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TOP STORIES

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BIDEN — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden’s team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January. By Will Weissert. SENT: 920 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK — As he begins his transition to the presidency, Biden is pivoting from a bitter campaign battle to another, more pressing fight: reining in the pandemic that has hit the world’s most powerful nation harder than any other. By Philip Marcelo. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

BIDEN-ECONOMY — Biden will inherit a mangled U.S. economy — one that never fully healed from the coronavirus outbreak and could suffer again as new infections are climbing. It will in some ways be a reprise of when Biden became vice president at the depths of the financial crisis in 2008-09, with possibly fewer tools and less political leverage to press an agenda to both corral the virus and stoke economic growth. By Josh Boak. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-TURNOUT — With votes still being counted, turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama — an extraordinary engagement in what amounted to a referendum on President Donald Trump’s leadership. By Nicholas Riccardi. SENT: 980 words, photos.

ELECTION-2020-VIEW-FROM-ASIA — As Asia comes to terms with the reality of a Biden administration, relief and hopes of economic and environmental revival jostle with needling anxiety and fears of inattention. By Foster Klug. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.

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

TROPICAL-WEATHER — Florida closed beaches and COVID testing sites, shut down public transportation and ordered some evacuations as Tropical Storm Eta took aim. Even if the storm doesn’t strengthen into a hurricane, its slow speed and heavy rains posed an enormous threat to South Florida, an area already drenched from more than 14 inches (0.35 meters) of rain last month. Eta has already left scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America. By Kelli Kennedy. SENT: 830 words, photos.

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WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT

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OBIT-ALEX-TREBEK-A LIFE — Alex Trebek never pretended to have all the answers, but the late “Jeopardy!” host became an inspiration and solace to Americans who otherwise are at odds with each other. By Television Writer Lynn Elber. SENT: 1,210 words, photos. WITH: OBIT-ALEX-TREBEK-TRIBUTES SENT: 630 words, photos.

CHINA-BIDEN-NOODLE RESTAURANT — The Yaoji Chaogan noodle restaurant beneath Beijing’s 600-year-old Drum Tower has hung up photos of Biden when he visited for a meal in 2011 as management hoped for his return. SENT: 200 words, photos.

NASHVILLE SHOOTING — An argument that started over a dog led to a shooting that left eight people wounded in Tennessee. SENT: 200 words.

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MORE ON ELECTION 2020

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TRUMP-CORONAVIRUS — The Trump campaign’s election night watch party has emerged as the latest cautionary chapter in the tale of the president’s approach to the coronavirus. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-MEXICO-BRAZIL — There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to Trump. SENT: 960 words, photos.

ELECTION-2020-GLOBAL-WHAT-THE-WORLD-WANTS — Four years of inward-looking “America First” leadership by outgoing President Donald Trump have generated pent-up global demand for a more engaged and amenable America. SENT: 1,340 words, photos.

ELECTION-2020-TRUMP-LEGAL-STRATEGY — Trump has promised legal action in the coming days as he refused to concede his election loss to Biden, making an aggressive pitch for donors to help finance any court fight. Trump and his campaign have leveled accusations of large-scale voter fraud in Pennsylvania and other states that broke for Biden, so far without proof. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.

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MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST— India has reported 45,903 new coronavirus cases, with its capital recording the highest single-day rise in infections since the pandemic began. SENT: 500 words, photos, developing.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CAMBODIA — Cambodians are marking their Independence Day holiday, but new coronavirus restrictions are keeping them from celebrating at karaoke parlors, beer gardens, museums, cinemas and other entertainment venues, which have been ordered shut until further notice. SENT: 360 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UTAH — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has declared a state of emergency and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem a surge in coronavirus patient hospitalizations that is testing the state’s hospital capacity. SENT: 600 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ARIZONA — A top hospital official urged Arizonans to help curb the spread of the coronavirus by considering alternatives to traditional Thanksgiving get-togethers as the state reported over 2,000 additional COVID-19 cases for the second time in three days. SENT: 370 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW MEXICO — For the third consecutive day, New Mexico health officials reported nearly 1,300 additional COVID-19 cases. They also reported 14 additional deaths. SENT: 190 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ARKANSAS — Hospitalizations from the coronavirus in Arkansas continued to climb, reaching a new one-day record high of 741. SENT: 170 words.

Find more coverage on the Virus Outbreak on the featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

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INTERNATIONAL

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LEBANON-REPATRIATING MIGRANTS — Two Lebanese youths are on a mission to repatriate migrant workers who have been stranded in Lebanon amid the worst economic crisis in the country’s modern history. SENT: 770 words, photos.

AUSTRALIA-SUPPRESSION-ORDER — High-profile Australian journalists and large media organizations are on trial on charges that they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell’s sex abuse convictions in 2018 that have since been overturned. SENT: 750 words, photo.

PAKISTAN-AHMADI-KILLED — Gunmen shot and killed an 82-year-old Ahmadi man on the outskirts of Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said, the fourth-such apparently targeted killing of a member of the minority group in recent months. SENT:130 words.

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BUSINESS

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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Asian shares and U.S. futures rose on relief the U.S. presidential election results were finally decided. Many in the region expect trade tensions to de-escalate under a Biden presidency, a plus for Asian markets and economies. SENT: 600 words, photos.

TURKEY-FINANCE-MINISTER — Turkey’s finance minister and son-in-law to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his resignation over what he described as health problems. SENT: 340 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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OBIT-NORM-CROSBY — Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. SENT: 540 words, photos.

PEOPLE-LEE-BRICE — Country singer Lee Brice has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not perform as scheduled at the CMA Awards. SENT: 220 words, photo.

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SPORTS

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BBO-NATIONALS-BIDEN-FIRST-PITCH — The Washington Nationals have invited Biden to toss out the ceremonial first ball next season on opening day. SENT: 260 words, photo.

EUROPE-VIRUS — The pandemic is further disrupting international football with at least a dozen players from the Italian league blocked from joining their national teams. By Sports Writers Andrew Dampf and Rob Harris. SENT: 520 words, photo.

FBN-SAINTS-BUCCANEERS — Drew Brees threw for 222 yards and four touchdowns, regaining the NFL career TD pass lead and lifting the New Orleans Saints into first place with a 38-3 rout of Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. By Sports Writer Fred Goodall. SENT: 990 words, photos.

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