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ELECTION 2020-KLOBUCHAR — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign and plans to endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid. She is flying to Dallas and plans to join Biden at his rally Monday night, according to her campaign. By Sara Burnett. SENT: 1,050 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
ELECTION 2020 — An emboldened Joe Biden claims a trove of new endorsements and campaign cash in an urgent scramble to rally the Democratic Party's moderate wing behind him — and against progressive Bernie Sanders — as the Democrats' shrinking presidential field raced toward Super Tuesday. By Steve Peoples. SENT: 1,370 words, photos, videos. UPCOMING: Developing. With ELECTION 2020-DELEGATES — Super Tuesday is here and up for grabs are more than one-third of the delegates needed to win the nomination. An explainer. UPCOMING: 600 words, photo by 4 p.m; ELECTION 2020-KEY QUESTIONS, ELECTION 2020-WHAT TO WATCH (both sent)
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK — The coronavirus appeared for the first time in New York, Moscow and Berlin and clusters of the disease surged around the world, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest level in six weeks and hundreds of patients were released from hospitals at the epicenter of the outbreak. By Hyung-Jin Kim and Matt Sedensky. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.
ISRAEL-ELECTION — Israelis voted in an unprecedented third election in less than a year to decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming trial on corruption charges. Netanyahu, the longest-serving leader in Israeli history, has been a caretaker prime minister for more than a year as a divided country has weathered two inconclusive votes and prolonged political paralysis. By Aron Heller. SENT: 970 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing. Polls close at 2 p.m. With: ISRAEL-ELECTION-AP EXPLAINS; ISRAEL-ELECTION CONTENDERS (Both sent).
TURKEY-GREECE — A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders after Turkey declared the way was open for migrants and refugees to enter Europe. The child's death, was the first since Turkey announced it was easing restrictions on those wishing to cross to Europe and thousands of migrants began massing at the frontiers with Greece. By Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros. SENT: 1,130 words, photos. With: SYRIA — Turkey's president said he hopes to broker a cease-fire in Syria later this week in Moscow when he meets with his Russian counterpart, after growing alarm over direct clashes in northwest Syria between Turkish troops and Syrian forces backed by Russia. SENT: 640 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT- ABORTION — The Hope Medical Group for Women in northern Louisiana fields phone calls every day from anxious pregnant women who ask if abortion is still legal and if the clinic, one of only three that provides abortions in the state, is still open. A Supreme Court case to be argued Wednesday could change that and more. By Rebecca Santana and Mark Sherman. SENT: 1,120 words, photos. This is the Tuesday spotlight.
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BOOKS-WOODY ALLEN — Long-rumored Woody Allen memoir coming in April. SENT: 550 words, photos.
PUBLIC ENEMY-SANDERS — Public Enemy has abruptly fired founding member Flavor Flav over the pioneering rap group's plan to perform at a Bernie Sanders campaign event. SENT: 210 words, photo.
MED-HEPATITIS-C-GUIDELINES — New US guidelines urge a hepatitis C check for most adults. SENT: 370 words.
TV-NIK WALLENDA-VOLCANO STUNT — Nik vs. the volcano: How Wallenda is prepping for new stunt. SENT: 570 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking official within the Islamic Republic's Shiite theocracy to be killed by the illness ravaging the country. The death of Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi came as Iran announced the virus had killed at least 66 people among 1,501 confirmed cases. By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell. SENT: 960 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY — The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has so overwhelmed the public health system that officials are taking extraordinary measures to care for the sick, seeking to bring doctors out of retirement and accelerate graduation dates for nursing students. SENT: 770 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA PREPARES — Across Africa, steps are being taken to prepare for — and to reduce the effects of — the spread of the new coronavirus. Testing laboratories are being supplied, quarantine and hospital treatment facilities are being readied for patients, and public health advisories have been issued. SENT: 1,320 words, photos.
