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TOP STORIES
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ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-TAX RETURNS - The bombshell revelations that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters and provide a new opening for his Democratic rival, Joe Biden on the eve of the first presidential debate. By Jill Colvin. With AP Photos. With TRUMP-TAX RETURNS-5 TAKEAWAYS — A report that President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax the year he entered the White House — and, thanks to colossal losses, no income tax at all in 11 of the 18 years that the Times reviewed — raised doubts about Trump’s self-image as a shrewd businessman.
TRUMP TAX RETURNS —President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make them public, paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years. By Josh Boak. With AP Photos. SENT: 1,000 words.
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SUPREME COURT-VACANCY — President Donald Trump is pushing for quick confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett while his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, implored the Republican-led Senate to hold off on voting on her nomination until after the Nov. 3 election to “let the people decide.” By Darlene Superville, Will Weissert and Lisa Mascaro. With AP Photos. SENT: 900 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA — India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached 6 million cases, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry on Monday reported 82,170 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, driving the overall tally to 60,74,703. SENT: 280 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-JEWISH-LAW — For Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews, coronavirus restrictions have raised numerous questions about how to maintain their religious lifestyle during the outbreak. A religious publisher in Jerusalem has released a book in July with over 600 pages of guidance from 46 different rabbis on topics ranging from socially distanced circumcisions to Passover Seders over Zoom on the holiday to praying with a quorum from a balcony. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Australia’s coronavirus hot spot Victoria state has recorded its lowest number of new infections in more than three months as the nation’s second-largest city, Melbourne, further eased lockdown restrictions. The easing of restrictions in Melbourne will allow most children to return to school from mid-October and send more than 125,000 people back to work. SENT: 510 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PALESTINIANS-FOOD CARTS — The coronavirus crisis has hit West Bank restaurants hard. But one part of the dining sector is bucking the trend: food trucks. With dine-in restaurants mostly closed due to health restrictions, food trucks have allowed entrepreneurial businessmen to find a way to keep working. SENT: 360 words, photos.
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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
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DUVERNAY-MACDOWELL — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will be honored next month by MacDowell, which is presenting its inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to her media company and arts collective ARRAY. SENT: 190 words, photos.
DEPUTIES SHOT-VIRGINIA — A Virginia judge will decide this week whether to impose a 74-year prison sentence that a jury set for a retired Army major who shot and wounded two sheriff’s deputies. SENT: 250 words.
JOE-MONTANA-GRANDCHILD-ATTEMPTED-KIDNAPPING — Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and his wife confronted a home intruder who attempted to kidnap their 9-month-old grandchild over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed. SENT: 230 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MINNESOTA-SURVEY TEAM THREAT — The mayor of a southern Minnesota city is disputing state health department claims that a COVID-19 survey team was threatened there earlier this month. SENT: 200 words.
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ELECTION 2020-NORTH CAROLINA — President Donald Trump’s push to inject new dynamics into the final weeks of the 2020 election is being overshadowed by the frightening realities of everyday life in the pandemic. By Steve Peoples. With AP Photos. SENT: 900 words.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-PASCALE — Florida police and campaign officials say President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalized after he threatened to harm himself. Police officers say they talked Parscale out of his Fort Lauderdale home Sunday after his wife called police to say that he had multiple firearms and was threatening to hurt himself. SENT: 350 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK — President Donald Trump isn’t providing all the facts when he promises that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance if “Obamacare” is ruled unconstitutional. That’s according to an AP Fact Check. By Hope Yen, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Josh Boak. With AP Photos. SENT: 3000 words.
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NATIONAL
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LOUISVILLE OFFICERS-THREAT ARREST — A Kentucky man who authorities accuse of requesting $30,000 to shoot police officers in Louisville in a social media video while he was brandishing a gun has been arrested. SENT: 300 words.
POLICE SHOOTING-WISCONSIN — The lawyer for the Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back says his client told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children. SENT:670 words, photos.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-BREONNA TAYLOR — A crowd marched in Louisville’s streets chanting “Breonna Taylor, say her name” on Sunday evening, the fifth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge officers in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. SENT: 802 words, photos.
PORTLAND-PROTESTS —Several people in Portland, Oregon were arrested in anti-police brutality protests that continued into early Sunday, hours after demonstrations ended with few reports of violence. SENT: 690 words, photos.
PROTESTERS-INJURED — An organizer of a Southern California demonstration against racism has been jailed on suspicion of attempted murder after authorities say she drove through a crowd and struck two counterprotesters. SENT: 560 words, photos.
TAP WATER TAINTED-BRAIN EATING MICROBE — Environmental officials in Texas have lifted a warning for a final Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe, but with a warning that the water should be boiled before being consumed. SENT: 620 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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SAUDI-G20 — Saudi Arabia, which is presiding over the Group of 20 countries this year, says the upcoming November gathering of world leaders will be held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom had originally planned to host world leaders for the G20 summit in Riyadh before the virus emerged to become a global pandemic. SENT: 570 words, photos.
PAKISTAN-DANIEL PEARL — Pakistan’s Supreme Court is to hear an appeal by the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl that challenges the acquittal of a British-born Pakistani in the gruesome 2002 beheading of the Wall Street Journal reporter. SENT: 450 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-VATICAN SCANDAL — An Australian newspaper has reported Cardinal George Pell will return to the Vatican soon for the first time since he was cleared of child sex crimes five months ago. SENT: 460 words, photo.
FRANCE ELECTIONS — France’s main conservative party looked set to keep control of the Senate and the Greens made new gains in partial elections Sunday. The vote posed a new challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s struggling centrist movement, which held on to some key seats but remains in the minority. SENT: 430 words, potos.
AUSTRALIA-FATAL RIDE — An Australian theme park owner has been fined $2.5 million for safety breaches that led to the deaths of four people on a river rapids ride in 2016. Two men and two women died when their raft flipped on the Thunder River Rapids ride in Dreamworld park in Queensland state. SENT: 400 words, photo.
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BUSINESS
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AMAZON-PRIME DAY — Amazon is looking to kickstart holiday shopping early this year. The company said Monday that it will hold its annual Prime Day sales event over two days in October That’s because the pandemic forced it to be postponed from July. It’s the first time the sales event is being held in the fall. SENT: 260 words.
TIK TOK-BAN — Lawyers for TikTok have pleaded with a U.S. federal judge to delay the Trump Administration’s ban of the popular video sharing program from app stores set to take effect at the end of the day, arguing the move would infringe on First Amendment rights and do irreparable harm to the business. By Anne D’Innocenzio and Matt O’Brien. SENT: 910 words, photo.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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MEDIA-SHEPARD-SMITH — Two weeks shy of a year after his abrupt exit from Fox News Channel, Shepard Smith is making his return to television, this time on CNBC. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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CELTICS-HEAT — It was exactly one year ago Sunday when Jimmy Butler walked into the Miami Heat practice gym, took a seat on a makeshift stage and said he wanted to be part of the team’s next title run. He’ll have that chance. The Heat are going to the NBA Finals — surprising many, perhaps, but not themselves. SENT: 950 words, photos.
BUCCANEERS-BRONCOS — Tom Brady found success in a city that hasn’t been that kind to him. Brady threw for three touchdowns in leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past the Denver Broncos 28-10 Sunday. Brady won for just the fifth time in 12 trips to Denver. SENT: 1,110 words, photos.
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