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TOP STORIES
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Sir Elton John speak in the courtyard of the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, June 21, 2019. Sir Elton John received the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, during a visit to the presidential Elysee Palace (AP PhotoLewis Joly, Pool)
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PERSIAN GULF-TENSIONS _ President Donald Trump said he's still considering military action against Iran after it downed an unmanned U.S. military aircraft, saying the use of force is "always on the table until we get this solved." The president said he aborted a military strike set for Thursday after learning 150 people would be killed. SENT: 510 words, photos. Developing.
UNITED STATES-IRAN-CYBER _ Iran has increased its offensive cyberattacks against the U.S. government and critical infrastructure as tensions have grown between the two nations, cybersecurity firms say. By Tami Abdollah. SENT: 840 words, photo.
UNITED STATES-MIDEAST _ The Trump administration unveils a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal intended to be the economic engine to power its much-anticipated but still unreleased “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan. By Matthew Lee. SENT: 900 words, photo.
MOTORCYCLES-CRASH _ Motorcyclists with a club comprised of ex-United States Marines collided with a pickup truck on a rural highway Friday, killing seven and leaving the biker community reeling. SENT, 575 words, photos, audio.
HURRICANE RECOVERY _ Nine months after Hurricane Florence inundated much of eastern North Carolina, the tiny town of Trenton is still struggling to rebuild as a new hurricane season begins. The Jones County courthouse and jail have yet to reopen. Judges hear cases in county office buildings and inmates are housed in another county. Even the mayor has yet to move back into her house, because construction workers are in short supply. By Jonathan Drew. 800 words, photos. The story is this week’s Sunday Spotlight.
MICHAEL JACKSON ANNIVERSARY-ESTATE _ John Branca, the entertainment lawyer who guided Michael Jackson through some of the highest points of his career when the King of Pop was alive, says it was "exhilarating" but "daunting" to learn that he would be largely responsible for the singer's legacy after Jackson's untimely death 10 years ago. Jackson died with $500 million in debt, but the estate has since grossed more than $1.3 billion. SENT: 1205 words, photos. With: SCIENCE SAYS-MICHAEL JACKSON DRUG _ The drug that killed Michael Jackson remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals. SENT: 630 words, photo; MICHAEL JACKSON ANNIVERSARY-THEN AND NOW _ SENT: 1,760 words, photos.
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CAMBODIA-BUILDING COLLAPSE _ A seven-story building under construction in Cambodia's coastal city of Sihanoukville collapsed on workers housed inside, killing seven workers and injuring 23, authorities said. SENT: 319 words, photos.
WORLD’S UGLIEST DOG _ Scamp the Tramp will never win a beauty contest. But he's won an ugly one. The bug-eyed, dreadlocked pooch took top honors at the 31st annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest. Owner Yvonne Morones of Santa Rosa, California, won an appearance with Scamp on the "Today" show, $1,500 in cash, another $1,500 to donate to an animal shelter _ and a trophy the size of a Rottweiler. SENT: 570 words, photos.
BALTIMORE SHOOTING _ Baltimore Police say two people are dead and six others are injured after several overnight shootings around the city. SENT: 117 words.
MIGRANT CHILDREN PROTEST _ Demonstrators including Japanese Americans detained as children by the U.S. government during World War II are speaking out against Trump administration plans to temporarily house migrant children at an Oklahoma Army base. SENT: 130 words, photo. UPCOMING: Developing.
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IMMIGRANT RIGHTS-TRAINING _ With renewed pledges on mass deportations, immigrant rights activists have fine-tuned and ramped up one of their most basic organizing tools: The know-your-rights training. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK _ President Donald Trump has a silent partner behind several of the accomplishments he likes to boast about: Barack Obama. By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward. SENT: 2,800 words, photos. Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd
TRUMP-NEW ACCUSER _ President Donald Trump says a New York-based advice columnist who claims he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s made a "totally false accusation" against him and he denies knowing the woman. By Darlene Superville. SENT: 800 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-ABORTION _ Nearly every Democratic presidential candidate is addressing a Planned Parenthood Action Fund forum, the campaign season’s first big event focused on abortion, an issue already roiling the packed filed of White House hopefuls. By Will Weissert. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 4 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-SOUTH CAROLINA _ On stage before a throng of party faithful in a key early primary state, Joe Biden’s leading rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination try to undercut the former vice president’s argument that he’s the ideal Democrat to oust President Donald Trump. By Bill Barrow and Meg Kinnard. UPCOMING: 700 words by 3 p.m., photos. Developing.
BALLOT INITIATIVES-GOP PUSHBACK _ Where they control both the legislature and governor’s office, Republicans are taking steps to make it more difficult for citizens to place initiatives on the ballot or are rewriting voter initiatives after they have passed. SENT: 1240 words, photos.
