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MORE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

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UKRAINE-NURSING HOME ORPHAN — A young Ukrainian boy with disabilities is now an orphan after his father was taken by cancer in the devastated eastern city of Izium. Spending their last days together in a care facility for the elderly and injured, Mykola Svyryd and his 13-year-old son Bohdan often spent tender moments as the bedridden father withered. Now, with no other family alive, Bohdan, like so many other Ukrainian children, has become an orphan. SENT: 720 words, photos.

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TRENDING

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PEOPLE-KANYE-WEST — JPMorgan Chase and the rapper formerly known as Kanye West are ending their business relationship, but the breakup is not a result of the controversy over the hip-hop star’s recent antisemitic comments. SENT: 240 words, photos.

FATS-DOMINO-AVENUE — The New Orleans street where one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll spent most of his life is being renamed in his honor. A community-wide Second line and Musical Celebration begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the longtime home of Antoine “Fats” Domino on Caffin Avenue, which will now be known as Antoine “Fats” Domino Avenue. SENT: 340 words, photos.

STANFORD APOLOGY-JEWISH STUDENTS — Stanford University apologized for limiting the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s after a task force commissioned by the school found records that show university officials excluded Jewish students for years and later the school denied it occurred. SENT: 360 words, photo.

TROPICAL-WEATHER — Tropical Storm Karl moved slowly toward Mexico’s southern Gulf coast, and while it was not expected to grow into a hurricane, forecasters warned of the danger of flash floods from heavy rains in the region. SENT: 200 words, photo.

NETFLIX-ADS — Netflix next month will unveil the first version of its video streaming service with ads, giving cost-conscious viewers a chance to watch most of its shows at a steep discount in exchange for putting up with commercial interruptions. SENT: 380 words, photos.

STEINBECK-SON'S FIRST LETTER — A heartfelt letter written by author John Steinbeck offering paternal advice to his teenage son who was experiencing love for the first time has sold at auction for more than $32,000. SENT: 370 words, photos.

AMAZON PRIME-SALES -- Amazon said Thursday its Prime members ordered more than 100 million items during a sales event this week that analysts are expecting to be a bellwether for the holiday shopping season. SENT: 350 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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ELECTION 2022-KANSAS-ATTORNEY GENERAL — Kris Kobach, the Kansan with a national reputation as a hardline provocateur on immigration and voter ID laws, is trying to rebrand himself as a calmer, steadier voice in his comeback bid for elective office. By John Hanna. SENT: 1,180 words, photo.

BIDEN-HEALHCARE COSTS — President Joe Biden is set to highlight his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs on Friday as part of his three-state Western tour this week, as he confronts a sobering inflation report in the waning weeks before midterm elections. SENT: 360 words, photos.

BIDEN-MONUMENT-UTE-TRIBE — A Utah-based Native American tribe that frequently has sparred with President Joe Biden criticized the White House again for not adequately consulting its leaders ahead of this week’s creation of a national monument on ancestral lands in Colorado. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

NEVEDA-HAND-COUNT-LAWSUIT — A Nye County District Court judge dismissed an emergency petition by the ACLU’s Nevada chapter attempting to stop the county from its plan to hand-count votes alongside a machine tabulator starting later this month. The plan was spurred by false claims of election fraud. SENT: 600 words, photo.

ELECTIONS 2022-GEORGIA-CARTER CENTER — The Carter Center will provide nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County, Georgia, a Democratic bastion at the heart of metro Atlanta and at the core of former President Donald Trump’s false assertions that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. SENT: 730 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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NEWTOWN-SHOOTING-INFOWARS — The nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones for spreading false conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre brought long-sought relief to family members and hopes the eye-popping figure would deter others from broadcasting falsehoods. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.

SOCIAL-SECURITY-RECIPIENTS — In a year when inflation has made Americans’ eyes pop when they fill up their gas or walk down aisles at the grocery store, many Social Security recipients worry whether the biggest cost-of-living increase in four decades will be enough to cover their needs. SENT: 900 words, photos.

LEAHY-HOSPITALIZED — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was hospitalized Thursday after he felt —unwell at his McLean, Virginia, home, his office said. SENT: 200 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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CHINA-PARTY CONGRESS-X IJINPING — China-Party Congress-Xi Jinping — When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the long-ruling Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China’s most dominant leaders, or that he would put the economically and militarily ascendant country on a collision course with the U.S.-led international order. By Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 1,450 words, photos.

KOREAS-TENSIONS — South Korea’s military says it detected North Korea additionally firing possibly hundreds of artillery rounds into maritime buffer zones between the rivals, further raising animosities triggered by a recent barrage of weapons tests. By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung. SENT: 1,340 words, photos.

UNITED NATIONS-HAITI — The U.N. Security Council is negotiating a resolution that would impose an arms embargo, asset freeze and travel ban on influential Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbeque.” SENT: 750 words, photos.

AUSTRALIA-FLOODS — Homes were flooded in Melbourne and other cities in Australia’s southeast with rivers forecast to remain dangerously high for days. About 70 residents were told to leave the suburb of Maribyrnong in Melbourne’s northwest, along with hundreds in the Victoria state cities of Benalla and Wedderburn, authorities said. Melbourne is Australia’s second-most populous city with 5 million people. SENT: 730 words, photo.

