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AP-US-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CONGRESS
GOP leaders, Trump to discuss virus aid as crisis deepens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans in Congress are expected to meet Monday with President Donald Trump on the next COVID-19 aid package. The administration is stiffening its opposition to more testing money and interjecting other priorities, and that could complicate quick passage. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is prepared to roll out the $1 trillion package in a matter of days. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already passed a sweeping $3 trillion measure from Democrats. Congress is returning to session this week as the coronavirus crisis many had hoped would have improved by now has only worsened — and just as earlier federal emergency relief is expiring.
AP-US-TRUMP
Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election. In saying that, he's recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote. The president tells “Fox News Sunday” that it's too early to make such an ironclad guarantee, and he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden. The Biden campaign says the American people will decide the election and the government “is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.” Trump also is hammering the Pentagon brass for favoring renaming bases that honor Confederate military leaders. Trump says, ”I don’t care what the military says."
WASHINGTON DC-SHOOTING
Man killed, 8 others wounded in shooting in nation's capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in the nation’s capital say one man was killed, and eight others were wounded in a brazen Sunday afternoon shooting on a busy street in northwest Washington. Investigators believe the shooting just before 5 p.m. Sunday in the Columbia Heights neighborhood was a targeted act of violence. Police Chief Peter Newsham says three men opened fire on a group standing on the street in what he described as a targeted attack. Two of the victims remained in serious condition on Sunday evening. Police say the others had non-life-threatening injuries.
FATAL CRASH-MOTORCYCLE CLUB
Man charged after fatal crash in Texas that killed 3, hurt 9
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man remains jailed after being charged in a fatal crash in Central Texas that killed three people and injured nine others. The Kerr County Sheriff’s Office says members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club were on a ride on Saturday south of Kerrville when a vehicle crossed a highway center strip and crashed into the group. The vehicle’s driver, 28-year-old Ivan Robles, was arrested and has been charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter and six counts of intoxication assault. Kerrville is located about 65 miles northwest of San Antonio.
NORTH KOREA-HOSPITAL
North Korean leader berates officials over hospital project
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has berated construction managers for unspecified problems in building a showpiece hospital in Pyongyang. The comments reported in state media may indicate the country is struggling to secure supplies amid U.S.-led sanctions and a coronavirus lockdown. During a visit to the construction site, Kim lamented that his ambitious project was being carried out carelessly and without a proper budget and he ordered all officials responsible to be replaced. The hospital project announced in March was a rare acknowledgement that the country lacks modern medical facilities.
BC-ELECTION 2020-KANYE WEST
Kanye West criticizes Harriet Tubman at his political rally
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West used part of his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate to rant against historical figure Harriet Tubman. West said the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people." West's comments drew shouts of opposition from some in the crowd gathered Sunday in North Charleston, South Carolina. His appearance was marked by a lengthy monologue touching on topics from abortion and religion to international trade and licensing deals. Whether West is actually seeking the nation’s highest office remains a question.
AP-US-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TEXAS
Most young virus cases in Texas county diagnosed this month
HOUSTON (AP) — A health official says most of the 85 young children in a South Texas county who are known to have contracted the coronavirus tested positive this month amid a surge in the state. Corpus Christi-Nueces County's public health director, Annette Rodriguez, told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that nearly all of the children, most of who were age 1 or younger, were expected to recover on their own. One of the 85 children died, but officials are still trying to determine if COVID-19 was the cause. Rodriguez says 60 of the children, all of them infants, have been diagnosed this month. Texas is one of the states that has had a big surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
BC-VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST
The Latest: S. Korea has smallest rise in cases in 2 months
South Korea has reported its smallest daily jump in local COVID-19 transmissions in two months as health authorities express cautious optimism that the outbreak is being brought under control. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday still reported 26 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus, including 22 that were tied to international arrivals. Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said during a virus briefing that the four local transmissions represented the first time that such infections came below 10 since May 19.
AP-US-DISNEY-FACEBOOK-AD-CUTBACK
Report: Disney cuts back on Facebook, Instagram ads
MENLO PARK, California (AP) — The Wall Street Journal reports that the Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram. It's the latest setback for the social network, which is facing a growing advertising boycott over its policies and actions on hate speech on its platforms. The Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said the time frame for Disney's pullback was not clear. Disney was Facebook’s top U.S. advertiser for the first six months of 2020, according to research firm Pathmatics Inc. Disney joins hundreds of other companies that have paused spending on the service.
TWITTER-HACK UPDATE
Twitter: Hack hit 130 accounts, company 'embarrassed'
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the account’s information through the “Your Twitter Data” tool. None of the eight were verified accounts, Twitter said, adding that it is contacting the owners of the affected accounts.
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