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TOP STORIES
Protesters march during a rally in Hong Kong, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019. Pro-democracy protesters renewed pressure on the Hong Kong government Sunday with three separate marches, appealing to President Donald Trump for help and demanding that police stop using tear gas. (AP PhotoVincent Thian)
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-JULY 25 — If there was one day that crystallized all the forces that led to the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, it was July 25. That was the day when he pressed Ukraine’s new leader for a political favor during a fateful phone call. Even before daybreak that morning, anxiety was rumbling through the White House about a call that would soon tie Washington in knots. By Nancy Benac. SENT: 1,850 words, photos, graphic. This story has moved as the Sunday Spotlight.
HONG KONG-PROTESTS — Pro-democracy protesters are renewing pressure on the Hong Kong government with three marches Sunday. Hong Kong’s protests have been relatively peaceful for two weeks around an election but could turn violent again if the government doesn’t bend to demands for more democracy and an investigation into police use of force against the protesters. By Eileen Ng. SENT: 640 words, photos.
WINTRY-WEATHER — Wintry weather bedevils Thanksgiving weekend travelers across the United States as a powerful and dangerous storm moves eastward after dumping heavy snow and rains across the country, especially in the West and northern Midwest. One storm-related death was reported in South Dakota while three children were missing in central Arizona after a vehicle was swept away while attempting to cross a runoff-swollen creek. By Anita Snow. SENT: 870 words, photos. UPCOMING: DEVELOPING. WITH: CHILDREN SWEPT AWAY-SEARCH — The bodies of two young children have been found, but searchers are still looking for a third child who went missing after a truck they were in was swept away while attempting to cross a runoff-swollen creek in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. SENT: 490 words, photos.
BRITAIN-LONDON ATTACK — Usman Khan was convicted on terrorism charges but let out of prison early. He attended a “Learning Together” conference for ex-offenders, and used the event to launch a bloody attack, stabbing two people to death and wounding three others before being subdued and killed by police on The London Bridge. Khan is dead, but the questions remain: Why was he let out early? By Gregory Katz. SENT: 1,140 words, photos. WITH: BRITAIN-LONDON-ATTACK-FIGHTING BACK — Londoners fought back to curtail carnage in bridge attack. SENT: 610 words.
PLANE CRASH-SOUTH DAKOTA — Federal aviation officials are looking into whether inclement weather played a part in a plane crash in South Dakota Saturday that killed nine people. There were three survivors aboard the single-engine plane that crashed shortly after taking off. SENT: 140 words. Developing.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-RACE — Solid support from African Americans has sustained Joe Biden through a torrent of controversies that would sink virtually any other Democratic politician. As other candidates make increasingly vocal appeals to black voters, Biden says he stands apart because he’s been allied with African Americans since the beginning of his political career. By National Writer Errin Haines. UPCOMING: 1,200 words, photos by 9 a.m. This is the Monday spotlight.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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OBIT-IRVING BURGIE — Composer Irving Burgie, who helped popularize Caribbean music and co-wrote the enduring Harry Belafonte hit “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song),” has died at the age of 95. SENT: 400 words.
PRYOR-STABBING — NFL wide receiver and former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor was stabbed in Pittsburgh, but an agent said Saturday that the player is expected to make a full recovery. A woman was charged with attempted homicide and Pryor was charged with simple assault. SENT: 460 words, photos.
CLIMATE TALKS — This year’s international talks on tackling climate change were meant to be a walk in the park compared to previous instalments. But with scientists issuing dire warnings about the pace of global warming and the need to urgently cut greenhouse gas emissions, officials are under pressure to finalize the rules of the 2015 Paris accord and send a signal to anxious voters that they’re serious about combating climate change. By Aritz Parra and Frank Jordans. SENT: 900 words, photos. With CLIMATE-SINCE 1992 — The world has gotten hotter, lost trillions of tons of ice and suffered more weather disasters since climate negotiations started. SENT: 470 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-TALIBAN PRISONER — An Australian teacher held captive with an American by the Taliban for more than three years believes U.S. special forces tried and failed six times to free them. SENT: 680 words, photo.
