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HIGHLIGHTING

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FINANCIAL MARKETS (sent, developing)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON (sent, developing)

VIRUS OUTBREAK (sent)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-US (sent)

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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

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CONGRESS-OMAR — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has announced her remarriage, just four months after her marriage fell apart following an allegation she was having an affair with her political consultant. SENT: 225 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ST. PATRICK'S DAY — St. Patrick's Day parades nixed, from New York to Dublin. SENT: 930 words, photos, video.

PRINCESS CRUISES-HALTED — Princess Cruises suspending global operations for 60 days because of the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 135 words.

ST. LOUIS-OFFICER SHOT -- A St. Louis police officer who pleaded guilty to accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette said the woman knew the risk she was taking. SENT: 360 words, photo.

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BUSINESS/ECONOMY

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FINANCIAL MARKETS — An early plunge of 7% on Wall Street triggered a trading halt as a sell-off slamming global markets continued. The Dow Jones industrials dropped more than 1,600 points, or 7%, the S&P 500 fell a similar amount. SENT: 500 words, developing.

FINANCIAL MARKETS-BEAR MARKET — Wall Street’s staggering skid that began less than three weeks ago pulls the Dow Jones Industrial Average into what’s known as a bear market. By Business Writer Alex Veiga. SENT: 860 words, photo.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment insurance fell last week for a second straight week, an indication that the coronavirus had not yet hit the labor market in a major way. SENT: 250 words.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK — People around the world become increasingly closed off from one another as sweeping travel bans accelerate, walling regions apart as a viral pandemic unfolds and global financial markets plunge. SENT: 900 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON -- Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. The House works to pass an aid package to address the crisis. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 3 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP ECONOMIC TEAM -- President Donald Trump’s economic team’s is struggling to provide a credible message that can calm volatile markets spun into a freefall by the coronavirus pandemic. By Aamer Madhani. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 4 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRAVEL Q&A -- Questions and answers about how the new restrictions on travel from Europe will work. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 5 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-ANALYSIS --President Trump turned his national address on the coronavirus outbreak into an opportunity to push isolationism and make the health scare about foreigners. The remarks trace their lineage to the immigration policies Trump has been pushing for the past three years. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos by 4 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-FACT CHECK ---A Fact Check examining the president’s recent statements behind his moves to address the crisis. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 4:30 p.m.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-ANALYSIS -- The coronavirus crisis is presenting President Trump with a challenge for which he appears ill-equipped, his favorite political tactics ineffective and his reelection chances in jeopardy. SENT: 1,210 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MADE IN CHINA -- There's one thing the Trump administration wants Americans to remember about the coronavirus pandemic: It carries the "Made in China” label. Trump administration officials, on the defensive about their own handling of the virus, have repeatedly reminded people that the virus started in a Chinese city. SENT: 950 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-US — A basketball tournament, with no fans. A St. Patrick’s Day, with no parades. College campuses, with no students. Corporate headquarters, with barren cubicles. The nation snaps to attention as the new coronavirus is declared a pandemic, stocks slid into bear market territory and the American public finally began to come to grips with the outbreak. SENT: 1,320 words, photos, video.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-PATIENTS — Amid all the fears, quarantines and stockpiling of food, it has been easy to ignore the fact that more than 60,000 people have recovered from the coronavirus spreading around the globe. SENT: 880 words, photos.

SPORTS-VIRUS OUTBREAK — The NBA became the first major American sports league to suspend play because of the coronavirus pandemic, raising questions about the future of college basketball's March Madness and other pro sports. NCAA President Mark Emmert announced earlier in the day that only essential staff and limited family will be allowed to attend the upcoming NCAA basketball tournaments. SENT: 1,600 words, photos.

BKN--VIRUS OUTBREAK-NBA-GOBERT —It started as a joke: Before leaving a post-practice interview session Rudy Gobert touched all the tape recorders that were placed before him on a table, devices that reporters who cover the Utah Jazz were using during an availability with him on Monday before a game with the Detroit Pistons. It isn’t so funny now. Gobert is now the NBA’s Patient Zero for coronavirus after becoming the first player in the league to test positive, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. By Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 575 words, photos.

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WASHINGTON/POLITICS

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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN -- Joe Biden discusses the coronavirus crisis during an appearance in Delaware, one day after President Donald’s plan to respond to the pandemic. UPCOMING: 860 words, photos by 3 p.m.

TRUMP-IRELAND -- President Trump welcomes Ireland’s leader to the White House for an early St. Patrick’s Day visit, keeping up one bit of tradition in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos by 12 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-SANDERS-ANALYSIS -- Bernie Sanders pledged to harness the energy from his first campaign to turn out more voters in 2020. He would build a coalition of black, young and working-class voters who were energized by his transformative vision for America to build a broad coalition that would make him an unstoppable force against Democratic rivals and President Donald Trump. He was wrong. SENT: 920 words, photos.

UNITED STATES-IRAQ -- Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said. SENT: 510 words, photos.

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INTERNATIONAL

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NEW ZEALAND-SHOOTING ANNIVERSARY-SURVIVOR — A man who was shot nine times during last year’s massacre at two New Zealand mosques recalls the horror on the anniversary in which 51 people were killed. SENT: 1,160 words, photos.

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HOW TO REACH US

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