonesAthens Banner-Herald via AP)

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CONFEDERATE STATUE TOPPLED-VIRGINIA — Protesters in Richmond tear down another Confederate statue. SENT: 230 words, photo.

FILE - In this June 13, 2020, file photo, the pedestal is left after protesters removed a bust of John McDonogh in Duncan Plaza in New Orleans. The whereabouts of the bust of the slave owner toppled by protesters and thrown into the Mississippi river in New Orleans remains unknown after a group of men fished the bust out of the river. (AP PhotoRebecca Santana, File)

FILE - In this June 13, 2020, file photo, the pedestal is left after protesters removed a bust of John McDonogh in Duncan Plaza in New Orleans. The whereabouts of the bust of the slave owner toppled by protesters and thrown into the Mississippi river in New Orleans remains unknown after a group of men fished the bust out of the river. (AP PhotoRebecca Santana, File)

AMERICA PROTESTS-BUFFALO — Protester shoved to ground has skull fracture, lawyer says. SENT: 210 words, videos.

NASCAR-JARRETT-CORONAVIRUS — NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett announces coronavirus diagnosis during TV show. SENT: 160 words.

T-MOBILE-NETWORK-ISSUES — FCC calls hours-long T-Mobile service outage “unacceptable." SENT: 240 words, photo.

FILE — In this June 4, 2018, file photo a demonstrator is removed from the statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the rotunda of the Capitol, by a California Highway Patrol officer, during a protest in Sacramento, Calif. Calling Columbus "a deeply polarizing historical figure," Senate President Pro Ten Toni Atkins, D-San Diego; Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood; and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that the controversial statue will be removed. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE — In this June 4, 2018, file photo a demonstrator is removed from the statue of Queen Isabella and Christopher Columbus in the rotunda of the Capitol, by a California Highway Patrol officer, during a protest in Sacramento, Calif. Calling Columbus "a deeply polarizing historical figure," Senate President Pro Ten Toni Atkins, D-San Diego; Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood; and Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, announced Tuesday, June 16, 2020, that the controversial statue will be removed. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli, File)

SHOPPING-MALL-SHOOTING-TEXAS — One wounded, one sought in Dallas shopping mall shooting. SENT: 240 words.

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INDIA-CHINA-HIMALAYAN STANDOFF — As some commentators clamored for revenge, India’s government was silent on the fallout from clashes with China’s army in a disputed border area in the high Himalayas that the Indian army said claimed 20 soldiers’ lives. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

TURKEY-IRAQ — Turkey says it has airlifted troops for a cross-border ground operation against Turkey’s Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, the first known airborne-and-land offensive by Ankara inside Iraqi territory. SENT: 530 words, photo.

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CHARITY-DONATIONS — A recession is expected to curtail Americans’ generosity following a record year for charitable donations, but the recent wave of money dedicated to fighting the coronavirus and racial inequality in the U.S. is offering a beacon of hope for nonprofits in 2020. SENT: 780 words, photos.

PROTECTED MONUMENTS-SOUTH CAROLINA — Five years ago after eight black church members and their pastor were shot and killed in a racist attack, South Carolina isn’t removing more monuments of historical figures who repressed or oppressed blacks. SENT: 820 words, photos.

LYNCHING MEMORIAL — An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims announces that it has documented thousands of additional killings of black people during the era of Reconstruction. SENT: 420 words, photos.

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Major Asian stock markets declined after Wall Street gained on hopes for a global economic recovery and Japan’s exports sank. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 530 words, photos. With JAPAN-TRADE Japan’s exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout.

FACEBOOK-VOTER-TURNOUT — Facebook is launching a widespread effort to boost U.S. voter turnout and provide authoritative information about voting — just as it doubles down on its policy allowing politicians like Trump to post false information on the same subject. By Technology Writer Barbara Ortutay. SENT: 430 words, photos.

DOWN UNDER-UK-FREE TRADE — Both Australia and New Zealand announce they are starting free-trade talks with the United Kingdom, as each country seeks to rekindle a trading relationship that was severely tested nearly 50 years ago. SENT: 470 words, photo.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-NBA — The NBA hopes that it doesn’t matter that the rate of positive coronavirus tests in the Orlando, Florida, area has been soaring in recent days. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 790 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MLB-THE FANS SPEAK — Many fans say they want to see Major League Baseball this year and if they do get a shortened season, then they’ll have to decide how to view the stats, awards and champion. By Baseball Writer Ben Walker. SENT: 990 words, photos.

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