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HONG KONG-PROTESTS _ Protesters in Hong Kong ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully, disappointed that their demands for the territory's leader to formally withdraw a contentious extradition bill and police to apologize for heavy handed tactics have gone unmet. SENT: 830 words, photos.
MAURITANIA-ELECTIONS _ Mauritanians went to the polls as the outgoing president's preferred successor faced five opposition candidates in this West African nation threatened by Islamic extremism. It was expected to be the country's first peaceful transfer of power. SENT: 720 words, photo. First results could come Sunday or Monday.
GERMANY-CLIMATE PROTESTS _ Hundreds of climate change activists broke through a police cordon and stormed into one of Germany's biggest lignite coal mines, two days after European Union leaders disagreed on a plan to make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050. SENT: 340 words, photos.
BRITAIN CONSERVATIVES _ The two finalists in the race to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party — and become the country's new prime minister — made their first formal pitches to party members. SENT: 380 words, photos.
ASEAN _ Southeast Asian leaders will commit to conclude a long-delayed regional trade pact this year despite lingering odds to fend off risks from a protracted U.S.-China trade war when they gather for a weekend summit in Thailand. By Jim Gomez and Kaweewit Kaewjinda. SENT: 710 words, photos.
CZECH-PROTEST _ Prague won't have seen anything like this since the protests of 1989 which brought down the communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia. Some 400,000 have signed a petition calling on Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis to step down over fraud allegations and subsidies paid to his former companies. And hundreds of thousands are expected at a rally in Prague on Sunday to urge the populist billionaire to stand down. SENT: 630 words, photos.
TURKEY-ISTANBUL-ELECTION-THE CANDIDATES _ A look at the two main candidates running for mayor of Istanbul in Sunday's repeat election. The re-run follows an election board decision to annul the results of the March 31 local elections in the country's largest city, which the opposition won by a narrow margin. The board ruled in favor of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governing party. SENT: 530 words, photos. With TURKEY-ISTANBUL-GLANCE (sent).
PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN _ Dozens of Afghan political leaders attended a peace conference in neighboring Pakistan to pave the way for further Afghan-to-Afghan dialogue. SENT: 420 words, photos.
IRAQ _ Security measures were increased at one of Iraq's largest air bases that houses American trainers following an attack last week, a top Iraqi air force commander says. The U.S. military said operations at the base were going on as usual and there were currently no plans to evacuate personnel. SENT: 400 words.
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HAWAII-FATAL AIRPLANE CRASH _ A small plane used for skydiving crashed and burst into flames near the perimeter of a small oceanside airport on the island of Oahu, killing all nine people aboard, officials said. SENT: 270 words, photo. Developing.
SACRAMENTO-OFFICER SHOT _ Sacramento police say a rookie officer who died during a domestic violence call was ambushed by a gunman and had no chance of surviving after she was shot. The disclosure came late Friday amid criticism that it took police 45 minutes to get to 26-year-old rookie Officer Tara O'Sullivan during the armed standoff. By Don Thompson. SENT: 790 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-EXCLUDING BLACK JURORS _ The prosecutor whose jury selection tactics were rejected Friday by the U.S. Supreme Court as racially discriminatory could decide whether he will try a defendant a seventh time. SENT: 964 words, photos.
GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHBISHOP _ The Greek Orthodox church of the United States has installed its first new leader in 20 years. SENT: 120 words, photos.
WASHINGTON-DRUG KINGPIN _ In the 1980s, Rayful Edmond was believed to have controlled about a third of the D.C. drug trade during a devastating crack epidemic. Now Washingtonians are being asked on whether Edmond, now 54, should be set free and welcomed back to the city. By Ashraf Khalil. SENT: 820 words, photos.
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MUSIC-UNIVERSAL LAWSUIT _ Soundgarden and estates representing Tupac Shakur and Tom Petty are among those suing Universal Music Group for materials lost in a 2008 fire. SENT: 124 words.
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EQUAL PAY-MEDIATION _ U.S. Soccer and players for the women's national team have tentatively agreed to mediate a lawsuit that accuses the federation of gender discrimination and seeks equitable pay. SENT: 444 words, photo.
NHL DRAFT _ The New Jersey Devils select American center Jack Hughes with the first pick in the NHL draft. Hughes is from Orlando, Florida, and becomes the eighth American selected No. 1, and first since 2016, when the Toronto Maple Leafs chose Auston Matthews. SENT: 980 words, photos.
NBA-FREE AGENCY _ Now on the clock: Chaos. The NBA offseason is just getting started. A draft that had some good bits of intrigue _ at least after New Orleans' Zion Williamson, Memphis' Ja Morant and New York's R.J. Barrett were chosen first, second and third in moves that were widely expected for weeks _ is now done. Up next is free agency, which will be much more unpredictable when it begins on June 30. Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kemba Walker and Kyrie Irving are among those who may soon change addresses. SENT: 890 words, photos.
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