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Thursday 21 July 2022 00:42 EDT

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AP POLL-ABORTION — A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll shows many Americans back some restrictions on abortion, especially after the first trimester. By Hannah Fingerhut. SENT: 890 words, photos.

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CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION — The Jan. 6 committee will hold its final summer hearing the way the series began — vividly making the case that Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly Capitol attack that he did nothing to stop but instead “gleefully” watched. By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Farnoush Amiri. SENT: 960 words, photo. UPCOMING: 1,200 words after 8 p.m. hearing. With CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION-WITNESSES — Pottinger, Matthews are the key witnesses; CAPITOL RIOT-INVESTIGATION-WHAT TO WATCH — What was Trump doing?

RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR — The deliveries of Western arms have been crucial for Ukraine’s efforts to fend off Russian attacks in the nearly five-month-old war. Ukrainian officials praise the billions of dollars of Western weapons systems they have already received but say their numbers are too small to turn the tide of the war. SENT: 1,140 words, photos. With RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR DEVELOPMENTS.

SRI LANKA — Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he was chosen to handle the country’s unprecedented economic crisis. By Bharatha Mallawarachi. SENT: 480 words, photos, video.

LEBANON SYRIA REFUGEES — The Lebanese government’s plan to start deporting Syrian refugees has sent waves of fear through vulnerable refugee communities already struggling to survive in their host country. Many refugees say being forced to return to their war-torn country would be a death sentence and would rather attempt the perilous journey by sea to Europe than return home. By Kareem Chehayeb. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

CONGRESS-CONTRACEPTIVES — The right to use contraceptives would be inscribed into law under a measure Democrats are pushing through the House, their latest campaign-season response to worries that a conservative Supreme Court that’s erased federal abortion rights could go further. By Alan Fram. SENT: 860 words, photo.

GEORGE FLOYD-OFFICERS-CIVIL RIGHTS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence that could let him go free as little as two years in prison for his role in the killing of George Floyd. By Steve Karnowski. SENT: 710 words, photos.

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