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TRUMP-VIRUS OUTBREAK — News conference scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

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MILWAUKEE SHOOTING — A shooter opens fire on employees at the sprawling Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus in Milwaukee, killing multiple people, the city's mayor says. The dead include the attacker. Authorities do not immediately release details about the shooter or how the violence unfolded. By Carrie Antlfinger and Gretchen Ehlke. SENT: 350 words, video, photos, graphic. UPCOMING: Developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-TRUST — President Donald Trump faces a critical challenge as he tries to grapple with the new coronavirus outbreak: He must ask Americans to believe him even as he and top advisers have contradicted government scientists in playing down the threat. By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller and Aamer Madhani. SENT: 1,120 words, photos. With TRUMP-VIRUS OUTBREAK — Trump plans to talk about what the U.S. is doing to prepare, while lawmakers call for much more money than the $2.5 billion the White House requested. SENT: 860 words, photos. UPCOMING: 990 words after Trump news conference scheduled for 6:30 p.m.; VIRUS OUTBREAK-FACT CHECK — Democratic presidential contenders say the U.S. is ill-prepared, but that's a distorted picture. SENT: 660 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK — Crews scrub everything from money to buses, military bases are on high alert and quarantines are enforced from a beachfront resort in the Atlantic to a remote island in the Pacific, as the world works to halt the fast-spreading virus that for the first time counts more new cases outside China than inside the country where the epidemic originated. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Matt Sedensky. SENT: 1,180 words, photos. With VATICAN-ASH WEDNESDAY — Pope observes usual Ash Wednesday customs in time of virus. SENT: 540 words, photos; VIRUS OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE (sent).

ELECTION 2020 — Eyeing a South Carolina victory to rescue his presidential ambitions, Joe Biden claims one of the state's most coveted endorsements as Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders marches past the blistering assault from his rivals on the debate stage the night before. By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard and Bill Barrow. SENT: 1,210 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS-UNITY — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges fellow Democrats to stay united amid Sanders' surge. SENT: 1,010 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG-ONLINE STRATEGY — Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign is pouring money into an unconventional online effort that is testing social media policies and blurring the lines between satire and misinformation. Bloomberg has paid social media influencers, posted a video edited to make fun of his opponents and skirted the line on some platform policies. By David Klepper and Amanda Seitz. SENT: 890 words, photos.

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CONGRESS-LYNCHING — Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House approves legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced by Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush and named after Till, comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation. By Matthew Daly. SENT: 800 words, photos. With BLACK POWER AT OLE MISS — Ole Miss apologizes to black protesters arrested in 1970. SENT: 550 words, photos.

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MEDIA-ABC-REPORTER SUSPENDED — ABC News suspends political reporter David Wright after he was recorded in a barroom conversation calling President Trump a “nightmare spouse that you can't win an argument with.” SENT: 270 words.

HONG KONG-ECONOMY — Hong Kong's government proposes a nearly $1,300 cash handout for each resident over age 18 to help alleviate hardships from the viral outbreak and prolonged political protests. SENT: 440 words.

BRITAIN-JOHNNY DEPP — A lawyer for Johnny Depp tells a British judge that the star's ex-wife Amber Heard lied when she accused him of domestic abuse. SENT: 190 words, photos.

OBIT-CLIVE CUSSLER — Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill seeker, dies at 88. SENT: 900 words, photo.

MUSIC-SOUNDTRACK CITY — Nashville is earning a new reputation as Soundtrack City. Nashville’s studio musicians are behind some of the biggest video game franchises including “Madden,” “FIFA” and “Star Wars.” SENT: 760 words, photos.

BECKHAM-MIAMI LAUNCH — David Beckham says the challenges in launching Miami’s Major League Soccer team were bigger than he imagined. UPCOMING: 750 words 6:30 p.m., photos.

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TOKYO-VIRUS-OUTBREAK — Tokyo Olympic organizers and the Japanese government go on the offensive after a senior IOC member said the 2020 Games were being threatened by the spread of a viral outbreak. SENT: 880 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — Iran girds for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country and the wider Middle East. SENT: 930 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020-BUTTIGIEG— Pete Buttigieg braces his supporters for a difficult stretch with the sobering assertion that front-runner Bernie Sanders will likely emerge from next week's Super Tuesday contests well ahead in the race for delegates. SENT: 720 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-EDUCATION — Bernie Sanders has moved to the front of the Democratic presidential race thanks in part to a policy platform that includes proposals for free college and support for public schools. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-KLOBUCHAR — Amy Klobuchar's relationship with African American voters and her lack of familiarity to them could be her downfall as the race for the Democratic presidential nomination moves to states such as South Carolina. SENT: 1,450 words, photos.

SUPREME COURT-HISTORY-MAKING JUSTICE — Joe Biden says if he is elected president, he just might nominate the first black woman to the Supreme Court. But he’d have to look beyond the typical pool of federal appeals court judges: Only five are black women. SENT: 720 words, photo.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Trump's campaign steps up its outreach to black Americans as it tries to claw away support from the traditionally Democratic voting bloc. SENT: 400 words, photos.

MILITARY-BORDER WALL — Lawmakers from both parties tell Pentagon leaders the Defense Department is undermining its own efforts to get military money by diverting billions of dollars for the construction of President Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall. SENT: 650 words, photos.

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COLORADO-DEATH PENALTY — Colorado is close to becoming the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty. SENT: 410 words, photos.

SANCTUARY CITIES-GRANTS — A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can withhold law enforcement grants to force states and cities to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement. SENT: 660 words, photo.

GAS EXPLOSIONS — A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety law — $53 million — and plead guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in Massachusetts. SENT: 640 words, photos.

MISSING GIRL-TENNESSEE — The mother and grandmother of a missing 15-month-old girl are now in the same Tennessee jail after giving conflicting accounts about the toddler's disappearance. SENT: 480 words, photos.

PUERTO RICO-CRUISE SHIP DEATH — A man charged in his young granddaughter’s fatal fall from a cruise ship’s open window in Puerto Rico agrees to plead guilty in the death. SENT: 630 words.

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EGYPT-MUBARAK FUNERAL — Egypt holds a full-honors military funeral for the country's former autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for decades before he was ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

TRUMP-INDIA-PROTESTS — Authorities say at least 24 people have been killed and 189 injured in three days of clashes in New Delhi that coincided with President Trump's first state visit to India. SENT: 930 words, photos.

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Stocks give up early gains and end lower, extending their losses for the week. SENT: 630 words, photos.

HOME SALES — U.S. sales of new homes jumped 7.9% in January to the fastest pace in more than 12 years, a positive sign for economic growth. SENT: 130 words, photos.

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SATELLITE RESCUE — A communication satellite almost out of fuel has gotten a new life after the first space docking of its kind. By Aerospace Writer Marcia Dunn. SENT: 420 words, photos.

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MEDIA-CBS-ROUGH DEBATE — CBS News faces an ill-timed blow to its reputation following a bruising Democratic presidential debate that its moderators struggled to keep from spiraling out of control. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 730 words, photos.

SPAIN-PLACIDO DOMINGO-CANCELLATION — The Spanish government cancels the participation of tenor Plácido Domingo in a production in Madrid after the singer said he accepts “full responsibility” for his actions that led to accusations of sexual misconduct. SENT: 560 words, photo.

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SHARAPOVA RETIRES — Maria Sharapova is quietly walking away from tennis at age 32, ending a career that featured five Grand Slam titles, time at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and a 15-month doping ban. SENT: 530 words, photos. With SHARAPOVA RETIRES-CAREER TIMELINE (sent).

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