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DEAD IN ICE DETENTION — An Associated Press investigation of immigration detainee Roylan Hernandez Diaz’s October 2019 suicide has found a pattern of neglect and apparent violations of government policies at the jail where he was detained, at a time when the U.S. government is ramping up its detention of migrants to record levels. By Nooman Merchant. SENT: 3,000 words, photos, video.

JUUL-STATE LOBBYING — The nation’s largest electronic-cigarette company, Juul Labs, donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of state attorneys general. The donations were part of an effort to build relationships with these powerful officials and potentially head off legal challenges over how Juul promoted and sold its vaping products. But the company’s approach may be backfiring. Thirty-nine states announced late last month that they'll investigate whether Juul’s early viral marketing efforts illegally targeted teens and made misleading claims about the nicotine levels in its devices. By Matthew Perrone and Richard Lardner. SENT: 2,530 words, photos. An abridged version is also available.

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FINANCIAL MARKETS - Stocks went into a steep slide on Wall Street as a combination of coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices spread alarm through the market, triggering the first automatic halt in trading in over two decades to let investors catch their breath. The price of oil sank nearly 20% after Russia refused to roll back production in response to falling demand and Saudi Arabia signaled it will ramp up its own output. While low oil prices can translate into cheaper gasoline, they wreak havoc on energy companies and countries that count on petroleum revenue, including the No. 1 producer, the U.S. By Stan Choe. SENT: 870 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-OIL-AP EXPLAINS (sent)

VIRUS OUTBREAK — Fear over the coronavirus epidemic touched off prison riots in Italy, sent global stock markets and oil prices plunging, and caused a cascading shutdown of sites and events ranging from Saudi schools to Poland's annual Holocaust remembrance march. While many of Beijing's white-collar workers returned to their jobs as new infections subsided in China, about 16 million people under a widespread lockdown in northern Italy struggled to navigate the new rules of their mass isolation. By Colleen Barry and Lori Hinnant. SENT: 1,020 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST, VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING, VIRUS OUTBREAK-PHOTO GALLERY (all sent)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-US — Federal and state officials in California were preparing Monday to receive thousands of people from a cruise ship that has been idling off the cost of San Francisco with at least 21 people aboard infected with the novel coronavirus. Fences were being installed at an 11-acre site at the Port of Oakland, as authorities readied flights and buses to whisk the more than 2,000 passengers aboard the Grand Princess to military bases or their home countries for a 14-day quarantine. SENT: 750 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020 — Bernie Sanders is predicting victory in Michigan on Tuesday. But if he doesn't win, the state and five others voting in the Democratic primary may solidify his opponent, Joe Biden, as the clear front runner. By Will Weissert. UPCOMING: 840 words by 4:30 p.m., photos, video. With ELECTION 2020-BIG QUESTIONS — Key questions heading into the March 10 contests. UPCOMING: 750 words by 5 p.m., photos; ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-BOOKER — Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey endorses Vice President Joe Biden. SENT: 130 words, photos.

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SWEDEN-OBIT-VON SYDOW — Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90. SENT: 870 words, photo.

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MARIJUANA-BOSTON — Boston is bracing for large crowds as the first recreational marijuana shop in a major East Coast city opens. SENT: 440 words, photos.

WOMEN'S STRIKE-LATIN AMERICA — Thousands of women across Mexico stay in to protest violence against women. SENT: 830 words, photos.

OBIT-BARBARA NEELY — Barbara Neely, who created the first black female series sleuth in mainstream American publishing, has died at age 78. SENT: 400 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SHERIFF'S TRIAL — Seeking trial delay, sheriff makes false COVID-19 claim. SENT: 320 words.

