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| February 25, 2020 3:30 PM

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Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-IS THE WORLD READY?, OPIOID CRISIS-GENERIC DRUGMAKERS, TRUMP-ROGER STONE, CONGRESS-ABORTION, MISSISSIPPI SHOOTINGS, CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTER-PRISON, CAYUGA NATION-DEMOLITION, GERMANY-CARNIVAL CRASH, DISNEY-NEW CEO.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — Debate begins 8 p.m.

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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-PLACIDO DOMINGO — An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers finds more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by the superstar when he held senior management positions at the Washington National and Los Angeles operas. By Jocelyn Gecker. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Health officials in the U.S. warn that the fast-spreading coronavirus is certain to reach the country at some point, even as their counterparts in Europe and Asia scramble to contain new outbreaks of the illness. The call for Americans to be prepared adds new urgency to response efforts that, until this week, focused on a disease largely confined to China, where it apparently originated, and neighboring countries. By Adam Geller and Kim Tong-Hyung. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks plummet again on Wall Street, piling on losses a day after the market's biggest drop in two years. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-IS THE WORLD READY? — China's massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus. But with troubling outbreaks now emerging in Italy, South Korea and Iran, and U.S. health officials warning Tuesday it's inevitable it will spread more widely in America, the question is: Did the world use that time wisely and is it ready for a potential pandemic? By Medical Writer Carla Johnson. SENT: 1,300 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHITE HOUSE — Trump, US officials send mixed messages on virus risk here. SENT: 860 words, video, photos; VIRUS OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE (sent).

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE — Bernie Sanders' Democratic rivals prepare to unleash a new wave of attacks against the party's presidential front-runner in a high-stakes debate, perhaps their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the 2020 nomination fight. By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard and Bill Barrow. SENT: 910 words, photos, video. UPCOMING: Debate begins 8 p.m.; 1,100 words by 11 p.m. With ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-TAKEAWAYS — How the debate could affect Saturday’s vote. UPCOMING: 800 words by 11 p.m., photo; ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-FACT CHECK — What the candidates got wrong. UPCOMING: 400 words by 10 p.m., photos.

Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

INDIA-LOVING TRUMP — India, it seems, loves President Donald Trump, but it’s not so simple. His clamorous and carefully choreographed visit was also about Asian geopolitics, China’s growing power and a masterful Indian politician who gave his American visitor exactly what he wanted. By Tim Sullivan. SENT: 870 words, photos, video. With TRUMP — Trump refuses to speak out against a controversial new Indian citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests. SENT: 910 words, photos.

TRUMP-SUPREME COURT — A month before the Supreme Court takes up cases over his tax returns and financial records, President Trump makes the unusual suggestion that two liberal justices should not take part in those or any other cases involving him or his administration. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 670 words, photo.

OPIOID CRISIS-GENERIC DRUGMAKERS — Purdue Pharma has been the poster child for the nation’s opioid crisis mostly because of its aggressive marketing of Oxycontin, its signature prescription painkiller. Lesser known is the role of generic opioid manufacturers who produced the vast majority of painkillers as the nation’s overdose crisis exploded. Court records show that workers at one of them, United Kingdom-based Mallinckrodt, were focused more on sales bonuses than public safety. By Geoff Mulvihill. UPCOMING: 1,000 words by 8 p.m., photos.

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COLLEGE ADMISSIONS-BRIBERY — An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune is sentenced to five months in prison for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters' way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam. SENT: 450 words, photos.

CHILD ARRESTED-FLORIDA — A police officer's body camera shows a 6-year-old Florida girl crying and begging officers not to arrest her as one fastens zip ties around her wrists at a charter school. SENT: 400 words, photos.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-NYGARD — Federal authorities raided the Manhattan headquarters of the Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, a search that came amid claims he trafficked and sexually assaulted dozens of teenage girls and women. SENT: 350 words, photos.

PENTAGON ARREST — An Arkansas man is arrested on charges he tried to blow up a car at a Pentagon parking lot, federal officials say. SENT: 270 words.

