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ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders' take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate that threatens to further muddy the party's urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump. By Steve Peoples, Alexandra Jaffe and Michelle L. Price. SENT: 1,130 words, photos, videos. With ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG ENDORSEMENTS — Bloomberg nabs three new congressional endorsements; ELECTION 2020-DEBATE TAKEAWAYS; ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-FACT CHECK.
ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-ANALYSIS — The latest debate in Las Vegas signals a sharp turn in the Democratic presidential primary, with civility giving way to a combustible conflict that laid bare both the ideological divisions roiling the party and the personal animosities that have simmered for months. By White House Correspondent Julie Pace. SENT: 900 words, photos, video.
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GERMANY-SHOOTING — A 43-year-old German man shoots and kills nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in attacks that appear to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials say. By David McHugh and Frank Jordans. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.
SKOREA-VIRUS-OUTBREAK — South Korea reports its first death from a new virus while the mayor of a southeastern city urges his 2.5 million people to refrain from going outside as viral infections, linked to a church congregation, spike. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 710 words, photos. With CHINA-OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE. Also see MORE ON CHINA-OUTBREAK below.
UNITED STATES-NUCLEAR WEAPONS — Defense Secretary Mark Esper uses his first-ever visit to a nuclear missile field in frigid North Dakota to tout the Trump administration's multibillion-dollar plan for a top-to-bottom modernization of the nuclear arsenal. The costly project is necessary, he says, to keep up with Russia and outpace China. By National Security Writer Robert Burns. SENT: 890 words, photo.
TRUMP-INTELLIGENCE — Trump announces that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch Trump ally in charge of the nation's 17 spy agencies, which the president has only tepidly embraced. SENT: 530 words, photo.
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CHINA-OUTBREAK — New virus cases in China again decline, up just 394, after authorities again change how they count new daily infections. SENT: 690 words, photos.
CHINA-OUTBREAK-ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE — Global health authorities are increasingly using artificial intelligence to track emerging epidemics, but it was human intelligence that warned the world about a viral outbreak in China in the final days of 2019. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
JAPAN-OUTBREAK-CRUISE SHIP — Two elderly passengers taken off the Diamond Princess cruise ship because they were infected with a new virus have died, Japan's Health Ministry says, becoming the first fatalities from the virus-stricken vessel. SENT: 800 words, photos. With CHINA-OUTBREAK-EUROPE — Two more Russians on cruise ship diagnosed with virus; AUSTRALIA-CORONAVIRUS — Australian evacuees from virus-hit ship begin second quarantine.
TOKYO-VIRUS-TEST-EVENTS — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japanese athletes is being revamped because of fear of the spreading virus from China. By Sports Writer Stephen Wade. SENT: 660 words, photos.
IRAN-CHINA-OUTBREAK — Iran says that three more people have been infected with the new coronavirus that originated in central China, following an announcement the day before that two people had died of the illness caused by the virus in the Iranian city of Qom. SENT: 560 words, photos.
THAILAND-ISRAEL-TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS — Thailand's government is scrambling to cope with new travel restrictions after Israel bans the citizens of Thailand and three other Asian countries and territories from entering over concerns about a new virus. SENT: 290 words, photo.
DENMARK-EARNS-MOLLER-MAERSK — The world's largest shipping company, Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk, says it expects the outbreak of the new coronavirus in China to hurt its 2020 earnings. SENT: 280 words, photo.
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BOLTON-VANDERBILT — Bolton: Testimony wouldn't have changed impeachment outcome. SENT: 520 words, photos.
SWEDEN-CLIMATE-THUNBERG — Climate activist's award money used to create foundation. SENT: 260 words, photos.
SAPPORO-SNOW-PHOTO-GALLERY — Olympic bidder Sapporo has erratic snowfall. SENT: 390 words, photos.
MARDI GRAS FLOAT-WOMAN KILLED — Woman struck and killed by Mardi Gras float during parade. SENT: 220 words, photos.
ETHIOPIA-LOOTED CROWN — Looted 18th century crown returned to Ethiopia after decades. SENT: 370 words, photos.
INDIA-BUS CRASH — Bus-truck collision on Indian highway kills at least 19. SENT: 190 words, photos.
COLUMBUS SHIPS-REPLICAS — Columbus ship replicas sail into Mississippi harbor. SENT: 200 words, photos.
MEDIA-THE-HILL-SOLOMON — The Hill criticizes, but does not recant, journalist’s articles. SENT: 500 words.
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TRUMP — Trump taunts his political rivals in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vie in neighboring Nevada to be the one to challenge him in the November election. SENT: 870 words, photos.
ELECTION-2020-MEDICARE-FOR-ALL-LABOR — Democratic presidential candidates' plans to provide “Medicare for All” are driving a wedge through the labor movement, pitting union against union and fracturing a powerful constituency as the primary barrels toward heavily organized states. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
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CLERGY-ABUSE-NEW-ORLEANS-SAINTS — The New Orleans Saints head to court in a bid to block the release of hundreds of confidential emails detailing the behind-the-scenes public relations work the team did for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese amid its sexual abuse crisis. SENT: 500 words, photo.
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN — Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial have been focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra’s allegation that the once-heralded Hollywood mogul raped her in the mid-1990s. SENT: 450 words, photos.
HOLLYWOOD THERAPIST KILLED — A Los Angeles man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend, a prominent family therapist and the former fiancee of comedian Drew Carey, is charged with her murder. SENT: 300 words.
MISSISSIPPI SHOOTINGS — Testimony from a Mississippi woman whose son and nephew were two of the eight victims killed in an early morning shooting in 2017 was so emotional that the man accused of killing them was in tears. SENT: 410 words, photos.
EXECUTION-TENNESSEE — A Tennessee inmate is scheduled to become the fifth to die in the state's electric chair in the past 16 months. SENT: 340 words, photo.
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SOUTH SUDAN-ALLEGED ABUSES — South Sudanese officials have diverted millions of dollars of state funds that are badly needed by civilians as the country staggers away from civil war, a U.N. commission says, and it accused rival fighters of deliberately starving people for strategic gain. SENT: 730 words, photos.
SYRIA — Turkey's foreign minister says that Turkey and Russia have inched closer toward each other's positions during talks in Moscow this week on restoring calm in northwestern Syria, but that their discussions have not produced the results yet that Ankara desires. SENT: 340 words, photos.
RUSSIA-PUTIN — President Vladimir Putin says the ouster of Russia's prime minister and a cabinet reshuffle that caught many in Russia off guard in January was not in fact unexpected, but he remains vague about the reasons for the move. SENT: 340 words, photo.
SAUDI ARABIA-US — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in a visit focused primarily on discussing shared security concerns about regional rival Iran. SENT: 470 words, photos.
EGYPT-STREET DOGS — Street dogs in Egypt are finding popular acceptance after centuries of social and religious stigma. SENT: 1,110 words, photos.
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GOOGLE-PLAIN-LANGUAGE — Google is attempting to make sure people know exactly what they're signing up for when they use its online services — though that will still mean reading a lengthy document. By Technology Writer Rachel Lerman. SENT: 360 words, photo.
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TV-BLACK IN SPACE — A new documentary looks at the final frontier of civil rights: getting black astronauts into space amid segregation, discrimination and the Cold War. SENT: 690 words, photos.
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