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TOP STORIES

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SUPREME COURT-BARRETT — Amy Coney Barrett’s first votes on the Supreme Court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her. The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan District Attorney from acquiring his tax returns as well as appeals from Republicans to shorten the deadlines for receiving and counting absentee ballots in the battleground states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 560 words, photos, video. With SUPREME COURT-BARRETT-SPENDING — Barrett ads tied to interest groups funded by unnamed donors; SUPREME-COURT-BARRETT-SCENE — Barrett swearing-in differs markedly from “superspreader."

ELECTION 2020 — Joe Biden plans to use the final week before Election Day to go on offense, heading to Georgia — which hasn’t backed a Democrat for president since 1992 — and planning travel that may put Trump on defense in states he won four years ago. By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe and Kevin Freking. SENT: 860 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2020-MIDWEST-VIRUS — The coronavirus is getting worse in states that Trump needs the most. That includes Wisconsin where Trump is fighting to catch Biden in a state Trump narrowly won in 2016, Iowa, where the two are now in a toss-up race. By Thomas Beaumont. SENT: 880 words, photos.

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

PAKISTAN-SEMINARY-BOMBING — A powerful bomb blast rips through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least seven students and wounding 112 others, police and a hospital spokesman say. By Riaz Khan. SENT: 590 words, photos.

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES — California prepares for another round of dangerous fire weather even as crews fight a pair of fast-moving blazes in the south that critically injured two firefighters and left more than 100,000 under evacuation orders. By Christopher Weber and Olga R. Rodriguez. SENT: 750 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AN-UNUSUAL-HALLOWEEN — For Americans, 2020 was a year when fear and death commandeered front-row seats in life. There is a pandemic, a fundamental reckoning about race and political divisions like perhaps never before. With that as a backdrop, how do we encounter the holiday whose existence hinges on turning fear and death into something fun? By National Writer Ted Anthony. SENT: 1,510 words, photos. An abridged version of 1,000 words is available.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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TWICE-NEW ALBUM — K-pop band TWICE reveals its daring side on new album. SENT: 380 words, photo.

NEWSPAPER-PRINT CUTS-UTAH — Salt Lake Tribune to stop printing daily after 149 years. SENT: 510 words, photo.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-DUBAI-AIRPORT — Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, is a long way from what it once was amid the coronavirus pandemic as it prepares for a possible ”extended, slow recovery,” its CEO tells The Associated Press. By Jon Gambrell. SENT: 800 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.

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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SUPREME COURT-WISCONSIN-ABSENTEE — The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day. SENT: 480 words, photo.

ELECTION-2020-SENATE-ALABAMA — Standing by a blue pickup truck at a rally near the birthplace of the late civil rights icon John Lewis, Alabama Sen. Doug Jones urged voters to look at his record from his three years in office and not what he called Republican distortions about him. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.

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

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INTERNATIONAL

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TROPICAL-WEATHER — Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, makes landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula while whipping the resorts around Tulum with rain and wind. SENT: 510 words, photos.

UNITED-STATES-ASIA — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense chief Mark Esper are in India to drive the Trump administration’s anti-China message exactly a week ahead of America’s presidential election. By Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee. SENT: 690 words, photos.

ASIA-TYPHOON — Vietnam scrambles to evacuate more than a million people in its central lowlands as a strong typhoon approaches while some regions are still dealing with the aftermath of recent killer floods. SENT: 300 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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BRANDED WOMEN — A self-improvement guru whose organization NXIVM attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, faces sentencing on convictions that he turned some female followers into sex slaves branded with his initials. SENT: 540 words, photo.

GIRLS-FOOTBALL-LAWSUIT — A Utah high school student hopes she can give girls a chance to play on female-only high school football teams through a lawsuit. SENT: 700 words, photos.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Shares skidded in Asia after surging coronavirus cases and waning hopes for U.S. economic stimulus gave Wall Street its worst day in a month. By Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 850 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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WORLD SERIES-NEUTRAL-SITE SCENE — With World Series games limited to about 11,000 mask-wearing fans each night, players for the Dodgers and Rays are just happy to have spectators at the home of the Texas Rangers. By Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon. SENT: 850 words, photos.

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