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YEMEN-HOUTHI-AID DEMAND — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have blocked half of the United Nations’ aid delivery programs in the war-torn country — a strong-arm tactic to force the agency to give them greater control over the massive humanitarian campaign, along with a cut of billions of dollars in foreign assistance, according to aid officials and internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. By Maggie Michael. SENT: 2,130 words, photos. With abridged.
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TRUMP-ATTORNEY GENERAL — Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official tells The Associated Press. By Michael Balsamo and Zeke Miller. SENT: 750 words, photo.
CHINA-OUTBREAK-JAPAN QUARANTINE — Hundreds of passengers begin leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus among passengers and crew. Results are still pending for some passengers who've been tested for the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people in China and more than 540 on the ship. By Mari Yamaguchi and Foster Klug. SENT: 890 words, photos. Also see MORE ON CHINA-OUTBREAK below.
ELECTION 2020-SANDERS – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to quiet electability concerns by pointing to his winning track record in the Democratic presidential primary. Many Democrats remain skeptical of his viability in a general election against President Donald Trump, but as Sanders does well in early states, he's winning converts. By Nicholas Riccardi. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. With ELECTION-2020-IOWA — Sanders campaign to request recount of Iowa caucuses.
ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-QUESTIONS — The ninth Democratic debate is being held in Las Vegas, four days before the state's caucuses. Here are five questions ahead of the faceoff, and the first with Michael Bloomberg. SENT: 790 words, photos. Also see ELECTION 2020-DEBATE below.
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YEMEN-DRONES — A small instrument within drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen's Houthi rebels match components recovered in downed Iranian drones in Afghanistan and Iraq, two reports say. By Jon Gambrell. SENT: 1,010 words, photos.
TRUMP-BLAGOJEVICH — Rod Blagojevich walks out of prison after Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption. The Republican president says the punishment imposed on the Chicago Democrat and one-time contestant on Trump's reality TV show "Celebrity Apprentice" was excessive. By Michael Tarm. SENT: 1,440 words, photos, videos. With TRUMP-CLEMENCY-MUNOZ — Woman who got pardon push from Kardashian West helps friend.
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CHINA-OUTBREAK — New virus cases in China continue to fall, with 1,749 more infections and 136 additional deaths as the top official in the outbreak's epicenter vows to find and isolate every infected patient in the city by day's end. SENT: 970 words, photos. With FINANCIAL-MARKETS —Asian shares mostly rise while virus fears continue; CHINA-OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE.
CHINA-OUTBREAK-DELIVERY-DRIVERS — Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s government told the public to stay home as part of the most sweeping anti-disease controls ever imposed. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
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ISRAEL-PEOPLE-PLACIDO DOMINGO — Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest. SENT: 340 words, photo.
AIR-CANADA-MISSING-WHEEL — Air Canada jet lands safely in Toronto after losing a wheel. SENT: 220 words.
POLICE DATE-ATTEMPTED ROBBERY — Fowl play: Man's chicken restaurant robbery in Kentucky foiled by police. SENT: 200 words.
BOEING-FUEL-TANK-DEBRIS — Boeing finds a new issue with Max, debris in fuel tanks. SENT: 350 words.
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ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of the party’s 2020 nomination fight. By National Political Writer Steve Peoples. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. With ELECTION-2020-THE-LATEST.
TRUMP — Trump veers into politics during a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, criticizing the city's political leadership for failing to curtail its homelessness epidemic. SENT: 930 words, photos.
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ROBERT-DURST-MURDER-TRIAL — New York real estate heir Robert Durst is going on trial for murder five years after his arrest in an old California killing. SENT: 630 words, photos.
MISSISSIPPI-SHOOTINGS — A witness testifies that a Mississippi man on trial in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people showed up at her house the night of the killings and that he was carrying two rifles and told her that he had killed a sheriff's deputy. SENT: 510 words, photos.
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VENEZUELA-RUSSIA-OIL SANCTIONS — The Trump administration wants to break up the blossoming alliance between Russia and Venezuela as part of its campaign to oust Hugo Chavez’s successor, Nicolás Maduro. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-MALAYSIAN PLANE — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims the “top levels” of the Malaysian government long suspected the vanishing of a plane almost six years ago was a mass murder-suicide by the pilot. SENT: 570 words.
ETHIOPIA-US-POMPEO — America's top diplomat asserts that South Africa's plan to permit expropriation of private property without compensation would be “disastrous” for the country's economy and its people. SENT: 380 words, photos.
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SKOREA-PARASITE-BONG — Oscar-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho says the film's "biggest pleasure and the most significant meaning” to him is that it succeeded even though the audiences might feel uncomfortable with his explicit description of bitter wealth disparity in modern society. SENT: 630 words, photos.
OBIT-JA'NET-DUBOIS — Ja’Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on “Good Times” and composed and sang the theme song for “The Jeffersons,” has died. SENT: 660 words, photos.
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