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Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.
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FORMER-ATHLETE-RAPE-CHARGES — Ex-athlete charged with six sex assaults awaits rape sentence. SENT: 140 words, photo. UPCOMING: Sentencing at 3 p.m.
TOP STORIES
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-IMMIGRANTS — Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry chose to highlight their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their families’ stories in highly personal opening statements. Their stories offered a sharp counterpoint to Trump, who has often derided immigrants as a threat to American national security. By Jill Colvin and Colleen Long. SENT: 780 words, photos. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-MISSING WITNESSES — Absent witnesses close to Trump hover over impeachment. For full coverage on AP News: https://apnews.com/Trumpimpeachmentinquiry
NEW/DEVELOPING
An "SOS" sign formed with clothes and helmets by protesters is seen inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus in Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Six masked protesters surrendered early Friday morning in Hong Kong, bringing to about 30 the number that have come out in the past day from the university campus surrounded by police. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)
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CIA ESPIONAGE-SENTENCING — Ex-CIA officer to be sentenced in China spy conspiracy. SENT: 140 words, photos.
SPACE STATION — Astronauts take second spacewalk to fix a cosmic ray detector. By 7 a.m.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump look on as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Chief Warrant Officer 2 David C. Knadle, of Tarrant, Texas, who according to the Department of Defense died in Afghanistan, during a casualty return ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo Evan Vucci)
FORMER-ATHLETE-RAPE-CHARGES — Ex-athlete charged with six sex assaults awaits rape sentence. SENT: 140 words, photo. UPCOMING: Sentencing at 3 p.m.
ALABAMA POLICE SHOOTING-TRIAL — Jury to deliberate in officer’s fatal shooting of black man. SENT: 130 words, photo.
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The Tesla Cybertruck is unveiled at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. CEO Elon Musk is taking on the workhorse heavy pickup truck market with his latest electric vehicle. (AP PhotoRingo H.W. Chiu)
TOP STORIES
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-ANALYSIS — After two weeks of riveting public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, there is a mountain of evidence that is now beyond dispute. Still, Trump's wall of support among GOP lawmakers remains formidable. By Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace. SENT: 920 words, photos. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-WRAPUP TAKEAWAYS — Two weeks of testimony, and bitter partisan division. For full coverage of the impeachment inquiry in AP Newsroom: https://newsroom.ap.org/page/impeachment
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk is taking on the workhorse heavy pickup truck market with his latest electric vehicle. (AP PhotoRingo H.W. Chiu)
TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-IMMIGRANTS — Several witnesses who testified in the House impeachment inquiry chose to highlight their immigrant backgrounds, sharing their families’ stories in highly personal opening statements. Their stories offered a sharp counterpoint to Trump, who has often derided immigrants as a threat to American national security. By Jill Colvin and Colleen Long. SENT: 780 words, photos. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-MISSING WITNESSES — Absent witnesses close to Trump hover over impeachment. For full coverage on AP News: https://apnews.com/Trumpimpeachmentinquiry
CATHOLIC ABUSE-FRANCISCAN LAWSUIT — Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries file a federal lawsuit claiming that Catholic officials pressured them into signing settlements that paid them little money and required them to remain silent about the alleged abuse. By Michael Rezendes.
ASIA-POPE-COUSIN’S STAR TURN — Sister Ana Rosa Sivori has taken something of a star turn during her second cousin’s visit to Thailand in an unprecedented role for a woman as papal whisperer and translator. She made Pope Francis wait for her while she chatted with Thailand’s king and queen. She chided him for only visiting Bangkok and not the “real Thailand.” And she got a chuckle out of “Jorge” when she took her time translating his off-the-cuff Spanish. By Nicole Winfield. SENT: 720 words, photos. With ASIA-POPE — Pope turns attention to needs of Thai church, young people.
Giant panda Bei Bei explores his surroundings on his first day at the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center in Ya'an in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. After a transcontinental flight on the "Panda Express," a furry American darling arrived early Thursday in his new Chinese home. The Washington-born giant panda Bei Bei was a beloved figure at the National Zoo, where he spent the first four years of his life. (Chinatopix via AP)
MARIJUANA-FEDERAL GRANTS — The U.S. government is explicitly barring federal dollars for opioid addiction treatment from being used on medical marijuana. The move is aimed at states that allow marijuana for medical uses, particularly those allowing patients with opioid addiction to use pot as a treatment. It’s the latest example of the legal standoff between federal and state governments on marijuana. By Medical Writer Carla K. Johnson. UPCOMING: 590 words by 6 a.m.
