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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 worldwide race to protect people against unwitting coronavirus carriers intensifies, pitting governments against each other as they buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside. By Lori Hinnant and Robert Bumsted. SENT: 1,130 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-CHINA-BLAME GAME — President Donald Trump's diverging viewpoints on the coronavirus and China have generated finger-pointing by both Beijing and Washington, further destabilizing a critical relationship between countries with the world's two largest economies and militaries. By Deb Riechmann. SENT: 1,030 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WUHAN-GREEN PASS — Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen. Green is the "health code" that says a user is symptom-free and it’s required to board a subway, check into a hotel or just enter Wuhan, the central city of 11 million people where the pandemic began in December. SENT: 840 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that seems about right. But when it comes to trying to upgrade the country's road, rail, water and broadband systems, Washington frequently veers off the tracks. By Alan Fram and Kevin Freking. SENT: 980 words, photo.

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. By Tammy Webber. SENT: 800 words, photos. Also see MORE ON VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

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AMERICAN HOSTAGES — Relatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report that the U.S. government still must do better in communicating with them, though improvements have been made over the last five years. By Eric Tucker. SENT: 820 words, photo.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-EXTREMISTS' EXPLOITATION — Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NATIONAL SHUTDOWN — Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. SENT: 1,140 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHUTDOWNS-Q&A — A look at state and federal government powers in emergencies.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOW TO SPEND $2 TRILLION — Trump hopes to shovel $2.2 trillion into the U.S. economy over the next few weeks — which means putting his political fate in the hands of banks, profit-minded businesses and the government bureaucrats he has frequently derided. SENT: 1,280 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TENNESSEE DOUBLE STRIKE — Thousands of people in Middle Tennessee have been hit with a double strike of adversity — a series of twisters that tore through the region in early March and now the new coronavirus. SENT: 860 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ONE-GOOD-THING-VENTILATOR-REPAIRS — A hydrogen fuel cell company in California has been refurbishing old ventilators so hospitals can use them to keep coronavirus patients alive. SENT: 590 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — The mayor of Los Angeles urges 4 million residents to wear masks to combat the coronavirus when they walk out in public, even as state health officials shied away from requiring a coverup. SENT: 700 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK--POLIO VACCINATION SUSPENDED — Health officials attempting to eradicate polio say they are being forced to suspend their mass immunization efforts amid the surging coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 290 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NETHERLANDS — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte proposes a multibillion-dollar European Union fund to help countries in the 27-nation bloc whose health care systems have been hardest-hit by the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 330 words.

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-MIDEAST — The new coronavirus is forcing more top Israeli officials into isolation after the country's health minister, who has had frequent contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tested positive, the Health Ministry says. SENT: 460 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRCRAFT CARRIER — U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak. SENT: 930 words, photos, video.

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CONTAMINATED-DRUGS-HEARTBURN — FDA wants heartburn medications off the market due to contamination. SENT: 320 words, photo.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PERU-SUMMER-PHOTO GALLERY — Once-packed Peru beach emptied by virus outbreak. SENT: 220 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW ZEALAND BEARS — New Zealand embraces teddies to help make lockdown bear-able. SENT: 440 words, photos.

HOSPITAL-SHIP-TRAIN-ATTACK — Feds: Man intentionally derailed L.A. train near hospital ship. SENT: 550 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-GRAND-CANYON — Grand Canyon National Park closes to visitors amid pandemic. SENT: 430 words, photos.

BEIJING 2022 — Beijing 2022 planners assessing impact of postponing Tokyo. SENT: 230 words, photo.

OBIT-GOMEZ NIETO — Spanish World War II liberator of Paris dies of the coronavirus at 99. SENT: 410 words.

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PAKISTAN-DANIEL-PEARL — A Pakistani court overturns the murder conviction of a British Pakistani man found guilty of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. SENT: 630 words, photos.

AUSTRALIA-CARDINAL CHARGED — Australia's highest court will deliver its ruling next week on whether to overturn the convictions of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse. SENT: 340 words, photo.

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Major global stock markets and U.S. futures rose following a rocky start to the day after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 700 words, photos.

SMALLBIZ-VIRUS OUTBREAK-SMALL BUSINESS HELP-Q&A — Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for an individual and nationwide cataclysm, the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. By Business Writer Joyce M. Rosenberg. SENT: 1,230 words, photos.

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TIM DAHLBERG—SPORTS HOLDOUTS — Dana White and Roger Goodell both seem to think they’re smarter than anyone else when it comes to navigating the UFC and NFL through the coronavirus crisis. By Sports Columnist Tim Dahlberg. SENT: 820 words, photos.

HOOPS DREAM — Chris Sutherland took an improbable path to big-time college basketball when he suited up for Florida for two games that were five years in the making. By Sports Writer Mark Long. SENT: 1,400 words, photos.

MINOR LEAGUERS' PLIGHT — Minor league hockey players in the ECHL are struggling after the rest of the season was canceled because of the coronavirus epidemic. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. SENT: 800 words, photos.

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OBIT-ELLIS MARSALIS — Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, one of his sons says. He was 85. By Janet McConnaughey and Rebecca Santana. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.

OBIT-ADAM SCHLESINGER — Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 52. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 730 words, photos.

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