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VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST — President Trump says he is halting U.S. payments to the World Health Organization while the government reviews the group's handling of the pandemic. UPCOMING: Developing.
NORTHERN BORDER-ILLEGAL CROSSING, listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE-UPDATE, VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOSPITAL SHIP, VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDICAL WORKERS, VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE-LEGISLATION, VIRUS OUTBREAK-DRIVE-IN CHURCH, ELECTION 2020-SANDERS, VIVRUS OUTBREAK-ABORTION, VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRLINES.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-FAUCI — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, says in an interview with The Associated Press that the U.S. does not yet have the critical testing and tracing procedures needed to begin reopening the nation’s economy, adding a dose of caution to increasingly optimistic projections from the White House. By Lauran Neergaard and Julie Pace. SENT: 750 words, photos, video.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK — Setting the stage for a possible power struggle with President Donald Trump, governors around the U.S. begin collaborating on plans to reopen their economies in what is likely to a be a drawn-out, step-by-step process to prevent the coronavirus from rebounding with disastrous results. In Italy, Spain and other places around Europe where infections and deaths have begun stabilizing, the process is already underway. By Eric Tucker, Lori Hinnant and Frank Jordans. SENT: 1,160 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMIC COUNCIL — New Trump panel to explore path to reopening US economy. SENT: 660 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from White House briefing now underway, 880 words by 9 p.m.; VIRUS OUTBREAK-10th AMENDMENT-TRUMP — Trump’s “I alone can fix it" view and state powers collide. SENT: 960 words, photos; VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — California governor gives outline for lifting virus closures. SENT: 430 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — Invoking the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty,” President Trump suggests that governors’ objections to his claim of absolute authority over when to lift guidelines aimed at fighting the coronavirus are tantamount to insurrection. By Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller. SENT: 680 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Developing from White House briefing now underway, 910 words by 9 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-OBAMA — Former President Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden, saying the former vice president has “all the qualities we need in a president right now.” That gives Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. By Alexandra Jaffe, Julie Pace and Bill Barrow. SENT: 940 words, photos, video.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page on APNewsroom.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOME HOTSPOT — Soon after the first coronavirus case hit the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, many of the staffers quit and a doctor just stopped making his rounds. Now that deaths have risen to 42, the lone doctor left to help dozens more infected patients calls the Virginia facility a “virus’s dream” — poor, chronically understaffed, with most of its residents on Medicaid funding to care for ailments from a lifetime of poverty. By Sarah Rankin. SENT: 900 words, photos.
SEVERE WEATHER — The coronavirus pandemic is complicating relief work after storms killed more than 30 people across the South. Baptist volunteers aren’t holding the hands of people whose homes were wrecked by dozens of tornadoes. And the American Red Cross is lining up hotel rooms rather than mass shelters for homeless families to guard against spreading the virus. By Jay Reeves. SENT: 650 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-IMF’S-GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK — Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. By Paul Wiseman and Martin Crutsinger. SENT: 1,040 words. With FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks end day with solid gains on Wall Street. SENT: 820 words, photos.
Find more all-format coverage on the Virus Outbreak featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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NASCAR LARSON FIRED — Kyle Larson is fired by Chip Ganassi Racing, completing a stunning downfall for the budding NASCAR star who uttered a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race. SENT: 720 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RELIEF CHECKS-MISINFORMATION — Contrary to videos and online reports, coronavirus relief checks won’t have to be repaid, feds say. SENT: 380 words.
LAST SLAVE SHIP —The last slave ship known to have landed in the United States more than 150 years ago has a new owner: The state of Alabama. SENT: 250 words, photo.
PRO SPORTS-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES — With Florida under a coronavirus-induced lockdown, there’s one business deemed essential by the governor that is raising eyebrows: pro wrestling. SENT: 720 words, photos.
BOOKS-ALEX TREBEK — Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek has a memoir coming out July 21, the day before his 80th birthday. SENT: 100 words, photos.
MLS-SEASON DELAYED — MLS says goal of playing full season increasingly difficult. SENT: 500 words.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE-UPDATE — Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S. By Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard. SENT: 470 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HOSPITAL SHIP — The Navy removes more than 100 medical staff from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them test positive for COVID-19. SENT: 600 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDICAL WORKERS — Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers. By Medical Writer Mike Stobbe. SENT: 400 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE-LEGISLATION — Democratic lawmakers introduce legislation to compel federal health officials to post data daily that breaks down COVID-19 cases and deaths by race and ethnicity. SENT: 570 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-SMALL GESTURES — In a time of anxiety and isolation, simple acts of kindness from hospital workers are giving comfort to patients and their families. SENT: 600 words, photos.
GROUND GAME — AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today is about an unusual assignment: Photographing a ghostly virus-era New York from the back of a motorbike. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.
A separate wire advisory has been sent outlining the AP's complete coronavirus coverage.
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ELECTION 2020-SANDERS — Progressive icon Bernie Sanders tells the AP it would be “irresponsible” for his loyalists not to support presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. SENT: 680 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DRIVE-IN CHURCH — The Justice Department weighs in on the side of a Mississippi church where local officials had tried to stop Holy Week services broadcast to congregants sitting in their cars in the parking lot. SENT: 930 words, photo.
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PERSIAN GULF TENSIONS — Armed men board a Hong Kong-flagged tanker ship off the coast of Iran near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, holding the ship for a short time before releasing it. SENT: 600 words, photo.
ISRAEL-POLITICS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival meet in an effort to finalize an agreement on an emergency government. SENT: 650 words, photos.
UKRAINE-CHERNOBYL FIRE — Ukrainian emergency officials say they have put out forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chernobyl nuclear plant. SENT: 360 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ABORTION — A federal appeals court panel rules that medication abortions can be provided in Texas during the pandemic. SENT: 500 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIBERTY UNIVERSITY — A federal lawsuit accuses Liberty University of profiting from the pandemic by refusing to refund room and board and other fees owed to students after the school moved classes online. SENT: 640 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRLINES — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the nation’s major airlines have tentatively agreed to terms for $25 billion in federal aid to pay workers and keep them employed through September. SENT: 350 words.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-INSULIN DEALS — Diabetes patients struggling to afford pricey insulin, especially those losing health insurance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, can get the life-saving medicine at sharply reduced prices — even for free. By Medical Writer Linda Johnson. SENT: 310 words, photo.
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TV-CHRIS CUOMO-CNN — CNN anchor Chris Cuomo reaffirms his commitment to CNN and his gratitude for his primetime perch, a day after expressing frustration with elements of his job. SENT: 270 words, photo.
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OBIT-HANK STEINBRENNER — Hank Steinbrenner, the oldest son of George Steinbrenner and one of the four siblings who own the controlling shares of the New York Yankees, has died at age 63. TSENT: 560 words, photos.
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