Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

President Donald Trump’s attempt to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus lasted for about a week. He resumed spreading misinformation Tuesday about how to fight the virus and amplifying criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert. Fauci said he’d keep his head down and do his job. Trump sowed fresh doubt about the most effective ways to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and risked undermining his own recent admonitions to wear masks and maintain a social distance while hoping a vaccine will emerge in the coming months.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP: President Donald Trump’s attempt to project a more serious tone about the coronavirus lasted for about a week. On Tuesday, he resumed spreading misinformation about how to fight the virus and amplifying criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, who said he’d keep his head down and do his job. SENT; developing from 5 p.m. briefing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: A late slump left stocks broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, while cautious investors continued to push money into gold and Treasurys, leaving gold at another record high. SENT: 920 words, photos.

FEDERAL RESERVE: Federal Reserve officials are grappling this week with the timing and scope of their next policy moves at a time when the raging viral pandemic has weakened the U.S. economy. SENT: 710 words, photos. With CONSUMER CONFIDENCE: U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country; and FEDERAL RESERVE-LENDING PROGRAMS: The Federal Reserve will extend seven of its emergency lending programs through the end of the year, an acknowledgement that the programs may be necessary for longer than was first thought as the U.S. struggles to control the coronavirus.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS INSURANCE: Restaurants, bars and other merchants struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic are desperately reaching out for a lifeline from insurers that in turn contend they are being miscast as potential saviors. The standoff has triggered hundreds of lawsuits across the U.S., with more than $1 trillion in claimed losses at stake under policies that insurers contend don’t cover disruptions caused by viruses. SENT: 1050 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-REOPENING SCHOOLS: One of the nation’s largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-IMMIGRATION DETENTION: The U.S. government did not release 100 immigrant children detained with their parents despite this week’s deadline set for by a judge who had described family detention centers as “on fire” due to the threat of the coronavirus. Instead, according to government data, more parents and children were held in the three centers this month than last month. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ATLANTA MASK LAWSUIT: Georgia’s governor has withdrawn a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state’s largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. SENT: 640 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CORONA QUEENS: The coronavirus pandemic has changed the lives of many in Corona, a Latino neighborhood in Queens that registered the highest overall case and death counts in New York City. Even though tropical music emerges from stores that recently reopened, the lingering effects of COVID-19 are noticeable: Lines for free food are filled with unemployed men and store shutters are down on businesses that have closed permanently. SENT: 900 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS: Unemployment assistance, eviction protections and other relief for millions of Americans are at stake as White House officials launch negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a new coronavirus aid package. SENT; developing. With CONGRESS-FBI HEADQUARTERS: The Senate’s top Republican says he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include in a new coronavirus aid package nearly $1.8 billion to rebuild the FBI headquarters in downtown Washington.

MARLINS-VIRUS: Major League Baseball has temporarily suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday because of their worsening coronavirus outbreak. And the three remaining games in this week’s New York Yankees-Philadelphia Phillies series also were postponed because of virus worries. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEXICO BUSINESS: Mexican business owners are trying to cling to life in an economic recession profoundly deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic. And they’re getting almost no assistance from the government. SENT: 640 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VENEZUELA-MADURO: More than a year after a fresh-faced, U.S.-backed politician rose up to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the socialist leader holds a stronger grip on power thanks partly to the novel coronavirus. SENT: 1100 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PERU: Peru has marked its 199th anniversary of independence without crowds because of the pandemic, but plenty of somber warnings that the country faces some of the biggest challenges in its modern history. SENT: 630 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-KYRGYZSTAN: Coronavirus cases surged in Kyrgyzstan after authorities lifted a tight lockdown in May, overwhelming the teetering health care system in the impoverished Central Asian nation of 6.5 million people. That’s when thousands of volunteers came to the rescue in the former Soviet republic. SENT: 1090 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA'S FIRST HOTBED: For months, the city of Cape Town was the biggest coronavirus hot spot in Africa. Now, finally, there are signs of relief. SENT: 875 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE: Concerns over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections brought on by returning vacationers are wreaking havoc across Europe’s tourism industry. SENT: 900 words, photos.

SAUDI-HAJJ: The vast white marble floors surrounding Islam’s holiest site, the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, would normally be packed with hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world the day before the hajj. On Tuesday, however, only a few officials and workers putting last minute preparations in place were seen at the Grand Mosque housing the Kaaba. SENT: 770 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA VACCINE: The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved. SENT: 750 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIRAL QUESTIONS-REINFECTION: Can you get the coronavirus twice? Scientists don’t know for sure yet, but they believe it’s unlikely. SENT 310 words, photos.

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TWITTER-TRUMP JR-TIMEOUT: Twitter has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s son from tweeting after he shared a video riddled with unsupported claims about the coronavirus Monday. SENT: 330 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK: Travelers from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, must now quarantine for 14 days when they travel to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. SENT: 400 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TEXAS: Some areas hit by Hurricane Hanna in South Texas remain among the nation’s worst hot spots for the coronavirus, and the storm made getting patients to treatment difficult. SENT: 210 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIETNAM: Vietnam has locked down its third-largest city for two weeks after 15 cases of COVID-19 were found in a hospital. Public transport into and out of the central city of Da Nang was canceled. SENT: 350 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BOCELLI: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the pandemic lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him of his freedom to come and go as he wanted.SENT: 400 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-OLDER CARS: The coronavirus pandemic is causing drivers to keep their cars and trucks longer. The average age of a vehicle on U.S. roads edged up by a month this year to record 11.9 years. SENT: 290 words.

GADGET SHOW-GOING VIRTUAL: CES, one of the world’s biggest technology conferences, won’t be held in person next year, a reversal from May when organizers said it still planned to go ahead with a smaller show in Las Vegas. Instead, the 2021 event will be a virtual convention, one that organizers hope to bring back to Las Vegas in 2022. SENT: 360 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHAINSMOKERS CONCERT: New York’s governor says he is “appalled” by videos showing crowds standing close together at a Hamptons concert featuring electronic music duo The Chainsmokers over the weekend. SENT: 210 words.

VIRTUAL-MCDOWELL: Free time is precious for creative artists and that’s why artist retreats such as MacDowell in New Hampshire have long been invaluable. But with the coronavirus making traditional fellowships impossible, MacDowell is trying a virtual fellowship to salvage at least part of an experience that has been enjoyed by James Baldwin and Thornton Wilder among others SENT: 540 words, photos.

INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:

-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.

-State trends (table): Trends in new cases and positivity rates for each U.S. state over the past 14 days.

-Case count (table): Searchable table of confirmed cases, including recoveries and deaths, by country, updated each hour.

-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)

-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.

Additional graphics and interactives include:

- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.

-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.

-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.

-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.

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