IRAQ-TUNNEL ART — An underpass running beneath Baghdad’s Tahrir Square has become an ad hoc museum chronicling Iraq’s massive anti-government protests. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra. SENT: 590 words, photos.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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CHINA-PANDA — U.S.-born Bei Bei settles into new home at Chinese panda base. SENT: 320 words, photos.
POLICE-SHOOTING-VEGAS-AIRPORT — Man shot by police on Las Vegas airport tarmac didn’t work there. SENT: 500 words, video.
AUTONOMOUS CARS-FIRST RESPONDERS — Autonomous car tester offers guide for first responders. SENT: 130 words.
FLIGHT RETURNS — Jet with flaming engine returns safely to L.A. airport. SENT: 410 words.
CONGRESS-THREATS — New York man gets prison for messages to two GOP Congress members. SENT: 420 words.
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INTERNATIONAL
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FRANCE DEADLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — France has one of Europe’s highest domestic violence rates, and now that’s getting a closer look with a graffiti campaign in Paris and elsewhere. UPCOMING: 980 words by 9 a.m., photos.
IRAN — As the internet was slowly being revived across Iran after a dayslong, government-imposed shutdown amid demonstrations, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Iranians to send the U.S. videos “documenting the regime’s crackdown” on protesters. SENT: 560 words, photo.
NEW ZEALAND-BRITISH TOURIST MURDER TRIAL — A New Zealand jury finds a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane. SENT: 670 words, photos.
NORTH KOREA-US HOSTAGE — The parents of a former U.S. hostage who died after being released from North Korea in a coma in 2017 say they are committed to finding and shutting down illicit North Korean business assets around the world in efforts to hold its government accountable for widespread human rights abuses. SENT: 540 words, photos.
HONG KONG-PROTESTS — Police will be out in force at polling stations in Hong Kong this weekend as keenly contested local elections take place amid ongoing anti-government protests. SENT: 330 words, photos.
PAKISTAN-SMOG — Tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore are at risk of respiratory disease because of poor air quality related to thick smog hanging over the region, an international rights group says. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-RACE — Democratic presidential candidates put race at the forefront of their primary scramble, punctuated by a tense exchange between Pete Buttigieg and Kamala Harris after the white mayor connected his experiences as a gay man to black Americans’ long struggle against racism. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. With ELECTION-2020-OBAMA — Obama warns against “purity tests” in Democratic primary. Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page on APNewsroom.
MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE AMERICANS — Attorney General William Barr is announcing a national plan to address cases of missing and murdered indigenous people as concerns mount over the level of violence they face. SENT: 390 words, photo. UPCOMING: 600 words after 1:45 p.m. announcement.
TRUMP — Trump pays respects to two Army officers who were killed when their helicopter crashed this week in Afghanistan, holding his salute until each of the flag-draped cases containing their remains were returned to their grieving families. SENT: 780 words, photos, video.
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BUSINESS/TECH
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ICELAND-ONLINE SCAMS — Scammers targeting Iceland, a nation that has not developed the same instincts of caution about online fraud as other such wealthy, high-tech countries. UPCOMING: By 6 a.m.
CHINA-US-TRADE — Chinese President Xi Jinping says that Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United States but is not afraid to “fight back.” By Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 400 words, photos. With FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian shares mostly higher despite U.S.-China trade anxiety.
GENERAL-MOTORS-LAWSUIT-Q&A — Automakers sue each other on occasion, but no one in Detroit can remember one accusing another of bribing union officials to get an unfair labor cost advantage. By Auto Writer Tom Krisher. SENT: 880 words, photo.
TESLA-PICKUP — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is taking on the workhorse heavy pickup truck market with his latest electric vehicle. SENT: 680 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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COLTS-TEXANS — Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes to DeAndre Hopkins and finished with 298 yards to help the Houston Texans beat the Indianapolis Colts 20-17 on Thursday night to take the AFC South lead. By Sports Writer Kristie Rieken. SENT: 880 words, photos.
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