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AP News Digest 3:55 a.m.

Via AP news wire

Wednesday 28 October 2020 03:54 EDT

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ELECTION 2020-AMERICA DISRUPTED-TRUMP VOTERS — President Donald Trump’s campaign has a bold theory for how he will win reelection: It can tap a universe of millions of supporters who did not vote for him in 2016 but will do so this time. This strategy will be tested in Pennsylvania. By Josh Boak. SENT: 2,020 words photos. An abridged version of 1,080 words is available.

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TOP STORIES

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ELECTION 2020-VOTER ANXIETY — Americans are worried about the Nov. 3 election, an anxiety they haven’t felt during years of largely peaceful displays of democracy. But Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and calls for an army of “poll watchers” are fueling concern that this year could be different. By Laurie Kellman. SENT: 970 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 — Trump campaigns in Arizona with a rally in a town just across the Colorado River from neighboring Nevada. Trump narrowly lost Nevada in 2016 and is looking to deny Joe Biden a chance to flip once reliably red Arizona to blue. By Will Weissert and Aamer Madhani. SENT: 640 words, photos, video.

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

IRAN-NUCLEAR — Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images show, just as the U.N.’s nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last summer. By Jon Gambrell. SENT: 380 words, photos.

PHILADELPHIA-POLICE-SHOOTING — The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention, their lawyer says. By Claudia Lauer. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.

TROPICAL WEATHER — Louisiana braces for what is expected to be its third hurricane strike this year as Zeta, the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season, heads toward an expected landfall south of New Orleans. By Kevin McGill and Rebecca Santana. SENT: 720 words, photos.

WORLD SERIES — No dogpile, no champagne and a mask on nearly every face — the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their first World Series title since 1988 in a manner no one could have imagined prior to the coronavirus pandemic. They started the party without Justin Turner, too, after their red-headed star received a positive COVID-19 test in the middle of their clinching victory. By Baseball Writer Stephen Hawkins. SENT: 1,490 words, photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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JON STEWART — Jon Stewart will be back in the host’s chair for Apple TV+. SENT: 190 words, photo.

PEOPLE-CHRISSY-TEIGEN — Chrissy Teigen delivers heartfelt essay on miscarriage. SENT: 190 words, photo.

SCHOOL BUS CRASH-TENNESSEE — School bus driver, 7-year-old girl killed in Tennessee crash. SENT: 200 words.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AUSTRALIA — Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, emerges from nearly four months of lockdown, with restaurants, cafes and bars opening and outdoor contact sports resuming. SENT: 810 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.

BRITAIN-GSK-SANOFI — Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline agree to provide 200 million doses of their potential COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX Facility, a collaboration designed to give countries around the world equal access to coronavirus vaccines. SENT: 200 words.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ILLINOIS — Surging COVID-19 cases in Chicago prompts the governor to ban indoor dining and bar services and limit the number of people gathering in one place. By Political Writer John O’Connor. SENT: 550 words, photos.

Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-CORONAVIRUS — If Biden wins next week’s election, he says he’ll work with governors and local officials to institute a nationwide mask-wearing mandate and instruct Congress to pass a sweeping spending bill. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.

A separate wire advisory has moved outlining our complete Election 2020 coverage.

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

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INTERNATIONAL

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ISRAEL-HOLOCAUST-MEMORIAL — Israel plans to nominate a far-right former general and Cabinet minister who once called for the expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank to head the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, officials say. SENT: 920 words, photos.

ASIA-TYPHOON — Typhoon Molave roars closer to Vietnam with destructive force, leaving one villager dead and causing two boats with 12 fishermen to sink as the country braces for the most powerful storm in 20 years. SENT: 290 words, photos.

TANZANIA-ELECTION — Long lines of voters in Tanzania go to the polls for a presidential election that the opposition warns is already deeply compromised by manipulation and deadly violence. SENT: 600 words, photos.

INDIA-STATE ELECTIONS — Voting begins in India’s third-largest state of Bihar, the first major election in the country since the pandemic and a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity as he faces criticism on many fronts. SENT: 580 words, photos.

UNITED-STATES-ASIA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brings the Trump administration’s anti-China campaign to two Indian Ocean island nations considered particularly at risk for what American officials allege is Chinese exploitation. By Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee. SENT: 820 words, photos.

TURKEY-FRANCE — Turkish officials rail against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused it of sowing “the seeds of hatred and animosity.” SENT: 270 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES — Facing extreme wildfire conditions this week that included hurricane-level winds, the main utility in Northern California cuts power to nearly 1 million people while its counterpart in Southern California pulls the plug on just 30 customers to prevent power lines and other electrical equipment from sparking a blaze. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.

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BUSINESS/TECH

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CONGRESS-SOCIAL MEDIA CEOS — The leaders of Twitter, Facebook and Google testify before the Senate Commerce Committee. By Business Writer Marcy Gordon. SENT: 900 words, photo. UPCOMING: 990 words after 10 a.m. hearing.

FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian shares mostly recovered from an early decline on worries about rising numbers of coronavirus infections and Washington’s inability to deliver more aid to the economy. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 400 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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JAPAN-FILM-FESTIVAL-UNDERDOG — Masaharu Take’s films have always focused on painful stories about Japan’s “under-class,” people who are often overlooked in a nation stereotyped as monolithically well-to-do. SENT: 610 words, photos.

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