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TOP STORIES

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ELECTION 2020 — America stood at a crossroads the day before Election Day, never before in modern history facing a choice between two candidates who offered such opposite visions in a time of such great stakes. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were poised on Monday to give their closing arguments as to why each was best fit to steer the nation confronted with a once-in-a-century pandemic, the starkest economic contraction since the Great Depression and a citizenry divided on cultural and racial issues. Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Will Weissert and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,090 words, photos : Campaign events run into Sunday night. WITH: ELECTION 2020-LATEST (sent, developing).

ELECTION 2020-KEY QUESTIONS -- Election Day is finally upon us. Or at least what we still call Election Day, since more than 92 million Americans have already cast ballots in an election that has been reshaped by the worst pandemic in more than a century, its economic fallout and a long-simmering reckoning with systemic racism. Some key questions we are considering as the final votes are cast and counted. By Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-ELECTION RESULTS-AP EXPLAINS -- Patience, America. We may not know who won the presidential election on Tuesday night. And if so, it does not necessarily mean anything is broken, fraudulent, corrupted or wrong. By Nicholas Riccardi. SENT: 950 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES -- Signature matches. Late-arriving absentee votes. Drop boxes. Secrecy envelopes. Legal fights could take on new urgency, not to mention added vitriol, if a narrow margin in a battleground state is the difference between another four years for President Donald Trump or a Joe Biden administration. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 790 words, photos.

TRUMP-FAUCI--President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci after Tuesday’s election, as his rift with the nation’s top infectious disease expert widens while the nation sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since the spring. By Zeke Miller. With AP Photo. SENT: 600 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — A surge in coronavirus cases across the country, including in key presidential battleground states, is creating mounting health and logistical concerns for voters, poll workers and political parties ahead of Election Day. By Ryan L. Foley. SENT: 850 words, photos.

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

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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BIDEN-VIDEO-MISINFORMATION — It’s an awkward moment when a presidential candidate greets the audience at a rally and names the wrong state. Fortunately for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, that didn’t happen to him this week. SENT: 460 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHO CHIEF — The head of the World Health Organization says he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. SENT: 250 words, photo.

BRITAIN-PRINCE WILLIAM — The BBC says Britain’s Prince William had the coronavirus in April, around the same time as his father Prince Charles. SENT: 160 words, photos.

TROPICAL WEATHER — Eta was upgraded to a hurricane early Monday, threatening to bring heavy rain, storm surge, landslides and more to parts of Central America and the Caribbean. SENT: 240 words.

FRANCE PRIEST SHOT — A Greek Orthodox parishioner who was recently caught on video scuffling with a Lyon priest who was shot outside his church and hospitalized over the weekend says local police raided his home on Monday. SENT: 330 words.

OBIT-MCKIBBIN — Nikki McKibbin, a singer from Texas best known for her third place finish in the first season of American Idol, has died. She was 42. SENT: 320 words, photo.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-GERMANY — A four-week partial shutdown has started in Germany, with restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities closing down until the end of the month in a drive to flatten a rapid rise in coronavirus infections. The restrictions that took effect Monday are milder than the ones Germany imposed in the first phase of the pandemic in March and April. SENT: 400 words, photos. WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK-CIRCUS-PHOTO GALLERY - AP PHOTOS: German circus on hold as partial lockdown starts. SENT.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DAY CARE RULES — As more families make the jump back to group day care this fall in an attempt to restart lives and careers, many parents, pediatricians and care operators are finding that new, pandemic-driven rules offer a much-needed layer of safety but also seem incompatible with the germy reality of childhood. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-LOW UNEMPLOYMENT — Five of the six states with the nation’s lowest unemployment rates are in the Midwest, have Republican governors and have almost no restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those governors have said their lack of mask mandates or other restrictions are a big reason why their states are riding out the pandemic relatively well, but economists say it’s not so simple. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.

MEXICO-DAY-OF-THE-DEAD — Diminutive figures skeletons in face masks and medical caps are all too common on Mexico’s Day of the Dead altars this year. More than 1,700 Mexican health workers are officially known to have died of COVID-19 and they are being honored with three days of national mourning on these Days of the Dead. SENT: 830 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CAMBODIA — Schools throughout Cambodia have reopened for the first time since March but with class sizes and hours limited by coronavirus precautions. SENT: 240 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-POLICE PATROLS — The coronavirus pandemic has turned Barcelona’s professional crime fighters into uniformed wet blankets every night at 10 p.m. Police officers have been tasked with enforcing a nationwide curfew the Spanish government ordered to hold down the spread of coronavirus. SENT: 1,050 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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TRUMP-ON THE ISSUES — Expect to see a lot more of the same if there’s a second Trump administration. President Donald Trump has consistently pointed to tax cuts and regulatory relief as key successes of his first four years in office. SENT: 2,840 words, photos.

