AP News Digest 3 am

Tuesday 11 October 2022 01:58 EDT

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AP POLL-FOREIGN POLICY — Americans’ international outlook has undergone a major shift in recent years, according to a new poll from the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A majority now expect that U.S. relations with allies will stay the same or improve but that U.S. dealings with traditional adversaries like Russia and North Korea will only grow more hostile. By Ellen Knickmeyer and Nuha Dolby. SENT: 840 words, photo.

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-REACTION — Moscow’s barrage of missile strikes on cities all across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials and pro-Kremlin pundits, who in recent weeks have actively criticized the Russian military for a series of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield. Russian nationalist commentators and state media’s war correspondents lauded Monday’s attack as an appropriate, and long-awaited, response to Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the northeast and the south and a weekend attack on a key bridge between Russia and Crimea. By Dasha Litvinova. SENT: 890 words, photos. With RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months.

KOREAS-TENSIONS — South Korea said it’s capable of detecting and intercepting the variety of missiles North Korea launched in a barrage of recent simulated nuclear attacks on its rivals, though it maintains the North’s advancing nuclear program poses a grave security threat. By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung. SENT: 860 words, photos.

ELECTION 2022-PENNSYLVANIA-BLACK VOTERS — Pennsylvania Senate candidates Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters. It’s a bloc that traditionally lines up solidly behind Democrats, but some community activists worry that the party hasn’t come up with a unified message or done enough to ensure turnout. By Mike Catalini and Marc Levy. SENT: 1,170 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-JAPAN — Eager to take in temples, eat sushi and go shopping, droves of tourists from abroad are arriving in Japan, the first day the government lifted border restrictions, which had been in place for more than two years to curb the coronavirus pandemic. By Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 760 words, photos.

HURRICANE IAN BATTERED SHRIMPERS — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of a major shrimping fleet — and a lifestyle — that was battered by Hurricane Ian. By Jay Reeves. SENT: 750 words, photos. With HURRICANE IAN — Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS-GUN VIOLENCE — Demand has been growing dramatically for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings. By Claire Savage. SENT: 830 words, photos, video.

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