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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-LIFESAVERS-PHOTO GALLERY — One nurse in the Italian city of Milan has isolated herself from her family while she treats COVID-19 patients. She has sent her daughter to live elsewhere for fear of infecting her and now only has her little dog for company. But she says she has found a new family, among the staff and patients at the hospital where she works. She says the patients “enter into your soul.” By Luca Bruno and Frances D’Emilio. SENT: 420 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — As unemployment rises and many around the world face the first rent payments after losing their jobs, governments are wrestling with when and how to ease restrictions designed to control the coronavirus pandemic. Mandatory lockdowns to stop the spread of the new virus, which has so far infected more than 2.2 million people and for which there is no vaccine, have brought widespread hardship. By Frank Jordans and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE — As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say have made many African Americans far more vulnerable to the virus, including inequity in access to health care and economic opportunity. By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer and Aaron Morrison. SENT: 1,230 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BLACK MEN — Senators urge anti-bias police training over mask fears (sent).
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP CREDIBILITY — Public health experts are becoming concerned that people will use their partisan political identification to decide which officials to believe whenever parts of the country start edging back to a new normal. Polls show that people trust President Donald Trump to handle the coronavirus pandemic less than they trust federal public health officials or their own governors. By Alan Fram and John Flesher. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NAVY — The Navy’s top admiral will soon decide the fate of the ship captain who was fired after pleading for his superiors to move faster to safeguard his coronavirus-infected crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns. SENT: 980 words, photos.
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FAMILY SLAIN-TEXAS — 4 Texas family members killed, suspect jailed without bond. SENT: 140 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-JUVENILE DETENTION — Virginia juvenile detention center new coronavirus hotspot. SENT: 330 words.
CHICAGO-TRAIN STATION ATTACK — 2nd teen charged in death of man pushed into Chicago train. SENT: 270 words.
TV-JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP — Minnesota sophomore wins “Jeopardy!” College Championship
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-TESTING TROUBLES — The United States is struggling to test enough people for the novel coronavirus so officials can track and control the spread of the disease. That’s a crucial first step to reopening parts of the economy, as President Trump is pushing to do by May 1. By Matthew Perrone and Michelle R. Smith. SENT: 1,400 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-ANALYSIS — President Trump came down firmly on the side of those pushing him to quickly reopen the coronavirus-battered economy with his new guidelines on how states can ease up on social distancing. In the process, he also created a structure that pushes responsibility to the states, giving him a way to shift the blame if things go badly. An AP News Analysis by Aamer Madhani. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Frustration boiled over into anger as senators pressed Vice President Mike Pence on coronavirus testing during a private conference call Friday. Maine Sen. Angus King told Pence the administration’s failure to develop an adequate national testing regime is a “dereliction of duty.” By Lisa Mascaro and Andrew Taylor. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DEPORTEES — The Trump administration’s failure to test all but a small percentage of detained immigrants for the novel coronavirus may be helping it spread through the United States’ sprawling system of detention centers and then to Central America and elsewhere aboard regular deportation flights, migrants’ advocates say. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDICAL DIASPORAS — Diaspora medical groups around the world are scrambling for ways to help combat the coronavirus back home, where they might be more needed than ever before. A global “brain drain” of medical professionals to richer countries has left developing nations in Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America and elsewhere without tens of thousands of highly skilled workers. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA —Singapore reports 942 new coronavirus cases, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infections to 5,992, including 11 deaths. The number of cases in Singapore has more than doubled over the past week amid an explosion of infections among foreign workers staying in crowded dormitories. This group now makes up around 60% of Singapore’s cases. SENT: 960 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-JAPAN-HOSPITALS — Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people as the country struggles with surging coronavirus infections and its emergency medical system collapses. SENT: 860 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PORK PLANTS — More than a dozen Iowa elected officials implored Tyson Fresh Meats to close their Waterloo pork processing plant, saying