BIDEN-ON THE ISSUES — Joe Biden is promising to take the country on a very different path from what it has seen over the past four years under President Donald Trump, on issues ranging from the coronavirus and health care to the environment, education and more. SENT: 2,370 words, photos.

SUPREME COURT-BARRETT-FIRST DAY -- Justice Amy Coney Barrett is expected to join her Supreme Court colleagues on Monday to hear arguments for the first time. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the high court is hearing cases by phone, which means the public won’t see the new justice but will be able to hear her if she asks questions. By Jessica Gresko. SENT: 540 words, photos. Arguments scheduled for 10 a.m. EST.

TRUMP-BIDEN BUS — President Donald Trump suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, leading Democrats to cancel planned events there. SENT: 560 words, photo.

ELECTION 2020-WATCH -- It’s almost over. By this time next week, and hopefully much sooner, we’ll know who will occupy the Oval Office for the next four years. By National Political Writer Steve Peoples. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.

FACT CHECK-WEEK -- President Donald Trump asserts the U.S. is shaking off a coronavirus pandemic that is only getting worse, falsely claims Democrat Joe Biden will lock down the country for years, and baselessly alleges that the COVID-19 death count is being inflated by doctors. Meanwhile, Biden goes astray on trade as he assails the president’s record on China. By Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward. SENT: 2,890 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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TURKEY-EARTHQUAKE — Rescue teams have brought out two girls alive from the wreck of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake centered in the Aegean Sea hit Turkey and Greece. SENT: 540 words, photos.

AFGHANISTAN — Gunfire has erupted at Kabul University in the Afghan capital and police have surrounded the sprawling campus. Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the gunfire Monday was ongoing. SENT: 380 words, photo.

ASIA TYPHOON — Philippine officials say at least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the country over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the powerful storm. SENT: 590 words, photos.

THAILAND-PROTESTS — Thailand’s king and queen have mixed with adoring supporters in Bangkok’s streets amid increasing pressure from protesters demanding reforms to the monarchy. King Maha Vajiralongkorn paused briefly to answer a question about the protesters, saying “We love them all the same.” SENT: 750 words, photos.

EMIRATES-ANGOLA — Police in Dubai say they don’t suspect foul play in the death of Sindika Dokolo, the husband of the embattled Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, after his death free diving off the city-state as corruption allegations circle both him and his wife. SENT: 640 words, photo.

NEW ZEALAND-LEADERSHIP LINEUP — New Zealand’s new Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson will be the country’s first openly gay man to hold the role and is among a team of top lawmakers remarkable for its diversity. SENT: 410 words, photos.

INDONESIA-FRANCE MUSLIM PROTESTS — Thousands of Indonesian Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded French Embassy in Indonesia’s capital to protest the French president’s defense of caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected speech. SENT: 440 words. WITH INDONESIA PROTESTS — Thousands of workers in Indonesia have continued their protests against the country’s new jobs law that critics say will erode labor rights and weaken environmental protections. SENT: 320 words, photo.

FRANCE-TEACHER-BEHEADED — French schools held a minute of silence after reopening for the first time since the beheading of a teacher who opened a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam. Monday was marked as one of national homage for the teacher, Samuel Paty. SENT: 550 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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ELECTION 2020-ZETA — New Orleans’ Democratic mayor and Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state are arguing over generators for polling places on Election Day. Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Sunday that up to 11 precincts could be without power Tuesday after Hurricane Zeta. SENT: 560 words, photo.

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BUSINESS

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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Asian shares are mostly higher, buoyed by optimism over further signs of recovery in China’s manufacturing sector. Benchmarks rose in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and South Korea on Monday. A major indicator for China’s manufacturing sector rose in October, showing that domestic demand is holding up. SENT: words, 510 photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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BRITAIN-DEPP — A British court has ruled against Johnny Depp in his libel case against the owner of the Sun tabloid newspaper, which labelled him a “wife beater.” In a ruling, Justice Andrew Nicol said Depp has “not succeeded in his action for libel.” SENT: 620 words, photos.

FILM-COLD DRIVE-INS — After a historic season, winter is coming at the drive-in. Summer and early fall have seen the old drive-in transformed into a surprisingly elastic omnibus of pandemic-era gathering. It has hosted concerts and comedy shows, business conferences and Sunday services, graduations and weddings. Many drive-ins are staying open well beyond normal closing, and some are selling a lot of hot chocolate. SENT: 1,240 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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FBN—SAINTS-BEARS — Drew Brees threw two touchdown passes to regain the NFL’s career lead from Tom Brady, Wil Lutz nailed a 35-yard field goal in overtime and the New Orleans Saints beat Chicago 26-23. SENT: 870 words, photos.

FBN--STEELERS-RAVENS — The Pittsburgh Steelers rallied behind Ben Roethlisberger to remain the lone unbeaten team in the NFL, beating error-prone Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens 28-24 in a duel for first place in the AFC North. SENT: 890 words, photos.

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