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VIRUS OUTBREAK-FUNERAL HOMES — Funeral directors in New York City are taking unprecedented steps to address surging demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. One director let the AP into his funeral home, which is storing more than 30 bodies in its basement and extra chapel, using air conditioners for makeshift refrigeration. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 7 p.m.

AP POLL-VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMY — About half of all working Americans say they or a member of their household have lost some kind of income due to the coronavirus pandemic, with low-income Americans and those without college degrees especially likely to have lost a job. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By Joshua Boak and Emily Swanson. SENT: 830 words, photo, graphic. With AP POLL-VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMY-GLANCE (sent).

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOMES — Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus, but a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests that the measures including a ban on visits and daily health screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous enough. By Jim Mustian, Bernard Condon and Candice Choi. SENT: 1,360 words, photos, video.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, in the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. By Michael R. Sisak, Lori Hinnant and Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,510 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING, VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST (both sent)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP — The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many, if not all, Americans wear face coverings when leaving home, in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The recommendations are still being finalized, and would apply at least to those who live in areas hard-hit by community transmission of the virus. By Zeke Miller and Mike Stobbe. SENT: 890 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-IRS PAYMENTS — The federal government expects to begin making payments to millions of Americans under the new stimulus law in mid-April, but some people without direct deposit information may not get checks until mid-August or later. By Matthew Daly. SENT: 570 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK-TEMPORARY HOSPITALS — There is a coronavirus ward in tents in Central Park. A makeshift hospital has been set up in a Manhattan convention center. Over the next few weeks, spaces including pro tennis courts, college dorms and a cruise ship terminal are supposed to start housing patients as New York state races to roughly triple its hospital capacity. SENT: 980 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENTILATORS — The federal government is sitting on a stockpile of ventilators even as states are bidding against each other to obtain the desperately needed medical devices from private manufacturers. FEMA, the agency tasked with coordinating the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak, has nearly 10,000 ventilators sitting idle. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Robert Burns and Ben Fox. SENT: 1,200 words., photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECUADOR — Hospitals are turning away patients and bodies are being left on streets and in homes for days in Guayaquil, a normally bustling metropolis of 2.2 million that has become a hot spot in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. Ecuador was one of the first nations to identify a coronavirus case, and experts say it may offer a frightening glimpse of what awaits the rest of the region. By Christine Armario and Gonzalo Solano. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

Find more all-format coverage on the Virus Outbreak featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-FAUCI — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, says he feels safe despite reports he’s received online threats and has had uncomfortable personal encounters with admirers. SENT: 810 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NUCLEAR PLANTS — Regulators will allow workers at nuclear power plants to work longer hours as the industry copes with the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns among watchdog groups and plant neighbors that worker fatigue could raise the risks of radioactive accidents. By Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 760 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EXTREMISTS EXPLOITATION — The Islamic State group and al-Qaida are seeing the coronavirus pandemic as a chance to strike harder than ever. IS has urged followers to show no mercy and launch attacks amid the global upheaval. Meanwhile there are signs that the U.S., British and other militaries are pulling back because of the virus. That leaves an opening for attacks. One analyst says "that will be unbelievably bad.” Another analyst says the pandemic threatens the global solidarity that is key to fighting extremists in the Middle East and Africa. SENT: 880 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TENNESSEE DOUBLE STRIKE — When Jose Cojom's house collapsed around his family in a tornado that struck after midnight, he knew his life was going to get much harder. But that was just the beginning. A few weeks later, the restaurant where he cooks closed its doors because of the coronavirus. Now, living in a rental apartment, Cojom's family faces an uncertain future, unsure whether to rebuild or move on. SENT: 800 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SHUTDOWN-SNITCHING — Residents are snitching on businesses and neighbors as authorities worldwide work to enforce business shutdowns and stay-at-home orders meant to limit person-to-person contact amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 800 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — Health officials say some African countries will have more than 10,000 coronavirus cases by the end of April. One expert calls the virus an existential threat to Africa. SENT: 790 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CRUISE SHIPS — A cruise ship that has been floating at sea with coronavirus patients aboard for two weeks after being turned away from South American ports was finally allowed to dock in Florida. SENT: 870 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-YOUTH VIDEO-JOURNALS — Take out your phone. Point the video camera at yourself. And tell us: What is it like to be a young person in your corner of the world, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis? “We’re missing out on a lot of things,” says Angel Gona, 18. Her university shuttered, she is staying with her mother in a one-room “zozo” hut in a low-income township south of Johannesburg, South Africa. SENT: 700 words, photo, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE FAMILY — Infectious disease experts say that while the coronavirus spreads fast in cities, rural communities are also vulnerable because of strong family ties. One South Dakota family saw that happen firsthand. SENT: 580 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-STIMULUS-SQUEEZED OUT — As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, critics have growing concerns that some mom-and-pop shops might get squeezed out. SENT: 930 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-VENTILATOR REPAIRS — Joe Tavi is an engineer who makes fuel cells for a living. Now he’s learned how to repair ventilators, the medical devices desperately needed to help people with severe cases of coronavirus breathe. His work has led a company that knew nothing about ventilators to fix 350 of them, with hundreds more on the way. SENT: 590 words, photos.

AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at the ripple-like effects of COVID-19, what we’ve lost since the outbreak began and how we chronicle a changing world in real-time. Listen to the podcast after 3 p.m. at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-DICAPRIO — Leonardo DiCaprio, others, launch $12M coronavirus relief food fund. SENT: 340 words, photo.

COLD KITTEN SAVED — A kitten stuck on a roof in the cold has been saved by firefighters in Georgia. SENT: 120 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-FRANCE BOLERO — Even with its members scattered far and wide by the coronavirus, an orchestra in France manages to make sweet music in lockdown. SENT: 590 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FAUCI-BOBBLEHEAD — The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his own bobblehead. SENT: 270 words.

RABBI RELEASED — A former rabbi who secretly videotaped nude women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington has been released early from prison amid the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 200 words.

NISSAN AIR BAG RECALL — Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. SENT: 220 words, photo.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — There’s fresh economic data that details a record avalanche of unemployment claims. But it’s offering no signs of easing the rift between Democrats and Republicans over the need for new legislation financing infrastructure and other job-creation programs to help the economy and battle the coronavirus. By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor. SENT: 940 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER — The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is fired by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people. By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns. SENT: 210 words, photo. UPCOMING: 600 words by 7 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-BIDEN — Joe Biden says he wants to speak with Donald Trump so the president can “learn some lessons” from the Obama administration on how to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 290 words, photo.

ELECTION 2020-CONVENTIONS — The Democratic National Committee is delaying its presidential nominating convention until the week of Aug. 17 after prospective nominee Joe Biden said he didn’t think it would be possible to hold a normal convention in mid-July because of the coronavirus pandemic. By Bill Barrow. SENT: 930 words, photos.

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CHICAGO-POLICE-SUPERINTENDENT — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has named former Dallas police Chief David Brown to head the police force in the nation’s third largest city, touting his humility and calling him “a leader who commands respect.” SENT: 620 words, photo.

OBIT-KEVIN DUFFY — Kevin Duffy, a longtime judge who presided over three major New York terrorism trials in the 1990s, has died of the coronavirus. SENT: 470 words.

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PAKISTAN-DANIEL PEARL — A Pakistani court has overturned the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Instead, the court found Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and sentenced him to seven years in prison. SENT: 710 words, photos.

OBIT-GOMEZ NIETO — Rafael Gomez Nieto, the last surviving member of a company of Spanish soldiers that fought with French forces in liberating Paris from Nazi occupation in 1944, has died of the new coronavirus, the French presidency said. He was 99. SENT: 410 words.

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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Wall Street rallied for its first gain in three days after a sudden surge in oil prices revived beaten-down energy stocks. But, as has so often been the case in this year’s volatile market, it took a few U-turns to get there. SENT: 840 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS-Q&A — Nearly 10 million Americans have lost their jobs and applied for unemployment benefits in the past two weeks — a stunning record high that reflects the near-complete shutdown of the U.S. economy. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS FALLOUT — There may be no company that people will associate with more when they look back at this time than Zoom. The video-conferencing company went from 10 million daily users at the end of last year, to 200 million in March. SENT: 850 words, photos, video, audio.

TRUMP-OIL MARKETS — President Trump said he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia will dramatically cut production and end an oil war that sent energy prices to record lows. But the Kremlin disputed part of his tweet, leading to skepticism that a deal was imminent. SENT: 730 words, photos.

JUUL-ALTRIA COMPETITION — The Federal Trade Commission has sued to break up the multibillion-dollar partnership between tobacco giant Altria and e-cigarette startup Juul Labs. SENT: 340 words, photo.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CUOMOS: The two Cuomo brothers — Andrew during the daytime and Chris at night — have become key figures for Americans following the coronavirus epidemic on television. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 830 words, photos.

MUSIC-Q&A-SAM HUNT: Sam Hunt’s sophomore album opens and closes with two of the most personal songs he’s ever written, drawing from his own personal life to paint candid pictures for listeners. But the country star admits he wavers when it comes to spilling his own tea in song form. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 870 words, photos.

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FBC--VIRUS OUTBREAK-NCAA FINANCIAL CRISIS — Athletic directors nationwide are bracing for a big financial hit. A survey of 130 major college football schools finds nearly two-thirds of ADs say department revenue could fall by at least 20% during the next school year. By College Sports Writer Ralph D. Russo. SENT: 750 words, photos.

HKO—MINOR LEAGUERS' PLIGHT — Minor league hockey players are struggling, with their season canceled because of the coronavirus. Players in the ECHL earn about $700 a week and aren't sure how they'll get through the summer. Some are thinking of leaving hockey. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. SENT: 800 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIARY-MISSING BASEBALL — Baseball fans are trying in various ways to get their fixes while the “national pastime” is on hold because of the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 680 words, photo.

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