AP News Digest 350 am

Here are the APâ€™s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on APâ€™s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

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TOP STORIES

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK â€" The U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in yet another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread through the country. The U.S. was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now the number is 107,143. By Jeff Amy. SENT: 420 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SURVIVORS â€" COVID survivors and other victims of the disease are speaking out about the need for vaccination and masks. Organizers have planned rallies around the country to raise awareness about the devastating impacts of the coronavirus on individuals and families. By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe. SENT: 860 words, photos.

CONGRESS-INFRASTRUCTURE â€" Senators are convening for a rare weekend session on the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which could wrap up swiftly with passage of the $1 trillion package or be dragged out for days by opponents trying to stop President Joe Bidenâ€™s big priority. By Lisa Mascaro. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. UPCOMING: 1,100 words after Senate returns at noon. With CONGRESS-BUDGET-DEMOCRATS â€" Senate Democrats seem near the unanimity theyâ€™ll need for the crucial first step toward their $3.5 trillion infrastructure vision. SENT: 860 words, photos, video.

WESTERN WILDFIRES â€" People living in the scenic forestlands of Northern California found themselves facing a weekend of fear as wildfires threatened to reduce thousands of homes to ashes. By Daisy Nguyen and Noah Berger. SENT: 800 words, photos, videos.

FRANCE-POLICE-DOMESTIC-ABUSE â€" The death of a 31-year-old woman who was shot and burned alive by her former husband has focused attention on the long-taboo subject of domestic violence among French police officers. The woman, Chahinez Daoud, had filed an abuse complaint two months before she died in May and it never got properly forwarded to court authorities. By Arno Pedram. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

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TOKYO OLYMPICS

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OLY-BKO-MEN'S-FINAL â€" Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. menâ€™s basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game. The Americans expected nothing less. And in the end, their Olympic reign lives on. Kevin Durant scored 29 points and joined Carmelo Anthony as the only three-time menâ€™s gold medalists in Olympic history and the U.S. held off France 87-82 on Saturday to win the title at the Tokyo Games â€" ending a summer that started with sputters but closed with celebration. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.

OLY-TOKYO-GAMES-THE-PRICE-TAG â€" Olympic Games are expensive. The price tag for the Tokyo Olympics is $15.4 billion. That would pay for the construction of hundreds of hospitals in Japan or more than 1,000 schools. Olympics are costly and may bump aside other priorities. In fact, several Japanese government audits say the real outlay for the Tokyo Games is even more than the official figure, perhaps approaching twice as much. By Sports Writer Stephen Wade. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.

OLY-JAPAN-WHAT-DID-THEY-MEAN? â€" Was it the strangest Olympics ever, staged during a deadly global pandemic, with no fans? How about the angriest, awash in protests and fierce opposition from large swaths of the host nation? The scariest, with fears of new coronavirus variants and surging cases in Japan throughout the Games? Or maybe, as athletes banded together under moments of intense stress, the kindest? As the tens of thousands of athletes, journalists and officials get ready to pack up and leave, Japan will be left picking over the answers to these questions, maybe for years. By Foster Klug. SENT: 1,360 words, photos.

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