JAPAN-CLOSED SCHOOLS — Schools across Japan are closing for up to four weeks in a government effort to slow the rapid spread of the new virus. The sudden measure is a burden for working mothers, especially single parents or those with small children. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MEDIA — Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention. News organizations trying to responsibly report on the growing health crisis are confronted with the task of conveying its seriousness without provoking panic, keeping up with a torrent of information while much remains a mystery and continually advising readers and viewers how to stay safe. By David Bauder. SENT: 1,120 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WORLD ECONOMY — A global agency says the spreading new virus could make the world economy shrink this quarter. That would be a first since the international financial crisis more than a decade ago. SENT: 430 words, photos.
TOKYO-VIRUS-OUTBREAK-Q&A — The spreading virus from China has been reported in more than 60 countries and puts the Tokyo Olympics at risk. The Olympics are to open on July 24 — less than five months away. The Paralympics follow on Aug. 25. The head of Tokyo's organizing committee is holding talks this week with the International Olympic Committee about the next steps. SENT: 970 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE — New virus: More than 89,000 infected, over 3,000 dead. SENT: 270 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-BUTTIGIEG-LGBT IMPACT — Pete Buttigieg’s presidential candidacy, though ending far short of its goal, will likely go down in history books as a success: proof of the remarkable advances made by LGBT Americans in their quest for equality and acceptance. By David Crary. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos, by 4 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-WARREN — Elizabeth Warren opened the year vowing to be the candidate that could unite the Democratic Party. Now she’s openly talking about taking her campaign to a contested convention, a process that would almost certainly leave the party dangerously divided. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photo.
ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG — Mike Bloomberg has spent half a billion dollars on advertising, visited 67 cities across 27 states and hired more than 2,400 staffers to support his White House ambitions. But his unprecedented investment in a presidential campaign may have little payoff if a diverse coalition of voters spurn him in the 14 states that vote Tuesday. SENT: 1,240 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT-HEALTH OVERHAUL-LAWSUIT — The Supreme Court agrees to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election. The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest. SENT: 800 words, photo.
SUPREME COURT-BUMP STOCKS — The Supreme Court rejects an appeal of the federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow semi-automatic firearms to fire rapidly like machine guns. SENT: 230 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — President Trump holds a rally in North Carolina on the eve of the Super Tuesday round of primaries. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos. Developing from 7 p.m. rally.
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PHILIPPINES-MALL STANDOFF — A recently dismissed security guard freed dozens of hostages and was subdued by police after walking out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters, officials said. SENT: 680 words, photos.
MEXICO-SUSPECT AT THE FUNERAL — The man was obsessed with Marbella Valdez. He sent her gifts, bought food for her friends. Prosecutors say he even planted a tracking device on her car. And when the 20-year-old law student's body was found at a garbage dump in Tijuana, he approached police to demand the case be solved. He even turned up at her funeral wearing a T-shirt with her photograph and the feminist slogan “Not One More Woman” printed on it. A week later, he was arrested and charged with her murder. The man — identified by Mexican rules only by his first name, Juan — has insisted on his innocence.. SENT: 860 words, photos.
UNITED STATES-AFGHANISTAN — Warning that it will be a “long, windy, bumpy road” to peace in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he has approved the start of an American troop withdrawal even as the Taliban said it would continue attacks against Afghan forces. SENT: 500 words, photos.
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HUNGARIAN IMMIGRANT-DEPORTATION — Lawyers and friends of an 82-year-old Hungarian man with physical and mental health problems are pleading with authorities not to deport him. Dezso John Lokos was convicted of murder in Alabama in 1964. After 45 years in prison, he was turned over to immigration authorities and ordered deported. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street, clawing back some of the losses they took in a seven-day rout brought on by worries that the coronavirus outbreak will stunt the global economy. SENT: 1,180 words, photos.
OBIT-JACK-WELCH — Jack Welch, who transformed General Electric Co. into a highly profitable multinational conglomerate and parlayed his legendary business acumen into a retirement career as a corporate leadership guru, has died. He was 84. SENT: 1,730 words, photos.
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SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-PLACIDO DOMINGO — A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers has resigned, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against superstar Plácido Domingo. SENT: 730 words photo.
FRANCE-PARIS FASHION WEEK — Models wearing animal outfits joined the finale of Stella McCartney's fur-free and leather-free show, as the British-American designer continued to shine a light on the environment and animal cruelty in the industry. SENT: 600 words, photos.
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