the coronavirus is spreading among workers and is endangering both employees and the surrounding community. SENT: 640 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-FINAL FAREWELL — An Israeli hospital is offering the families of coronavirus patients the rare opportunity to say goodbye to their dying loved ones in person. That’s in contrast to many hospitals around the world that are preventing final family visits as a precaution against the spread of the highly contagious virus. SENT: 620 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ABORTION — A federal judge rules that Tennessee has to continue allowing abortions amid a temporary ban on nonessential medical procedures that’s aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. SENT: 600 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — Iran allowed some businesses in the capital and nearby towns to re-open after weeks of lockdown aimed at containing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East. Iran was slow to respond to the pandemic and held off on imposing widespread restrictions even after other countries in the region with far fewer cases forced most businesses to close. Iran has reported more than 80,000 confirmed cases and over 5,000 deaths. SENT: 560 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-RUSSIA-UN-RESOLUTION — Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end unilateral sanctions without U.N. Security Council approval but still calling for an end to protectionist practices. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, while Nigeria says the president’s chief of staff had died. SENT: 250 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-REOPENING WORSHIP — President Donald Trump holds a call with faith leaders that included discussion about a phased-in return to broader in-person worship after weeks of religious services largely shifting online in response to the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 490 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, while Nigeria says the president’s chief of staff had died. SENT: 250 words, photos.
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TRUMP-TOXIC COMPOUNDS — The White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration. Documents released Friday show the White House stepped in to limit the scope of a pending rule that would target imports of products tainted with a toxic industrial compound. By Ellen Knickmeyer. SENT: 910 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020 SANDERS-DELEGATES — Seeking to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the 2016 Democratic convention, Joe Biden’s campaign is angling to allow Bernie Sanders to keep some of the delegates he would otherwise forfeit by dropping out of the presidential race. SENT: 810 words, photos.
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GERMANY-MIGRANTS — A group of 47 unaccompanied children evacuated from refugee camps in Greece landed in Germany on Saturday, German officials say. The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens. They were all tested for the coronavirus before departure and will remain in two-week quarantine before moving on to other German states. SENT: 350 words, photos.
MALAYSIA-ROHINGYA — Human Rights Watch says the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t justify Malaysia’s turning away of overloaded boats carrying Muslim Rohingya and risking the refugees’ lives. SENT: 410 words, photos.
HONG KONG-PROTESTS — Hong Kong police arrest at least 14 veteran pro-democracy lawmakers, activists and a media tycoon on charges of joining unlawful protests last year calling for reforms. Among those arrested were 81-year-old activist and former lawmaker Martin Lee and democracy advocates Albert Ho, Lee Cheuk-yan and Au Nok-hin. SENT: 240 words, photos.
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OLY-TOKYO-ATHLETES-VILLAGE-HOMELESS — A group representing the homeless is asking to use the Athletes Village for next year’s Tokyo Olympics as a shelter during the coronavirus pandemic. An online petition addressed to Tokyo Olympic organizers and the city government has drawn tens of thousands of signatures for permission to occupy the massive housing complex going up alongside Tokyo Bay. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 660 words, photos
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDIA — After John King described a video played at President Trump’s coronavirus briefing as propaganda, some asked: so why is CNN airing it? The debate over whether to air the briefings unfiltered is intensifying. By AP Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 970 words, photo.
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BKL--WNBA DRAFT — Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, as expected. When she’ll play for the New York Liberty is unclear. With sports on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was a draft like no other with players in their own homes instead of a central location, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced selections from her home in New Jersey, holding up the jersey of the player being chosen. By Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg. SENT: 900 words, photos. With sidebar BKL--WNBA Draft-Wings (sent).
FBN—DRAFT-TV — Televising the NFL draft is a greater challenge this year because it will be broadcast from remote locations. Restrictions might force ESPN and the NFL Network to pool resources over the three days of coverage. By Joe Reedy. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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