SEWAGE-BACKUP — A sewer backup made for a stinky Saturday in a neighborhood near New York City’s Kennedy Airport. Officials say the disruption pushed human waste into about 300 homes in Queens. SENT: 500 words, photo.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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FACT CHECK-WEEK — President Donald Trump’s defense of his actions with Ukraine collides with the known facts and the testimony of witnesses on multiple fronts as the impeachment inquiry moves into a new phase this coming week. A review of rhetoric on this and other matters over the past week. By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward. SENT: 1,650 words, photos. Find AP Fact Checks at http://apne.ws/2kbx8bd
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN IOWA — Eight days, 18 counties. Joe Biden kicks off a bus tour across Iowa, where the 2020 presidential voting begins in about two months. Aides insist the campaign swing isn’t a reset despite polls showing his standing in the state has slipped and that he’s in good position to recover lost ground. By Alexandra Jaffe and Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-CONGRESS-IMPEACHMENT — Republicans have high hopes of using the House drive toward impeaching President Donald Trump to defeat Democrats from swing districts loaded with moderate voters. It’s unclear whether that will work. What’s clear is that for now, Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon while Democrats are generally changing the subject and playing defense as the 2020 congressional races rev up. By Alan Fram. SENT: 920 words, photos. For full coverage on AP News: https://apnews.com/Trumpimpeachmentinquiry
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INTERNATIONAL
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MEXICO-COAHUILA GUNBATTLE — At least 14 people have died after Mexican security forces engaged in an hour-long gunbattle with an armed criminal group in the town of Villa Union, in the state of Coahuila, about an hour’s drive southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas. SENT: 300 words, photos.
IRAQ-PROTESTS — Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi formally submits his resignation to parliament, amid mounting pressure from mass anti-government protests, in which scores of demonstrators have been killed by security forces. By Samya Kullab and Murtada Faraj. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
ALGERIA-PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN — Algeria’s presidential campaign is in trouble. Candidates are struggling to fill rally venues, campaign managers have quit, voters have pelted campaign headquarters with tomatoes and eggs, and the country’s 9-month-old pro-democracy movement calls the whole thing a sham. Sent: 640 words, photos.
NETHERLANDS-STABBING — Dutch police arrest a 35-year-old homeless man suspected of stabbing three youths on a street in The Hague that was crowded with Black Friday shoppers. Police have yet to establish a motive. SENT: 250 words, photos.
MALTA JOURNALIST KILLED — Maltese prosecutors charge a prominent local businessman as being an accomplice to the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a 2017 car bombing on Malta. SENT: 730 words, photos.
AP EXPLAINS-MEXICO-PRESIDENT’S FIRST YEAR — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office one year ago, vowing to transform Mexico. He has focused on austerity and fighting corruption because corrupt, high-living politicians have angered Mexicans perhaps more than anything else. He pledged a presidency close to the people, without privileges for officials, with punishment for the corrupt, with safety and economic wellbeing for all. One year later, how is AMLO, as he is known, doing? SENT: 880 words, photos. With MEXICO-AMLO VOICES (sent: 900 words, photos).
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NATIONAL
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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES-PARADISE FOOTBALL — A Northern California community is rallying around its local high school football team after it lost a championship game one year after a deadly wildfire destroyed most of the town. SENT: 600 words, photos.
SEX-ABUSE-LAWSUITS — The loosening of limits on sexual abuse claims in New Jersey is expected to create a tectonic shift in the way those lawsuits are brought, giving hope to victims who have long suffered in silence and exposing a broader spectrum of institutions to potential liability. SENT: 730 words, photos.
NYPD COMMISSIONER — It’s a changing of the guard at the top of the nation’s largest police department. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea succeeds James O’Neill on Sunday as commissioner of the New York Police Department. SENT: 150 words, photo.
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BUSINESS
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BLACK FRIDAY-ONLINE SALES — This year’s Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, as fewer people hit the stores and shoppers rang up $7.4 billion in transactions from their phones, computers and tablets. SENT: 350 words, photos.
UAW-FIAT-CHRYSLER — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reach a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 billion in investments but still needs final approval from workers. Both sides declined to offer details on the deal, but it includes a $9,000 bonus for workers when the agreement is ratified, a promise not to close any factories where vehicles are assembled for the next four years, and a commitment to keep making vehicles at a plant in Belvidere, Illinois, according to a person briefed on the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. By AP Auto Writer Tom Krisher. SENT: 920 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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FBC--T25-OHIO STATE-MICHIGAN — J.K. Dobbins runs for four touchdowns and Justin Fields throws four TD passes, providing plenty of firepower for No. 2 Ohio State to rout No. 10 Michigan 56-27 for a school-record eighth straight win in the series. The Buckeyes (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten, No. 1 CFP) will head to the Big Ten championship game with a spot in the College Football Playoff in sight against either No. 9 Minnesota or No. 13 Wisconsin. SENT: 740 words, photos.
FBC--T25-ALABAMA-AUBURN — In the Iron Bowl, No. 16 Auburn knocks off No. 5 Alabama 48-45 in a game that puts the Crimson Tide’s playoff hopes in doubt. By John Zenor. SENT: 750 words, photos.
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