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ELECTION 2020-MICHIGAN — Michigan is the largest of six states with Democratic primaries on Tuesday, and it could redefine what has become a showdown between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. But many Michigan primary voters are already looking ahead to November and whether President Trump can again win in Michigan, which perhaps more than any other state catapulted him into the White House in 2016. SENT: 1,280 words. With ELECTION 2020- WATCH (sent)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — As fears about the coronavirus outbreak roil markets, the nation’s political leaders are grappling with twin public health and economic crises — as well as concerns for their own safety. President Trump seeks to project calm, as the epidemic poses one of the greatest tests yet to his administration. By Zeke Miller. UPCOMING: Developing throughout the day and 5:30 p.m. White House briefing, 900 words by 5 p.m., photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-TOURISM — Critics say President Trump's response to the coronavirus is shaped as much by his worries about his political fortunes as about public health. Now some ethics experts are wondering if the president is also acting out another concern: His hotels and clubs that could be hit hard by the outbreak. By Bernard Condon and Jonathan Lemire. UPCOMING: 850 words by 5 p.m., photos.

HEALTH CARE-ELECTRONIC RECORDS — With coronavirus topping Americans' concerns, top Trump administration officials tries to switch subjects by announcing final rules aimed at delivering on the unfulfilled promise of electronic health records. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 580 words, photo.

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AFGHANISTAN-POLITICS — Afghanistan's rival leaders were each sworn in as president in separate ceremonies, throwing plans for negotiations with the Taliban into chaos and creating a dilemma for the United States as it figures out how to move its peace deal with the Taliban forward. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With UNITED STATES-AFGHANISTAN — American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal. By Lolita C. Baldor. SENT: 370 words, photos.

BRITAIN-ROYALS — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, made their final appearance as senior royals at Westminster Abbey, joining Queen Elizabeth II and other members of Britain's royal family for an annual Commonwealth Day service. The televised event was expected to be the last time the couple works alongside the entire Windsor clan before Harry and Meghan fly off into self-imposed exile in North America. SENT: 500 words, photos.

SAUDI-RISKY MOVES — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is behind the kingdom's boldest and riskiest moves in decades, most recently shutting down Islam's holiest sites to pilgrims to stymie the spread of a new virus and the government's decision to slash oil prices in what analysts say has sparked a price war with major producer Russia. SENT: 660 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — Saudi Arabia closed off air and sea travel to 14 countries affected by the new coronavirus Monday as Mideast stock markets tumbled over fears about the widening outbreak's effect on the global economy. SENT: 850 words, photos.

ETHIOPIA-PLANE CRASH-INTERIM REPORT — When nothing else worked to stop their descent, desperate pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max reactivated the jet's flight control software that prevents aerodynamic stalls. A report by Ethiopian investigators shows that led to a catastrophic plunge from the sky. SENT: 390 words, photos.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONLINE SCHOOL — As a growing number of schools around the country close their doors because of the new coronavirus, they are confronted with the dilemma of whether to move classes online and run the risk of leaving behind the many students who don’t have internet or computers at home, or parents with flexible work schedule. SENT: 1,250 words, photos by 4 p.m.

CENSUS-YOUNG CHILDREN — No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that. SENT: 470 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA THEME PARKS — Florida tourism officials say cases of the new coronavirus are having little visible impact on the state's biggest industry so far. George Ague leads a tourism promotion agency for Orlando and says there have only been a handful of inquiries about the virus by people planning trips to central Florida. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

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NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE — The topsy-turvy college basketball season has the list includes Kansas point guard Devon Dotson as the floor leader for the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks. Dayton's Obi Toppin has been dominant in the Atlantic 10. The list also includes Iowa's Luka Garza, Marquette's Markus Howard, Seton Hall's Myles Powell and Oregon's Payton Pritchard. By Basketball Writer Aaron Beard. UPCOMING: 950 words, photos by 3 p.m.

HORSE RACING-DRUGS — More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them race faster. Trainer Jason Servis, whose stable includes the 3-year-old champion, was charged with administering performance-enhancing drugs to that horse and others. Maximum Security crossed the finish line first at the 2019 Kentucky Derby before being disqualified for interference. SENT: 440 words, photo.

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