VAPING INVESTIGATION — Investigators from 39 states will look into the marketing and sales of vaping products by Juul Labs. SENT: 520 words, photo.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY — The number of people in Italy infected with the new virus from China increased 45% in the last day and the number of deaths grew to 10, civil protection officials say. SENT: 1,060 words, photos With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-SPREAD — Five European nations report virus cases with Italy link. SENT: 650 words, photos; VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE-CONFUSION — No panic but European virus response can be a bit confusing. SENT: 910 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — The head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who had urged the public not to overreact about its spread tests positive for the illness himself. SENT: 1,200 words, photos. With IRAN-VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHRINES — Iranian clerics keep shrines open, even as virus spreads. SENT: 900 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-DONORS — Nervous Democratic donors who never thought Bernie Sanders had a chance of winning a 2020 primary are now mobilizing to stop the self-described democratic socialist. It might be too little, too late. SENT: 1,100 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-MASSACHUSETTS — Sanders will be invading Elizabeth Warren’s home turf Saturday. SENT: 530 words, photos; ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-RUSSIA — President Trump suggests Democrats tried to hurt Sanders’ chances by leaking information about Russian activities promoting his campaign. SENT: 630 words, photos.

TRUMP-ROGER STONE — A federal judge brings in nearly all members of the jury that convicted President Trump’s ally Roger Stone in order to answer questions about allegations of juror misconduct. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.

CONGRESS-ABORTION — Senate Democrats block a pair of Republican bills that would ban most late-term abortions and threaten prison for doctors who don't try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. SENT: 900 words, photos.

ATTORNEY GENERAL-SENATE — Attorney General William Barr meets with lawmakers to encourage them to extend expiring surveillance authorities. SENT: 980 words, photos. With FEDERAL PRISONS-DIRECTOR — Barr names a new director of the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons. SENT: 530 words, photo.

TRUMP-ENVIRONMENTAL ROLLBACKS — A Trump administration proposal to roll back environmental reviews for big projects draws heavy objections from African American and Latino communities. SENT: 840 words, photo.

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CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTER-PRISON — White supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row, alleging in letters to the AP that he’s been verbally harassed and abused. SENT: 530 words, photos.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-WEINSTEIN-LEGAL IMPACT — New York prosecutors hail Harvey Weinstein's conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system views a type of sexual assault case historically considered difficult to prove. SENT: 860 words, photos.

CAYUGA NATION-DEMOLITION — A leadership dispute within the Cayuga Indian Nation takes a stunning turn when nation leader Clint Halftown sends bulldozers to demolish a working daycare center, store, schoolhouse and other buildings controlled by tribe members who oppose his authority. SENT: 880 words.

MISSISSIPPI SHOOTINGS — A Mississippi jury convicts a man in the 2017 shooting deaths of eight people, including some of his own relatives and a deputy sheriff. SENT: 480 words, photos.

NTSB-TESLA — The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone while his vehicle was being controlled by a partly automated driving system. SENT: 470 words, photo.

MARDI GRAS — Revelers dressed in costumes and reaching for beads thrown from floats take to the streets as Carnival season reaches its peak. SENT: 660 words, photos.

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EGYPT-OBIT-MUBARAK — Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising has, dies at age 91. SENT: 1,350 words, photos.

GERMANY-CARNIVAL CRASH — A German man who drove his car into a crowd celebrating Carnival, injuring dozens of people including many children, is being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder, prosecutors say.

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AMAZON-GROCERY STORE — Amazon is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign the online retailing giant is serious about shaking up the $800 billion grocery industry. SENT: 500 words, photos.

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DISNEY-NEW CEO — Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company through successful purchases of Star Wars, Marvel and Fox's entertainment businesses and the launch of a Netflix challenger, is stepping down immediately, the company says in a surprise announcement. SENT: 570 words, photos.

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TOKYO-THE PROSPECTS — A senior member of the International Olympic Committee says that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone or move it. SENT: 840 words, photos.

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