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NEW/DEVELOPING

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ELECTION 2024-BIDEN-ABORTION, ELECTION-2024-TRUMP-BLACK-JOBS, CAPITOL RIOT-CONTEMPT, SUPREME-COURT-CHEVRON-TAKEAWAYS, INMATE-DEATH-MISSOURI, UNITED STATES-GAZA-AID-TIMELINE, SOUTHWEST-EXTREME-HEAT, SCI-BOEING-ASTRONAUT-LAUNCH, WARREN-BUFFETT’S-BENEVOLENCE, SAN-DIEGO-ZOO-PANDAS, THEODORE-ROOSEVELT-STOLEN-WATCH

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WEEKEND COVERAGE

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For weekend stories, please click here for the Weekend Lookahead digest.

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TOP STORIES

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ELECTION-2024 — President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the debate, fueled concerns from even members of his own party that at age 81 he’s not up for the task of leading the country for another four years. By Zeke Miller, Steve Peoples, Darlene Superville and Michelle L. Price. SENT: 1,310 words, photos, videos. With ELECTION-2024-TRUMP-BLACK-JOBS — Trump’s debate references to ‘Black jobs’ and ‘Hispanic jobs’ stir Democratic anger. SENT: 870 words, photos; ELECTION 2024-DEBATE-REPLACING BIDEN — It would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace President Biden as their 2024 presidential nominee. SENT: 580 words, photos.

ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-FACT-CHECKING — There were some exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made during the CNN debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Trouble was, none of them were available to the millions of people watching the two presidents in real time. That was the result of CNN’s decision ahead of Thursday’s debate that moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper would be questioners, not arbiters. By David Bauder. SENT: 830 words, photos. WITH: ELECTION-2024-DEBATE-FACT-FOCUS —Some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate. (sent)

SUPREME-COURT-CAPITOL-RIOT-OBSTRUCTION — The Supreme Court limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. WITH CAPITOL RIOT-CONTEMPT — The Supreme Court rejected a bid to delay a prison sentence for longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon as he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol insurrection. SENT: 420 words, photos.

SUPREME-COURT-CHEVRON — The Supreme Court upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests. SENT: 1,100 words, photos. WITH SUPREME-COURT-CHEVRON-EXPLAINER — What it means for federal regulations; SUPREME-COURT-CHEVRON-TAKEAWAYS, SUPREME-COURT-LAST-OPINIONS (sent)

SUPREME-COURT-HOMELESS-CAMPING-BANS — The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a ruling from a California-based appeals court that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. By Lindsay Whitehurst. SENT: 990 words, photos, audio.

INMATE-DEATH-MISSOURI — Four Missouri prison guards were charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was pepper sprayed, had his face covered with a mask and was left in a position that caused him to suffocate while in custody at a correctional facility, according to a complaint. By Summer Ballentine and Michael Goldberg. SENT: 680 words.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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ELECTION 2024-ABORTION — President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity during the presidential debate to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade, something his campaign sees as a major motivator for voters. SENT: 1,040 words, photos.

MENENDEZ-BRIBERY — Prosecutors at the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez rested their case after presenting evidence for seven weeks, enabling the Democrat and two New Jersey businessmen to begin calling their own witnesses to support defense claims that no crimes were committed and no bribes were paid. SENT: 430 words, photo.

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ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

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UNITED-STATES-GAZA-AID — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, U.S. officials said. SENT: 550 words, photos. WITH UNITED STATES-GAZA-AID-TIMELINE (sent).

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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR

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RUSSIA-MISSILES — Russian President Vladimir Putin called for resuming production of intermediate-range missiles that were banned under a now-scrapped treaty with the United States. SENT: 370 words, photos.

DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE-UKRAINE’S BATTLE — Ukraine’s battle to repel Russia is a fight for the country’s survival as a Western-facing democracy. To survive, it has felt compelled to temporarily suspend or restrict some democratic ideals. Elections have been postponed, a once-robust media has been restrained, corruption-fighting has slipped down the agenda, and freedom of movement and assembly have been curbed by martial law. SENT: 1, 680 words, photos. WITH: DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE-UKRAINE’S BATTLE-TAKEAWAYS; RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR — Russia warns it can take unspecified measures in response to US drone flights over Black Sea. (both sent).

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SPOTLIGHTING VOICES

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PRIDE AND PROTEST — At LGBTQ pride events across the U.S, internal tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas have seeped into the festivities, spurring boycotts and demonstrations and exposing divisions within the movement. SENT: 920 words, photo.

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MORE NEWS

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YELLOWSTONE-WHITE-BUFFALO-CALF — Yellowstone National Park officials say a rare white buffalo sacred to Native Americans has not been seen since its birth on June 4. SENT: 450 words, photos.

SAN-DIEGO-ZOO-PANDAS — Pair of giant pandas from China arrive safely at San Diego Zoo. SENT: 200 words, photos.

THEODORE-ROOSEVELT-STOLEN-WATCH — Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It’s finally back at his New York home. SENT: 930 words, photos.

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NATIONAL

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SOUTHWEST-EXTREME-HEAT — Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border as high temperatures soar well into the triple digits across parts of the Southwest. SENT: 420 words, photo.

UVALDE-SCHOOL SHOOTING-INDICTMENTS — The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was “hunting” victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb Elementary, according to an unsealed indictment. SENT: 770 words, photos.

ABORTION-IOWA — The Iowa Supreme Court said the state’s strict abortion law is legal, telling a lower court to dissolve a temporary block on the law and allowing Iowa to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they are pregnant. SENT: 990 words, photos, audio.

TRANSGENDER-CARE-TEXAS — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their children. SENT: 860 words, photo.

