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An injured protester is rushed to a hospital during clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Mass protests erupted in Baghdad and across southern Iraq last month, calling for the overhaul of the political system established after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP PhotoHadi Mizban)
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SOUTH KOREA-HORROR HOME ADOPTIONS _ A notorious South Korean facility that kidnapped, abused and enslaved children and the disabled for a generation was also shipping children overseas for adoption, part of a massive profit-seeking enterprise that thrived by exploiting those trapped within its walls, The Associated Press finds. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Foster Klug. SENT: 1,730 words, photos.
BISON KILL SITE _ When a coal company used a backhoe to dig up a huge bison killing ground on the Crow Indian Reservation in 2011 to make way for mining, investigators found the damage violated federal law and would cost $10 million to repair. But documents obtained by The Associated Press show nothing happened: no fines, no repairs. By Matthew Brown. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.
A woman attends a vigil for student Chow Tsz-Lok in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Protesters vented their anger over Chow Tsz-Lok's death and vowed not to give up their resistance at a police-approved prayer rally Saturday night, with frequent chants of "Hong Kong people, revenge" and "Free Hong Kong." (AP PhotoKin Cheung)
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TOP STORIES
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-REPUBLICANS _ Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, in large part because they can't agree on how best to defend the president — or for some, if they should. That would require a level of consensus that Trump's call with the Ukraine president was "perfect," as he insists. Or it would take a measure of GOP independence from Trump to suggest there may be a need to investigate. Instead, it's every Republican for himself or herself as public hearing are set to begin. By Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 910 words, photos. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-WHAT'S NEXT _ Trump plans to release transcript of April call to Ukraine president as early as Tuesday, a day before public impeachment hearings begin in the House. SENT: 900 words, photos.
IMMIGRATION-DEFERRED ACTION _ Roughly 18 percent of the 660,000 people enrolled in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, are between 31 and 38 years old _ much older than the young college students usually associated with the Obama-era program that shields them from deportation and allows them to work. There are particularly high stakes for this older generation of DACA recipients as the U.S. Supreme Court takes up arguments in a case that could end the program. By Astrid Galvan. SENT: 1,060 words, photos. This story is this week’s Sunday Spotlight.
BERLIN WALL-ANNIVERSARY _ Germany marked the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. Leaders from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic attended a ceremony at Bernauer Strasse — where one of the last parts of the Berlin Wall remains — before placing roses in gaps in the once-fearsome barrier that divided the city for 28 years. SENT: 640 words, photos. With EUROPE’S OTHER WALL _ The bullet-riddled sandstone walls of abandoned, crumbling homes and concrete machine gun nests dotting in Cyprus' no-man's land are a reminder of Europe's last divided country. SENT: 670 words, photos.
MARIJUANA MIXUPS _ New York City police boasted about a big bust _ more than 100 pounds of marijuana. The Vermont farm that grew the plants and the Brooklyn CBD shop that ordered them insist they're legal industrial hemp. A number of similar cases have cropped up amid the craze over CBD, which is legally derived from hemp. By Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 890 words, photo.
VATICAN-MARRIED PRIESTS-REACTION _ Germany's Catholics reacted enthusiastically when bishops from across the Amazon called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in that region. Such reforms have been pushed for decades by many German bishops and lay groups who hope it can lead to the liberalization of centuries of Roman Catholic tradition. By Kirsten Grieshaber. SENT: 1,250 words, photos.
TRUMP-SPORTS _ Chants of ``Lock him up!’’ rained down on President Donald Trump at the World Series in Washington. Loud boos and cheers greeted him at a mixed martial arts match in New York. A warmer reception seems likely at Saturday’s big college football game in Alabama. Presidents have long used sporting events to woo support, but these events also are a venue for fans to express their own political leanings. SENT: 680 words, photos. Alabama-LSU game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST.
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BERLIN WALL-CHOCOLATE WALL _ A French chocolate sculptor celebrates the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall by taking a hammer to a chocolate replica of the infamous barrier, distributing the sweet chunks to applauding bystanders. SENT: 270 words, photos, video.
COLD FRONT COMING _ Air from Siberia _ yes, Siberia _ is heading for a huge chunk of the United States and it could set record-low temperatures from Texas to New England in the next few days. SENT: 190 words.
ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE _ A Norway spruce that was purchased as a sapling 60 years ago has been installed at New York City's Rockefeller Center as the anchor of the upcoming Christmas festivities. SENT: 130 words, photos.
BRITAIN-OBIT-BEATLES PHOTOGRAPHER _ Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died aged 82. SENT: 260 words.
PASSENGER ARRESTED-SEXUAL ASSAULT _ A Utah man faces a sexual assault charge after a woman sitting next to him on a flight says he groped her. SENT: 130 words. Developing.
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TRUMP IMPEACHMENT-CAMPAIGN _ President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is using a counter-impeachment message in its get-out-the vote efforts. The Trump campaign is imploring people to help them with protests, letters to the editor, phone calls, social media posts and on-the-ground door knocking. SENT: 960 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-BLACK VOTERS _ Black women are among the Democratic Party's most loyal and consistent voters, and presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren are in a hard-fought competition for their support. Both candidates are struggling with black voters, who have sided with former Vice President Joe Biden by large margins. But a string of recent endorsements highlights the contrasting styles of Warren, the progressive firebrand, and Harris, the lone black woman in the Democratic field. SENT: 910 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK _ It’s been his drumbeating demand for more than a week: “Read the transcript!” People have read the transcript, though, and that’s why President Donald Trump has an impeachment problem. Over the past week, Trump approached the spectacle of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry with understandable frustration but also a flawed account of the circumstances behind them. By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward. SENT: 2,100 words, photos. Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd
VIRGINIA-HOUSE SPEAKER ELECTION _ Virginia's House of Delegates is poised to have the first female speaker in its 400-year history, with the chamber's Democrats choosing a veteran legislator for the post. SENT: 140 words. Developing.
