Clear a story through the newsroom verification desk

Reinforce the verification order from newsroom / AP-style training. The story is not published before the second source, legal hold, and editor sign-off.

1. Confirm every material fact against a primary document or on-the-record source.
2. Obtain a second independent source for contested claims.
3. Run names, titles, and numbers through the desk stylebook.
4. Flag legal, embargo, and anonymity issues before the slot.
5. Receive the assigning editor’s publish approval.
6. Publish only after the embargo time, if one exists.