Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the-minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan in AP Newsroom.
For a look at weekend coverage, please look at our Weekend Lookahead Digest.
——————————
——————————
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — A prolonged communications blackout that severed telephone and internet connections compounded the misery in the besieged Gaza Strip, where a United Nations agency says hunger levels had spiraled in recent days. By Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy. SENT: 1,030 words, photos. With ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-LIVE UPDATES.
CONGRESS-IMMIGRATION — Prominent Democratic Latinos in Congress looked on quietly at first, raising concerns as negotiations over border security and asylum restrictions have progressed. After privately sounding the alarm over the direction of the talks they are now helping to lead the opposition. By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro and Rebecca Santana. SENT: 1,080 words, photos.
ELECTION 2024-OBAMACARE — Suburbs in South Florida that have swung toward Donald Trump are where the “Obamacare” health care program is more popular than anywhere else in the country. Trump has vowed to renew efforts to repeal and replace the 2010 law. That would be felt heavily in the region and could possibly reverse some of the GOP shift among South Florida’s Latinos. By Adriana Gomez Licon. SENT: 1,110 words, photos. This story is the Sunday spotlight.
WOMEN-AND-CHILDREN-FIRST? — So much for the women-and-children-first rule of rescues in crisis. The unwritten law of the sea, popularized with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic and its eponymous movie, is getting a grim new airing after Israeli and Hamas prioritized the release of female hostages for prisoners. Evacuation and rescue specialists say the practice is a Hollywood-generated myth and a relic of Victorian-age chivalry. By Laurie Kellman. SENT: 1,350 words, photos.
IMMIGRATION-MIGRANT-FAMILIES-NYC — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere. Homeless migrants and their children were limited to 60 days in city housing under an order issued in October by Mayor Eric Adams. By Philip Marcelo. SENT: 1,080 words, photos, video.
FEDERAL-RESERVE-INFLATION-BEATEN? — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts. Yet the Federal Reserve now seems on the verge of defeating it — and without the surge in unemployment and the deep recession that many economists had predicted would accompany it. SENT: 1.200 words, photos.
——————————————————————————-
MORE ON ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-WAR
——————————————————————————-
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-SHOT — Israel has said it was opening a military police investigation into the killing of two Palestinians in the West Bank after an Israeli human rights group posted videos that appeared to show Israeli troops killing the men — one who was incapacitated and the second unarmed — during a military raid in a West Bank refugee camp. SENT: 610 words, photos.
ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-JOURNALIST — An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent Friday as they reported at a school in the south of the besieged territory, the network says. SENT: 600 words, photos.
UNITED-STATES-MIDEAST-CARRIER — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks to maintain a two-carrier presence near Israel as its war with Hamas grinds on, U.S. officials say. SENT: 640 words, photo, audio.
—————————————————
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR
—————————————————
RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed $54.5 billion of EU funding to Ukraine. SENT: 320 words, photos.
MORE NEWS
——————————
MATTHEW PERRY — Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy on the 54-year-old “Friends” actor. SENT: 720 words, photos.
KUWAIT — Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation’s internal political disputes. SENT: 640 words, photos.
IRAN-ISRAEL-SPY — Iran is saying it has executed an Israeli Mossad spy in the country’s southeast, state TV reports. The report said the spy was linked to foreign intelligence services, including Mossad, and charged with involvement in releasing classified information. SENT: 210 words.
ARMY HELICOPTERS-ALASKA CRASH — A U.S. Army helicopter that was flying through a mountain pass in Alaska along with other aircraft returning from a training exercise earlier this year hit one of the other helicopters, causing both to crash and killing three soldiers, a military investigation report released Friday said. SENT: 410 words.
BIDEN-CONAN O’BRIEN — President Biden sits down with former late-night television host Conan O’Brien for an interview for the comedian’s podcast. SENT: 170 words, photos.
———————————————————
———————————————————-
GIULIANI-ELECTION TRIAL — A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer. SENT: 960 words, photos.
TRUMP-FRAUD LAWSUIT-TAKEAWAYS — Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial offered fresh insight into the former president’s finances, his dealings with lenders and his aspiration to be an NFL owner, among other matters. The trial also provided a glimpse of Trump’s potential political and legal strategies as his legal and political calendars increasingly overlap. SENT: 1,480 words, photos.
————————
————————
VOTING RIGHTS-KANSAS — The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a law making it a felony to impersonate an elections official is vague enough that voting rights advocates can pursue a legal challenge. The court’s ruling Friday revived a lawsuit that a lower court had dismissed. Four groups argued that the 2021 law hinders voter registration drives and that their members could be prosecuted even if they tried to make it clear that they were not elections officials but others still mistakenly believed they were. Backers of the law have scoffed at the argument. SENT: 750 words, photos.
––––––––––———––––
––––––––––———––––
VATICAN-TRIAL — A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fate when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. SENT: 940 words, photos.
IRAQ-ELECTIONS — Iraqis began voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council members, who in turn will appoint governors, with the outcome seen as a bellwether for the parliamentary elections due to take place in 2025. SENT: 520 words, photos.
CAMBODIA-US-LOOTED-ART — Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand that were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. SENT: 620 words, photos.
UGANDA-VIBRANT-ART-SCENE — A growing list of artists in Uganda is contributing to a feeling among curators of an exciting moment for art in the East African country. A similar trend can be seen across Africa. It’s fueled not just by an explosion of compelling new work but also by the growing ability of curators from the continent to reach new collectors at a time of rising global interest in modern African art. Uganda’s collecting class remains minuscule with new shows patronized by hip youngsters and expatriates. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
HIJACKED-SHIP — The Indian Navy says that it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers — likely Somali pirates — in the Arabian Sea. SENT: 320 words, photo.
FRANCE-NOTRE-DAME — A pivotal moment in the restoration of Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral is set with the installation of a golden rooster atop its spire. It marks a key step in the monument’s revival after the devastating April 2019 fire. SENT: 300 words, photos.
——————————————
———————————————-
DAYTIME-EMMYS — Thorsten Kaye and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood of “The Bold and the Beautiful” won lead acting honors at the Daytime Emmy Awards when “General Hospital” collected six trophies, including four for acting. SENT: 770 words, photos.
———————
———————
FBN—CHARGES-STALEY-TELESCO FIRED — Coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco have been fired by the Los Angeles Chargers after one of the worst losses in franchise history. The Chargers made the playoffs last season but are one of this year’s biggest disappointments at 5-9, with losses in five of their last six games. They dropped into last place in the AFC West after Thursday night’s 63-21 loss at Las Vegas. SENT: 940 words, photos.
——————————————-
HOW TO REACH US
——————————————-
At the Nerve Center, Richard A. Somma can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). For photos, Donald E. King ext. 1900. For graphics and interactives, ext. 7636. Expanded AP content can be obtained from AP Newsroom. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact [email protected] or call 844-777-2006.
