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Children play in an open potable water main on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
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RACING FOR A REMEDY-SAVING LIVES IN THE DARK — Amid the chaos of the pandemic’s early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark. With no playbook to follow and no time to wait for research, YouTube videos describing autopsy findings and X-rays swapped on Twitter and WhatsApp spontaneously filled the gap. By Lauran Neergaard and Nicole Winfield. SENT: 2,100 words, photos. An abridged version of 1,010 words is also available.
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Demonstrators burn an effigy of Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez during a protest against the postponement of the upcoming presidential election in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Last week Bolivia’s highest electoral authority delayed presidential elections from Sept. 6 to Oct. 18, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the third time the vote has been delayed. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
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RUSSIAN-DISINFORMATION — The U.S. government has identified two suspected Russian military intelligence operatives who it believes are helping direct the spread of disinformation through websites that have published extensively on the coronavirus pandemic, American politics and international affairs. By Eric Tucker. SENT: 930 words, photos.
A Palestinian man sharpens a knife that will be used to slaughter cattle or cut meats during the Muslim festival of sacrifice Eid al-Adha, in a workshop in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Islam's most important holiday marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. (AP PhotoHatem Moussa)
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CONGRESS-JOBLESS-AID — A Republican proposal to slash the $600 weekly benefit boost for those left jobless because of the coronavirus shutdown could result in weeks or even months of delayed payments in some states. Older computer systems that took weeks to set up for the initial federal unemployment enhancement would need to be reprogrammed again twice under the GOP plan. By Geoff Mulvihill. SENT: 960 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — The baseball season descended deeper into crisis, states like Mississippi and South Carolina cast about for more hospital beds, and governors in some of the hardest-hit places staunchly resisted calls to require masks, despite confirmed cases of the coronavirus soaring. By Amy Forliti, Leah Willingham and Heather Hollingsworth. SENT: 1,210 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.
JOHN LEWIS-TRUMP — It was a solemn display of bipartisan unity as congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle paid their final respects this week to civil rights icon John Lewis, but President Donald Trump was missing in action. By Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire. SENT: 780 words, photos. With JOHN LEWIS — Civil rights icon John Lewis to lie in repose at Georgia Capitol. UPCOMING: Ceremony at 2 p.m.
SAUDI-HAJJ — Pilgrims, donning face masks and moving in small groups after days in isolation, begin arriving to Islam’s holiest site in Mecca for the start of a historically unique and scaled-down hajj experience reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic. By Aya Batrawy. SENT: 680 words, photos.
FEDERAL RESERVE — Federal Reserve officials are grappling this week with the timing and scope of their next policy moves at a time when the raging viral pandemic has weakened the U.S. economy. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-HAWAII SCHOOLS — While Hawaii has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the nation and many schools have open-air campuses, the challenges of returning kids to classrooms may still be insurmountable. SENT: 800 words, photos.
RIDESHARE-WOES — Pandemic closures, a devastating tornado and racial injustice protests have led to a difficult year for Nashville’s Uber and Lyft drivers. SENT: 880 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — China reports more than 100 new cases of COVID-19 as the country continues to battle an outbreak in Xinjiang. SENT: 570 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has been sent outlining our complete coronavirus coverage.
Find more coverage of the Virus Outbreak in AP Newsroom.
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ISRAEL-NETANYAHU STATUE — Israeli artist takes aim at Netanyahu with life-size statue. SENT: 420 words, photos.
GERMANY-BRITAIN-MISSING GIRL — Germany: garden search continues in Madeleine McCann investigation. SENT: 250 words, photo.
AUSTRALIA-FATAL RIDE — Australian park owner to plead guilty after four die on ride. SENT: 210 words, photo.
JAPAN-FLOODING — Flooding, mudslides hit northern Japan after heavy rainfall. SENT: 140 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-CRIME — Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden’s America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would swallow communities should the former vice president win the White House in November. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
TRUMP-TEXAS — Trump’s visit to a U.S. fracking hub on the West Texas plains comes during the state’s fierce coronavirus outbreak and a global oil and gas glut that is putting the squeeze on his loyal donors in the petroleum industry. SENT: 870 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-PENCE-NORTH CAROLINA — Vice President Mike Pence will travel to North Carolina’s capital in a push to encourage more K-12 schools to reopen with entirely in-person instruction. SENT: 280 words, photos.
Find more coverage here of the 2020 U.S. Elections.
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TROPICAL-WEATHER — A weather system heading for the eastern Caribbean is predicted to develop into a tropical storm as forecasters warn Puerto Rico and other islands to prepare for the possibility of dangerous heavy rains and strong winds. SENT: 440 words.
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INTERNATIONAL
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PERSIAN GULF-TENSIONS — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launches underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a fake aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported, the latest barrage in a drill that saw two American bases temporarily go on alert over the launches. SENT: 620 words, photos.
YEMEN — Yemen’s leading separatist group will abandon its aspirations for self-rule to implement a stalled peace deal brokered by Saudi Arabia, the group announces in a step toward closing a dangerous rift between nominal allies in the five-year war. SENT: 800 words, photo.
AFGHANISTAN-PEACE TALKS — The Taliban announce they won’t carry out military operations in Afghanistan for three days during the Muslim holiday of Eid ul Adha that starts this weekend. SENT: 710 words, photo.
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BUSINESS/TECH
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CONGRESS-BIG TECH-CEOS — Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are answering for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry. By Business Writer Marcy Gordon. SENT: 850 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from noon hearing.
FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian shares were mixed as reports of dismal company earnings add to pessimism over the widespread economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 630 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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NBA RESTART — The world has changed since the NBA stopped on March 11, and at long last, is officially back. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 800 words, photos.
PLAYOFFS-FIVE GAME SERIES — It has been more than 30 years since the NHL had best-of-five playoff series, but now they’re back for the qualifying round of the pandemic-altered, expanded playoffs. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. SENT: 700 words, photos, video.
STRAY BASEBALLS — Without fans clamoring to claim every ball that ends up in the seats, baseballs have been left scattered everywhere during this coronavirus-shortened season. By Baseball Writer Janie McCauley. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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