ELECTION 2019-LOUISIANA GOVERNOR _ Gov. John Bel Edwards needs strong turnout from Louisiana's black voters to keep his seat as the Deep South's only Democratic governor. That support lagged for the primary election. Edwards and his backers are laboring to reverse that trend ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff election against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. SENT: 770 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-US SENATE-NORTH CAROLINA _ North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis is hoping to capture conservative and independent voters in his 2020 reelection bid by embracing an endorsement from President Donald Trump. But there are risks with that approach. SENT: 1,080 words, photo.
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INDIA-TEMPLE DISPUTE _ India's Supreme Court rules in favor of a Hindu temple on a disputed religious ground in the country's north and ordered that alternative land be given to Muslims to build a mosque — a verdict in a highly contentious case that was immediately deplored by a key Muslim body. Hindu hard-liners destroyed the 16th-century Babri Masjid mosque at the site in 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead. SENT: 970 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-WILDFIRES _ Wildfires razing Australia's drought-stricken east coast have left three people dead and several missing, more than 30 injured and over 150 homes destroyed, officials say. SENT: 790 words, photo.
IRAQ-PROTESTS _ Iraqi medical and security officials say four anti-government protesters have been killed and more than 100 wounded in Baghdad. The current cycle of anti-government protests and a heavy-handed security crackdown has left more than 250 dead. SENT: 540 words, photos, video.
IRAN-US _ Iran is acknowledging for the first time it has an open case before its Revolutionary Court over the 2007 disappearance of a former FBI agent on an authorized CIA mission to the country, renewing questions over what happened to him. SENT: 570 words, photo.
HONG-KONG-PROTESTS _Police in Hong Kong announce arrests of six pro-democracy lawmakers, a move that could escalate public fury a day after the death of a university student linked to months of anti-government protests. SENT: 700 words, photos.
BANGLADESH-CYCLONE _ With a strong cyclone approaching Bangladesh, authorities have used more than 50,000 volunteers and officials to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to shelters across the low-lying delta nation's vast coastal region. SENT: 490 words, photos.
MEXICO-BORDER KILLINGS _Family and friends are burying the last victim of a cartel ambush that slaughtered nine American women and children from a community of U.S.-Mexican dual citizens in a corner of northern Mexico where having gangsters in their midst has been a fact of life. By Peter Orsi. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
PAKISTAN-INDIA _ Pakistan and Indian prime ministers have inaugurated on their respective sides a visa-free initiative that allows Sikh pilgrims from India to visit one of their holiest shrines. SENT: 350 words, photos.
BRAZIL-DA SILVA _ Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed thousands of jubilant supporters outside a union headquarters on Saturday after being released from prison. SENT: 330 words, photos.
ITALY-STUDENT TRIP ROW _ The mayor of the town where Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was born has ignited a national row by refusing to participate in a program that pays travel costs to allow students to visit Nazi concentration camps. SENT: 140 words.
FRANCE-SEX ABUSE _ Any person recognized by their bishop as a victim of church sex abuse will be eligible for compensation from a new fund approved by French bishops on Saturday. SENT: 500 words, photos.
INDIA-COAL FIRES-PHOTO GALLERY _ Fires that started in coal pits in eastern India are still burning after more than a century, spewing flames and clouds of poisonous fumes into the air. SENT: 280 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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TEXAS EXECUTION-RODNEY REED _ All eyes are on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and whether he'll allow the execution of a death row inmate to proceed despite pressure from lawmakers and celebrities to call it off. Supporters of Rodney Reed are set to rally outside the governor's mansion in the state capital, Austin. SENT: 770 words, photo.
MANAFORT-FORMER SON-IN-LAW _ The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nine years in prison for a series of schemes, including one that bilked $3 million from actor Dustin Hoffman. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Will be updated.
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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE-WINE IS FINE _ The wineries of Sonoma County are largely unharmed despite fires that raged through the area this fall. But the industry has seen a sharp drop in tourism caused by the wildfires and a perception that the damage was more wide-ranging. SENT: 930 words, photos.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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TV-THE WARRIOR TRADITION _ "The Warrior Tradition," a new film set to air on most PBS stations Monday, examines the history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I. SENT: 620 words, photos.
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FBC--T25-LSU-ALABAMA _ In a showdown with big playoff implications, No. 1 LSU plays No. 2 Alabama in a matchup of the SEC’s unbeaten teams _ the first 1 vs. 2 regular-season meeting since their 2011 game. With President Donald Trump set to be there, two of college football’s top passers are on display _ the Tigers’ Joe Burrow, the Tide’s Tua Tagovailoa. But Tagovailoa has an ankle injury and it’s not certain he will play. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Game starts 3:30 p.m.
FBC--T25-PENN ST-MINNESOTA _ No. 5 Penn State takes on No. 13 Minnesota _ a Big Ten game featuring two of the seven remaining undefeated teams in the FBS. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos. Game started noon.
CAR--NASCAR-ROGER PENSKE _ He doesn’t golf, fish or hunt. Roger Penske is all about business and racing. He recently celebrated two crowning achievements _ receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom and buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On Sunday, he will watch two of his drivers try to make NASCAR's championship race. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 6 p.m. With sidebars on qualifying (started 2 p.m.), Xfinity race (starts 3:30).
ATH--TRACK’S METOO MOMENT _ Track and field is having its #MeToo moment. Former teenage running star Mary Cain’s account this week of body-shaming and alleged psychological abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project has prompted others to come forward and recount humiliating treatment. Nike says it’s investigating. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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