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Defendant John Earnest listens during testimony by witness Oscar Stewart during Earnest's preliminary hearing, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Superior Court in San Diego. Prosecutors say Earnest opened fire during a Passover service at the Chabad of Poway synagogue on April 27, killing one woman and injuring three people, including the rabbi. (John GibbinsThe San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)
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PLANE SABOTAGE _ Mechanic due to enter plea in airliner sabotage case. SENT: 140 words, photo. UPCOMING: Developing from 10 a.m. hearing.
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TOP STORIES
A placard mocking Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is held up as thousands of protestors, many of them school students, gather in Sydney, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, calling for action to guard against climate change. Australia's acting prime minister Michael McCormack has described ongoing climate rallies as "just a disruption" that should have been held on a weekend to avoid inconveniencing communities. (AP PhotoRick Rycroft)
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CONGRESS-INTELLIGENCE-WHISTLEBLOWER _ The Trump administration plunges into an extraordinary showdown with Congress over access to a whistleblower's reported complaint about incidents including a private conversation between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader. The government's intelligence watchdog says the blocked complaint is both "serious" and "urgent." By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 1,170 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-PERSIAN GULF _ The Pentagon will present a broad range of military options to Trump as he considers how to respond to the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil industry. He will be presented with a list of potential airstrike targets inside Iran, among other possible responses, according to U.S. officials familiar with the discussions who spoke on condition of anonymity. By Lolita C. Baldor. SENT: 800 words, photos. UPCOMING: 990 words after afternoon meeting. With PERSIAN GULF-TENSIONS _ Saudi Arabia shows attack site it says Iran hit over weekend.
FILE - In this Wednesday, July 3, 2019 file photo the German Arctic research vessel 'Polarstern' is docked for maintenance in Bremerhaven, Germany. About 100 researchers will set sail Friday from Tromso, Norway, aboard the German icebreaker 'Polarstern' in an effort to understand how climate change is affecting the Arctic and regions beyond. (AP PhotosFrank Jordans, file)
IRAQ-POWER STRUGGLE _ As the U.S. and Israel step up their efforts to contain Iran, countries in Tehran’s orbit are feeling the heat. With economic sanctions and precision strikes hitting their bases and infrastructure, pro-Iranian militias across Lebanon, Syria and Iraq are being pounded, putting the governments that host them in the crosshairs of an escalating confrontation. Nowhere is that being felt more than in Iraq, where Shiite forces linked to Iran pose a growing challenge to the government’s authority. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Zeina Karam. UPCOMING: 1,060 words by 4 a.m., photos.
ISRAEL-ELECTIONS-SECULAR ANGST _ In Israel's secular heartland, the role of religion in daily life played a central role in this week's deadlocked election. For many, a vote for the opposition was driven by a desire to keep rabbis out of their schools, businesses and love lives. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tight alliance with the ultra-Orthodox may have contributed to his second-place finish. By Aron Heller. UPCOMING: 1,000 words by 4 a.m., photos.
CLIMATE STRIKE _ Tens of thousands of protesters gather at rallies around Australia as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate change begin ahead a U.N. summit in New York. Some of the first rallies in what is being billed as a "global climate strike" kick off in Sydney and Canberra. Australian demonstrators are calling for their nation, which is the world's largest exporter of coal and liquid natural gas, to take more drastic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Rod McGuirk. SENT: 670 words, photos. With CLIMATE-STRIKE-THE-LATEST.
HONDURAS-DENGUE EPIDEMIC _ Honduras is battling an especially deadly outbreak of dengue fever. At least 135 people have died from dengue there this year, nearly two-thirds of them children. Honduras has by far the highest death rate from dengue in Latin America this year. By Christopher Sherman. SENT: 950 words, photos.
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BOBCAT AND CHILD IN CAR _ Colorado driver puts injured bobcat in car next to child. SENT: 160 words, photos.
MUSIC-CHRIS-CORNELL-DAUGHTER _ Chris Cornell's teen daughter releases song produced by him. SENT: 120 words, photo.
WASHINGTON DC-SHOOTINGS _ Two shootings in Washington, D.C., kill at least one, wound another eight. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: video, pursuing photo.
ELECTION 2020-O'ROURKE _ Beto O'Rourke says he's open to broadening gun buyback proposal. SENT: 150 words, photo.
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NATIONAL
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TROPICAL WEATHER-GULF _ The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda that flooded parts of Texas leaves at least two people dead and rescue crews with boats scrambling to reach stranded drivers and families trapped in their homes during a relentless downpour that drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago. SENT: 930 words, photos, videos. With TROPICAL WEATHER-GULF-THE LATEST.
CALIFORNIA SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING _ A judge is expected to rule whether a 20-year-old former college student should stand trial on charges of firing an assault rifle inside a synagogue, killing one woman and injuring three, including a rabbi and an 8-year-old girl. SENT: 910 words, photos. UPCOMING: Hearing at 11:30 a.m.
CALIFORNIA FIRES-CRIMINAL CASES _ The deaths in California fires on a scuba diving boat and at the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse bring a search for blame aimed at finding whether someone was negligent. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.
STORM AREA 51 EVENTS _ The music has started for revelers braving a long drive to a dusty festival ground in the remote Nevada desert near the once-secret Area 51 military base. SENT: 870 words, photos, video. With STORM AREA 51 EVENTS-THE LATEST.
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INTERNATIONAL
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AP EXPLAINS-BROWNFACE _The scandal surrounding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after a yearbook photo showing him in brownface at a 2001 costume party was published is bringing attention to a practice that scholars say white people have been using for years to demean minorities. By Russell Contreras. SENT: 950 words, photos. With TRUDEAU-BROWNFACE PHOTO _ Trudeau comes under fire over brownface photo.
TROPICAL WEATHER _ Owners pull boats from the water and haul them away on trailers, while shopkeepers put plywood over windows and doors as Tropical Storm Lorena bears down on Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area, predicted to arrive at hurricane force. SENT: 730 words, photos, video.
MALAYSIA-NORTH KOREA EXTRADITION _ A lawyer for a North Korean man facing potential extradition from Malaysia to the United States to face money laundering charges says that the request was baseless and "political in nature." SENT: 360 words.
SOUTH KOREA-SWINE FEVER _ South Korea says that it is investigating two more suspected cases of African swine fever from farms near its border with North Korea, as fears grow over the spread of the illness that has decimated pig herds across Asia. SENT: 460 words, photo.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS _ Democratic presidential candidates are trying out new strategies with just over four months until Iowa's leadoff caucuses. SENT: 1,150 words, photos. Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page on APNewsroom.
TRUMP-AUSTRALIA-STATE VISIT _ Trump is welcoming Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the White House with a pomp-filled military arrival ceremony on the South Lawn, capped by an opulent state dinner beneath the stars in the Rose Garden. SENT: 600 words, photo. UPCOMING: 800 words after White House arrival at 9 p.m.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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ARCTIC MISSION _ Scientists from more than a dozen nations are preparing to launch the biggest and most complex research expedition ever attempted in the central Arctic. SENT: 590 words, photos. UPCOMING: News conference at 7 a.m.; icebreaker to depart at about 2:30 p.m.
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SPORTS
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AMAZING AMY _ Gary Woodland says his resolve to win the U.S. Open came from playing a hole of golf with Amy Bockerstette. By Sports Writer John Marshall. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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