SWEDEN-POLITICS — Three Swedish center-right parties announced on Friday that they have reached a deal to form a coalition government that would not include the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats but would depend on its support in Parliament. SENT: 550 words, photos.

NETHERLANDS-PRINCESS-THREAT — The teenage heir to the Dutch throne has been forced to give up on Amsterdam’s student life and live instead at her parents’ palace, the latest indication of just how much of a threat organized crime poses to Dutch society. SENT: 470 words, photo.

CLIMATE-LEAST-DEVELOPED-COUNTRY — The chair of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Egypt has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda. SENT: 450 words, photo.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS — The Israeli military shot and killed two Palestinians during a raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported, the latest bloodshed in the deadliest round of fighting in the area in seven years. SENT: 440 words.

CAMBODIA-BOAT-ACCIDENT — At least nine students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river died after the boat they were on capsized, officials say. SENT: 440 words.

BRITAIN-ECONOMY — Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss scheduled a hastily arranged news conference on Friday, as her Treasury chief dashed back to London for urgent talks on an economic package that sparked market turmoil. SENT: 360 words, photos.

TURKEY-RUSSIA-GAS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey and Russia have instructed their respective energy authorities to immediately begin technical studies on a Russian proposal that would turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe. SENT: 340 words.

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HEALTH/SCIENCE

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CLIMATE-INDIA-RENEWABLE GROWTH — India’s renewables sector is booming, with the country projected to add 35 to 40 gigawatts of renewable energy annually until 2030, enough to power up to 30 million more homes each year, a report said Thursday. SENT: 580 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GERMANY — Germany’s health minister on Friday urged the country’s 16 states to consider stepping up their measures against the coronavirus amid a rise in new cases. SENT: 200 words.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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INFLATION-5 TAKEAWAYS — What keeps driving inflation so high? The answer, it seems, is nearly everything. Supply chain snarls and parts shortages inflated the cost of factory goods when the economy rocketed out of the pandemic recession two years ago. Then it was a surge in consumer spending fueled by federal stimulus checks. Then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted gas and food supplies and sent those prices skyward. SENT: 1,130 words, photo.

MUSK-TWITTER-JUDGE — A court fight between the world’s richest man and an influential social platform could easily have become a circus, particularly given Elon Musk’s penchant for chaos. That hasn’t happened in the Musk-Twitter lawsuit, largely thanks to a Delaware judge who has never backed away from a challenge. The parties are fighting over Musk’s $44 billion deal to acquire the company, which he tried to abandon in July and which Twitter wants to force Musk to complete. By Randall Chase. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.

CHICKEN-SALMONELLA-REGULATION — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday proposed sweeping changes in the way chicken and turkey meat is processed that are intended to reduce illnesses from food contamination but could require meat companies to make extensive changes to their operations. SENT: 880 words, photos.

FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Global stock markets surged after Wall Street rebounded from a slump caused by higher-than-forecast inflation numbers. Market benchmarks in London and Paris opened up more than 1%. Tokyo jumped 3.3% for its biggest one-day gain in seven months. Hong Kong and Shanghai also rose. Benchmark U.S. crude rose almost $2 per barrel. SENT: 480 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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MUSIC Q&A-LIL BABY — While Lil Baby’s new album blares loudly in the living room, the Atlanta-born rapper stands in the kitchen of his $20 million Bel Air home singing to his son, who dances along on FaceTime. For Lil Baby, living in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the U.S. would have been unfathomable several years ago. He was released in 2016 after being incarcerated on a drug charge and had no intention of starting a rap career until Quality Control founders Kevin “Coach K” Lee and Pierre “P” Thomas saw tremendous potential. SENT: 1,420 words, photos, video.

FILM-SHE-SAID — Five years after a pair of exposés revealed Harvey Weinstein’s long trail of sexual abuse of women, “She Said,” a film that dramatizes the dogged fight to uncover years of allegations against the movie mogul, premiered Thursday at the New York Film Festival. SENT: 800 words, photos.

FASHION-RALPH-LAUREN — Bronx-born Ralph Lauren, a quintessential New Yorker, had never staged a runway show on the West Coast before. So clearly, with his first show in sunny California, he was going to go big — or, well, stay home. Big he went, staging a sumptuous display of his well-honed ethos of casual luxury, with strong Western accents like cowboy hats and boots, against a setting sun at the grand Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, near Los Angeles. SENT: 610 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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FBN--ON FOOTBALL-DYSFUNCTIONAL COMMANDERS — The dysfunctional Washington Commanders are ugly on and off the field. A day that began with a detailed report about Dan Snyder’s toxic ownership ended with a sloppy 12-7 victory over the Chicago Bears in front of a national television audience. UPCOMING: 560 words, photos by 6 a.m. EDT.

FBN--COMMANDERS-SNYDER — Three people with knowledge of the agenda tell The Associated Press there is no plan to vote on Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder’s status next week at the NFL owners’ meetings in New York. SENT: 730 words, photos.

FBN—COMMANDERS-BEARS — Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up Brian Robinson’s 1-yard touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter and the Washington Commanders beat the Bears 12-7 to snap a four-game losing streak. By Andrew Seligman. SENT: 850 words, photos. With FBN--Bears-No Offense. By Jay Cohen. SENT: 510 words, photos

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