AP News Digest 3:55 a.m.

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SUPREME COURT-BARRETT-GAY RIGHTS — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. By Michelle R. Smith and Michael Biesecker. SENT: 3,050 words, photos. An abridged version of 990 words is also available.

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ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump hops from one must-win stop on his electoral map to the next in the leadup to a final presidential debate that may be his last, best chance to alter the trajectory of the 2020 campaign. Democrat Joe Biden is taking the opposite approach, holing up for debate prep in advance of Thursday’s faceoff in Nashville. By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller and Will Weissert. SENT: 880 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-TRANSITION — If Biden defeats Trump next month, he’ll quickly face a new challenge: standing up a new administration to lead a divided nation through a series of historic crises. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 960 words, photo.

SUPREME COURT-ELECTION DISPUTE — With Barrett poised to join the Supreme Court as early as next week, the court’s action in a Pennsylvania voting case has heightened fears among Democrats about the court being asked to decide a post-election dispute and, with it, the winner of the White House. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 630 words, photo.

ELECTION 2020-OPIOIDS — The coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic have been a dominating theme in this year’s presidential race. That has overshadowed debate over how to handle the nation’s drug overdose crisis, which has contributed to the deaths of more than 470,000 Americans over the last two decades. The overdose death toll is only getting worse. It reached a new high of 71,000 in 2019, the vast majority related to opioids. By Farnoush Amiri and Geoff Mulvihill. SENT: 1,280 words, photos.

Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

GOOGLE-ANTITRUST — The Trump administration’s legal assault on Google feels like a blast from the past. The U.S. Justice Department filed an equally high-profile case against a technology giant in 1998, accusing it of leveraging a monopoly position to lock customers into its products so they wouldn’t be tempted by potentially superior options from smaller rivals. By Business Writers Michael Liedtke and Marcy Gordon. SENT: 920 words, photos, videos. With GOOGLE-ANTITRUST-5-TAKEAWAYS; AUSTRALIA-US-GOOGLE-ANTITRUST — Australian watchdog considers its own Google antitrust case.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-URBAN-RENEWAL — Downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past as the model of urban ruin. Then the pandemic showed up, emptying once-bustling streets and forcing many office workers to flee to their suburban homes. By Business Writers Tom Krisher and Michael Liedtke. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, video.

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TROPICAL-WEATHER — Epsilon strengthens to a hurricane as it approaches Bermuda. SENT: 150 words.

AFGHANISTAN — Stampede kills 11 Afghans seeking visas to leave country. SENT: 140 words.

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