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INTERNATIONAL

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IRAN ELECTION — Iranians voted in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to boost his campaign. SENT: 1,050 words, photos. WITH: IRAN ELECTION-THE LATEST.

MONGOLIA-ELECTION — The ruling party has won Mongolia’s parliamentary election but by only a slim margin as the opposition made major gains, according to tallies by the party and news media based on near-complete results, SENT: 890 words, photos, video, audio.

ISLAMIC-STATE-CALIPHATE-ANNIVERSARY — The Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago. IS is now defeated but it still carries out deadly attacks around the world. The group that shocked the world with its brutality and once controlled parts of Iraq and Syria now relies mainly on sleeper cells. The loss of the last sliver of land they once controlled made them move to other parts of the world. They now operate mainly in Afghanistan and Africa. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassem Mroue. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

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SCI-BOEING-ASTRONAUT-LAUNCH — Two NASA astronauts will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing’s new space capsule that cropped up on the trip there.

SCI-ASTEROID-SIGHTING — An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. SENT: 310 words, photo.

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BUSINESS

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WARREN-BUFFETT’S-BENEVOLENCE — Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts, but in a major shift of his longtime giving plan he said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death and let his three children decide how to distribute the rest of his $128 billion fortune. SENT: 870 words, photos.

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ENTERTAINMENT

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FILM-BEST OF THE YEAR SO FAR — At the box office’s midway point, a lot of terrific movies have already come through — more, maybe, than you might realize. By Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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NHL DRAFT — The San Jose Sharks hold the first pick in the NHL draft, when they are widely expected to select Macklin Celebrini, the Boston University center and college hockey’s player of the year. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos. Draft begins at 7 p.m.

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A woman fills out her ballot during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become pervasive in the Islamic Republic after years of economic woes, mass protests and tensions in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. Voters in Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in their landlocked democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much larger authoritarian states. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A groundsman carries tennis balls at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, Friday, June 28, 2024. The Wimbledon Championships begin on July 1. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Fans of Uruguay arrive at the stadium before a Copa America Group C soccer match between Uruguay and Bolivia in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Local residents take cellphone photos of the the Turret of the Forbidden City during dusk, Friday, June 28, 2024, in Beijing, China, (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Logano stretched his fuel enough to hold off a group of pursuers at the finish line Sunday night and win the Ally 400 in a NASCAR Cup Series record fifth overtime.

Logano held off a charge by Tyler Reddick, then beat Zane Smith, Reddick, Ryan Preece and Chris Buescher to the line in a race that started nearly six hours earlier at Nashville Superspeedway and went 31 laps longer than the 300 that were scheduled.

“It's a much-needed win for sure,” a smiling and relieved Logano said of his first victory this year and 33rd of his career.

It looked like Denny Hamlin had chased down Ross Chastain for his fourth Cup win this year with seven laps left. Hamlin led 70 laps and Austin Cindric's crash set up the chaotic finish with Hamlin running out of gas and finishing 12th.

“It certainly stinks,” said Hamlin, who thought he was seconds from a victory.

A thunderstorm that forced NASCAR to halt the race for 1 hour, 21 minutes washed off the traction that had built up on the 1.33-mile concrete oval. As a result, several cars got loose and crashed into the wall or slid into the grass.

That helped set up a thrilling race after Christopher Bell won the first two stages before crashing.

Hamlin took the lead going high into Turn 1, and Chastain went to the apron trying to hold him off and wobbled. That was enough for Hamlin to pass Chastain’s Chevrolet in what turned out to be only the first late lead change of a race that seemed like it would never end with repeated crashes on restarts.

“I had a shot to win,” said Chastain, who led 45 laps while seeking his first win since the 2023 season finale at Phoenix.

Cindric set up the repeating overtimes when he made contact with Noah Gragson with two laps left. On the restart, points leader Kyle Larson caught the apron and slid with the right corner of his Chevrolet sending Chastain into the wall in Turn 1 for the 12th caution.

Larson then ran out of gas on another restart, causing Kyle Busch to crash into him. That forced Hamlin to go to the pits for more gas, scrambling the field for another try at a finish.

Bell, who won last week at New Hampshire, won the first two stages before hitting the wall on lap 228.

“Just put myself in a bad spot and lost my cool," Bell said. “Got back in traffic with all those yellow flags. Had a bad restart.”

Drivers tried to run as many laps as possible before an incoming thunderstorm on a steamy, humid Tennessee afternoon.

Lightning brought out the red flag stopping the race after 137 laps with clouds in Turn 4 so heavy that it looked like a funnel was trying to form before heavy rain. The storm moved through quickly and dryers hit the track about 25 minutes after racing stopped.

Barely a half-hour after the race stopped, a rainbow could be seen. NASCAR sent drivers back to their cars about 70 minutes after the red flag, and the stoppage lasted 81 minutes with 143 laps remaining.

As cars hit the track under yellow, NASCAR sent Cindric to the rear as a penalty for his crew having a fan on the pit wall pointed at his car during the red flag that was ruled as possibly cooling the vehicle for an extra edge.

John Hunter Nemechek won his second Xfinity Series race this year Saturday, then made his first Cup start at this track Sunday. The experience didn't carry over. Nemechek spun into the grass off Turn 4 of lap 117 to bring out the second caution of the race.

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Bubba Wallace (23) makes his way into Turn 3 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

A fan listens to a concert before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Fans listen to a concert before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Christopher Bell (20) pulls into the pits as inclement weather moves in during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Fans leave the pit area as inclement weather causes a delay during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Denny Hamlin (11) leads the field to start a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Christopher Bell (20) leads driver Ryan Preece (41) during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Joey Logano (22) leads Austin Dillon and Noah Gragson during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Joey Logano , top,celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Joey Logano, top, celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Gladeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)