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SEVERE WEATHER-TENNESSEE-TRUMP — Trump to visit tornado-ravaged Tennessee. SENT: 170 words, photos.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-US — Coronavirus test results are expected for some passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship held off the California coast. The Grand Princess lay at anchor near San Francisco after a traveler from a previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected. By Olga Rodriguez and Adam Geller. SENT: 1,310 words, photos, videos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-PENCE Pence pledges “full support” to Washington state in coronavirus fight. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK — The number of people infected with the new virus charges toward 100,000, with the global scare upending routines, threatening livelihoods and prompting quarantines in its spread. By National Writer Matt Sedensky. SENT: 950 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN — South Korea blasts Japan over virus entry restrictions.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TESTING — Trump administration officials double down on their promise to deliver 1 million tests for the coronavirus this week as states report limited testing supplies and federal lawmakers express doubts about the government's timeline. By Matthew Perrone and Mike Stobbe. SENT: 1,080 words, photos. Also see MORE ON VIRUS OUTBREAK below.
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ELECTION 2020-WOMEN — This year’s presidential campaign looked very promising for women candidates. But with the exit of Elizabeth Warren, Democratic women are coming to terms with a new and for some a painful reality: If 2019 was the Year of the Woman, with a record number of women sworn into Congress and then a record number launching presidential campaigns, 2020 is less encouraging. By Jocelyn Noveck and Maryclaire Dale. SENT: 1,610 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-PROGRESSIVES — Sanders struggles to expand supporter base after Warren exit.
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SYRIA — Opposition activists and a war monitor report a complete absence of Russian and Syrian government warplanes in the skies of Idlib and a relative calm in the area, following a cease-fire deal brokered by Turkey and Russia that halted a terrifying campaign of bombing from above. SENT: 470 words, photos. With SYRIA-AL-QAIDA'S FIGHTERS — AP Explains: Militant fighters in final battle in Syria.
INDIA-SEDITION LAW — Critics, intellectuals, human rights activists, filmmakers, students and journalists in seen as opposed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government are being increasingly silenced under a colonial-era sedition law. By Sheikh Saaliq. SENT: 960 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 880 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-JOBS — The U.S. economy likely added jobs at a solid pace in February before an escalation of the coronavirus outbreak disrupted factory supply chains, slowed business travel and heightened economic fears. By Economic Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 810 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-POP-UP STORE — The nation's capital has pop up shops for food and drink, even marijuana. And now, coronavirus prevention supplies. As local stores sell out of masks and hand sanitizer, an entrepreneur saw an opportunity and jumped on it. By Ashraf Khalil. SENT: 440 words, photo, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE — Fearing a possible shortage in protective equipment, health ministers from the European Union are holding an emergency meeting to try to improve their collective response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 460 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST-COMIC CON — With hand sanitizer at the ready and many wearing surgical masks, the Middle East Film & Comic Con begins in Dubai, a city suddenly subdued by the outbreak of the new coronavirus across the region. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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TUNISIA-EXPLOSION — Report: Explosion near US Embassy in Tunisia wounds 5 police. SENT: 190 words, photo.
VATICAN-FRANCE ABUSE — Pope lets French cardinal embroiled in abuse cover-up resign. SENT: 240 words, photos.
TOKYO-FLAME-ARRIVAL-DOWNSIZE — Tokyo organizers downsize arrival ceremony for Olympic torch. SENT: 410 words, photo.
JETS-WILLIAMS-ARRESTED — New York Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams arrested for carrying gun at airport. SENT: 190 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-YESHIVA-BASKETBALL — Yeshiva University team: Hotel cancels reservation over virus fears. SENT: 500 words, photo.
JPMORGAN-DIMON — JPMorgan CEO Dimon has emergency heart surgery, recovering. SENT: 280 words, photo.
CARMAGEDDON II — California aims to avoid “Carmageddon” freeway closure. SENT: 560 words, photos.
CANADA-DRUG ABDUCTION — Toronto boy found safe after abduction over unpaid drug debt. SENT: 340 words.
AUSTRALIA-COMPOSER — Australian composer Brett Dean hospitalized with coronavirus. SENT: 170 words.
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TRUMP-RUSSIA PROBE — A federal judge sharply rebukes Attorney General William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying Barr had made “misleading public statements” to spin the investigation's findings in favor of Trump and had shown a “lack of candor." SENT: 540 words, photo.
TRUMP — Trump defends the administration's response to the coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling political opponents as he fields questions from select members of the public in his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle. SENT: 880 words, photos.
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FEDERAL PRISONS-GUN SEARCH — Federal investigators found a loaded gun that had been smuggled into the jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself last summer, following a weeklong lockdown that turned up other contraband and led to a criminal probe into guard misconduct, the federal Bureau of Prisons tells The Associated Press. By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak. SENT: 970 words, photo.
ROBERT DURST-MURDER TRIAL — Los Angeles prosecutors say the woman killed by real estate heir Robert Durst sealed her fate when she told him she would talk to detectives about the disappearance of his wife 18 years earlier. By Entertainment Write Andrew Dalton. SENT: 910 words, photos.
ALABAMA EXECUTION — A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man is executed. SENT: 730 words, photos.
ELECTION-2020-SAUDI-AMBASSADOR — Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. dismisses the top two Democratic presidential contenders' criticisms of her country, saying that candidates' opinions tend to change once they become president. An AP Interview. By Mead Gruver. SENT: 420 words, photo.
KLOBUCHAR-JUVENILE LIFER-BURRELL — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar asks a top Minnesota prosecutor to initiate an independent investigation into the case of Myon Burrell, a black teen sentenced to life after an 11-year-old black girl was killed by a stray bullet. SENT: 540 words, photos.
AARON SCHOCK-GAY RIGHTS CHICAGO — Saying he would do more if he were in Congress today to support LGBTQ rights — which he opposed when he served — former Illinois U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock came out as gay in social media and web posts. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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TURKEY-GREECE — Clashes erupt anew on the Greek-Turkish border as migrants attempt to push through into Greece, while the European Union's foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. SENT: 990 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE MIGRANT CONUNDRUM — Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results.
ISRAEL-THE ARAB VOTE — A surge in Arab voter turnout was key to depriving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist allies of a parliamentary majority in this week’s Israeli election. SENT: 1,110 words, photos.
NETHERLANDS-UKRAINE-PLANE — United by grief across oceans and continents, families who lost loved ones when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in 2014 hope that a trial starting next week will finally deliver something that has remained elusive ever since: The truth. SENT: 960 words, photos.
US-AFGHANISTAN — The United States is seeking U.N. Security Council backing for the ambitious peace deal it signed with the Taliban aimed at ending America’s longest war and bringing U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. SENT: 370 words. With AFGHANISTAN — Gunmen kill at least 27 at memorial for Afghan Shiite leader.
UNITED-NATIONS-GENDER-INEQUALITY — The bold agenda adopted 25 years ago to achieve gender equality remains a distant goal, with women still facing poverty, discrimination and violence and failing to seriously rise in politics and business despite progress in some areas, a U.N. report says. SENT: 790 words.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — World shares slip after a sharp drop on Wall Street, as pessimism prevails over hopes for central bank action to counter the virus outbreak. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 700 words, photos.
OPEC-MEETING — The OPEC oil cartel is trying to convince Russia and other non-member producers to join in deep production cuts to prevent weak oil prices from falling even further as the virus outbreak disrupts the global economy. SENT: 230 words, photos.
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