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Kourtni Abner, left, and Kimberly Johnson, right, take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25.(AP PhotoEric Gay)

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

A woman hits a statue of a lion with a sledgehammer as protestors angry at the police attack the monument to Mexico's first indigenous president, Benito Juárez, during a march in which they also smashed storefronts and bus stops, in Mexico City, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

ELECTION 2020-DEFUND THE POLICE — Key Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, are rejecting liberal calls to “defund the police” as President Donald Trump and his allies point to the movement as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach. Supporters of the “defund the police” push say it’s a symbolic commitment to end systemic racism and shift policing priorities rather than an actual plan to eliminate law enforcement agencies. By Steve Peoples, Alan Fram and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 990 words, photo. With POLICE REFORM-THINGS TO KNOW — A look at Democrats’ sweeping proposals to overhaul policing.

Houston police chief Art Acevedo and Charlene Davis embrace after Davis prayed for him as she stood in line at a public visitation for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.(AP PhotoEric Gay)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK — As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. By Maria Cheng and Mauricio Savarese. SENT: 1,220 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP PhotoDavid J. Phillip, Pool)

KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea says it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. By Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 870 words, photos.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott passes by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP PhotoDavid J. Phillip, Pool)

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Musicians play amid the new coronavirus pandemic to protest a proposal by interim President Jeanine Anez to eliminate the Ministry of Culture, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)

AMERICA-PROTESTS-CONFEDERATE-MONUMENTS — A judge in Richmond issues an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee for 10 days. SENT: 630 words, photos.

A Peruvian migrant is detained for appearing in a police database as positive for COVID-19, in downtown Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 8, 2020. The police have surrounded the area around the man with police tape to keep people from coming into contact with him. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)

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Social distancing signs are posted in the men's room at the Grand Station mall, during a temporary reopening of the shopping center in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 8, 2020. Bogota is performing a pilot test for the next eight days, requiring a distance of two meters between people, mandatory face masks, and a maximum mall occupancy of 35 percent. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIVES LOST-FAMILY OF DOCTORS — A northern New Jersey family of five doctors has lost two members to COVID-19. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

People wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus wait for hours, some for 10 hours, to refill their oxygen cylinders at a shop that sells oxygen in Callao, Peru, Monday, June 8, 2020. Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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A youth tears down a surveillance camera during a march in downtown Mexico City, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)

ELECTION 2020-DEFUND THE POLICE — Key Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, are rejecting liberal calls to “defund the police” as President Donald Trump and his allies point to the movement as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach. Supporters of the “defund the police” push say it’s a symbolic commitment to end systemic racism and shift policing priorities rather than an actual plan to eliminate law enforcement agencies. By Steve Peoples, Alan Fram and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 990 words, photo. With POLICE REFORM-THINGS TO KNOW — A look at Democrats’ sweeping proposals to overhaul policing.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK — As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. By Maria Cheng and Mauricio Savarese. SENT: 1,220 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea says it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. By Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 870 words, photos.

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AMERICA-PROTESTS-CONFEDERATE-MONUMENTS — A judge in Richmond issues an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee for 10 days. SENT: 630 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIVES LOST-FAMILY OF DOCTORS — A northern New Jersey family of five doctors has lost two members to COVID-19. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-YEMEN-HOUTHIS — An investigation by The Associated Press finds that the coronavirus pandemic is taking a deadly toll on the war-weary population of Yemen. The situation is exacerbated in the Houthi-controlled north where the rebels have suppressed information about the virus, severely punished those who speak out, enforced little mitigation measures, and promoted conspiracies and claims by the Houthi minister of health that their scientists are working on developing a cure for COVID-19 to present to the world. By Maggie Michael. SENT: 1,460 words, photos.

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AMERICA PROTESTS — The black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice will be buried in Houston, carried home in a horse-drawn carriage. George Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. On May 25, as a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes, the dying man cried out for his mother. By Juan A. Lozano and Nomaan Merchant. SENT: 830 words, photos. With AMERICA PROTESTS-THE LATEST.

ELECTION 2020-DEFUND THE POLICE — Key Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, are rejecting liberal calls to “defund the police” as President Donald Trump and his allies point to the movement as a dangerous example of Democratic overreach. Supporters of the “defund the police” push say it’s a symbolic commitment to end systemic racism and shift policing priorities rather than an actual plan to eliminate law enforcement agencies. By Steve Peoples, Alan Fram and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 990 words, photo. With POLICE REFORM-THINGS TO KNOW — A look at Democrats’ sweeping proposals to overhaul policing.

AMERICA PROTESTS-QUICK CHANGE — In the two weeks since George Floyd’s killing, police departments have banned chokeholds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested and charged amid large global protests against violence by police and racism. By Sudhin Thanawala. SENT: 750 words, photos. Also see MORE ON AMERICA PROTESTS below.

Find more coverage of America Protests in AP Newsroom.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK — As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. By Maria Cheng and Mauricio Savarese. SENT: 1,220 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CHINA-GLOBAL-DONOR — As the coronavirus spread, the world’s richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma’s foundation also is giving ventilators, masks and other supplies in Africa, Latin America and Asia. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 1,060 words, photo. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

Find more coverage of the Virus Outbreak in AP Newsroom.

KOREAS-TENSIONS — North Korea says it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across their tense border. By Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 870 words, photos.

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