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MED-VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine -- leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer’s arm, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin an anxiously awaited first-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in record time after the new virus exploded from China and fanned across the globe. By Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson. SENT: 940 words, photos, video.
82nd AIRBORNE IN COLOMBIA — Under a covered pavilion near a steaming runway at Colombia's Tolemaida Air Base, dozens of American paratroopers lie sweating on a concrete slab. Green and brown camouflage face paint drips from their brows.The Associated Press was given rare access to accompany the group on its January joint training mission with Columbia, amid a humanitarian crisis in neighboring Venezuela that has sent thousands of refugees fleeing over the border. By Sarah Blake Morgan. SENT: 920 words, photos, video. This is the Tuesday spotlight.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Monday marked another stage in the global battle to outwit the new coronavirus, as reported infections in the rest of the world overtook those in China. Millions of people in Europe and the United States began holing up at home amid rapid-fire border closures announced by one nation after the other. Stocks tumbled even further in Monday morning trading on Wall Street as the economic fallout of the outbreak widened. By Aritz Parra and Frank Jordans. SENT: 1,450 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST; VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING (both sent)
VIRUS OUTBREAK-US — Millions of Americans began their work week holed up at home against the coronavirus as the escalating outbreak upended the nation’s daily routines in ways never before seen in U.S. history. With wide swaths of the economy shuddering to a halt, stocks nosedived more than 11% on Wall Street at one point in the morning, in a sell-off so steep it triggered an automatic 15-minute halt to trading. By Tim Sullivan and Terry Spencer. SENT: 1,130 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-NIGHTLIFE — Bars and restaurants will become takeout-only and businesses from movie theaters and casinos to gyms and beyond will be shuttered Monday night throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut because of the coronavirus, the states' governors said. SENT: 510 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ENTERTAINING OURSELVES — The entertainment world has stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak, so exactly how are people filling up their extra time? Easily, many said. People are reaching for their home stacks of books. They're looking for new gems on their streaming services. They're taking on long-delayed home repair projects. By Leanne Italie. SENT: 970 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020 — Voters in four states head to the polls on Tuesday as the coronavirus injects unprecedented uncertainty over the campaign and the electoral process. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 5 p.m. With ELECTION 2020-QUESTIONS — Key questions heading into Tuesday’s primaries. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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SYRIA-IDLIB ON THE BRINK — The city of Idlib is the last urban area still under opposition control in Syria, located in a shrinking rebel enclave in the northwestern province of the same name. Syria’s civil war, which entered its 10th year on Monday, has shrunk in geographical scope to a corner of the country but the misery wreaked by the conflict has not diminished. The Associated Press traveled to Idlib last week, witnessing the scale of the displacement and violence brought upon the area that's home to over 3 million people in a recent government offensive. SENT: 1,520 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — Iran reported another 129 fatalities from the new coronavirus, the largest one-day rise in deaths since it began battling the Middle East's worst outbreak, which has claimed more than 850 lives and infected a number of senior officials in the country. Businesses in Iran's capital remained open, however, even as other countries in the region moved toward full lockdowns, with Lebanon largely shutting down and Iraqis racing to prepare for a curfew set to begin later this week. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE — The European Union's top official proposed a 30-day ban on anyone entering the bloc unless their travel is essential, to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, while insisting on the need to keep the internal borders between the 27 member states open as much as possible. SENT: 780 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, officials said, and regional power South Africa warned of a new crisis once the virus begins to spread at home and into crowded low-income communities. The most alarming confirmation of a first case came from Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation with one of the continent’s weakest health systems after nearly three decades of conflict. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — The U.S. government moved to try to blunt the impact of an expected surge of coronavirus cases, racing to bolster testing and aid even as the financial markets fell and Americans scrambled to reorder their lives. SENT: 1,350 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing from 3:30 p.m. White House briefing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Senators return to Washington to consider a coronavirus aid package, but swift passage is uncertain with tempers high, time short and differing views on the best approach. At the same time, congressional leaders and the White House are working on next steps, developing what could be a sweeping economic effort that goes beyond sick pay and other resources in the House-passed bill for more comprehensive aid to businesses and Americans. SENT: 880 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing,
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SUPREME COURT — The Supreme Court postpones arguments for the first time in more than 100 years because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Trump’s financial records. SENT: 500 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DISINFORMATION — The Trump administration alleges a foreign disinformation campaign is underway aimed at spreading fear in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Federal officials are confronting what they says is a deliberate effort by a foreign entity to sow fears of a nationwide quarantine. Agencies deny such plans are in place as they try to calm a nation already on edge by disruptions to daily life caused by the virus. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ELECTIONS — Florida, Illinois, Ohio and Arizona are pushing forward with Tuesday's primary election, although the coronavirus is causing headaches as polling places need to be moved and workers afraid of catching the disease drop out. SENT: 790 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TOM HANKS — An Australian television journalist said he has the new coronavirus and assumes he contracted it while meeting with actress-singer Rita Wilson in Sydney. SENT: 660 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PEACE CORPS — The Peace Corps is telling its volunteers around the world that it is suspending all operations globally and evacuating all volunteers in light of the spread of the new coronavirus. SENT: 240 words, photo.
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FAMILY DEAD-NORTH CAROLINA — Sheriff: 7 family members fatally shot in North Carolina. SENT: 180 words.
FRANCE-APPLE — France fines Apple $1.2 billion for anti-competitive acts. SENT: 170 words, photo.
JAPAN-KNIFE-ATTACK — A Japanese court sentenced a former care home employee to hang for knifing to death 19 disabled people and injuring two dozen others in the deadliest mass attack in post World War II Japan. SENT: 590 words, photos.
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JAIL VOTING-CHICAGO -- More than 1,200 inmates in Chicago are casting ballots for Tuesday's primary in a polling place set up right inside the Cook County Jail - something that except for one small pilot project once done in California may never have done before in any U.S. jail. By Don Babwin. UPCOMING: 940 words, photos by 4 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-LATINOS -- In Joe Biden’s pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination, he’s run repeatedly into a wall in the West, where Bernie Sanders’ strength among Latinos propelled his campaign even as he struggled with other groups. Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona and Florida offer Biden a chance to show he can make up ground with a crucial group of voters he’ll need in in November. By Jonathan J. Cooper. SENT: 1,130 words, photos.
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SYRIA-IDLIB ON THE BRINK — The city of Idlib is the last urban area still under opposition control in Syria, located in a shrinking rebel enclave in the northwestern province of the same name. Syria’s civil war, which entered its 10th year on Monday, has shrunk in geographical scope to a corner of the country but the misery wreaked by the conflict has not diminished. The Associated Press traveled to Idlib last week, witnessing the scale of the displacement and violence brought upon the area that's home to over 3 million people in a recent government offensive. SENT: 1,520 words, photos.
FRANCE-ATTACKS — French judges investigating the 2015 Islamic State attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris have ordered charges against 20 people, including a Belgian accused of masterminding the attacks who was held for years in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq before being freed and returned home. SENT: 140 words, photo.
MOZAMBIQUE-CYCLONE ANNIVERSARY — A year after hundreds of people were killed by one of the southern hemisphere's worst cyclones, Mozambique's port city of Beira is rebounding. But more than a million people need food aid there and in the surrounding countryside. UNICEF estimates that 1.6 million people in the southern African country don’t have enough food to eat. SENT: 580 words, photos.
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CENSUS-MAKING LATINO TOWNS COUNT — An Associated Press analysis shows small, poor and largely Latino community towns around the U.S. historically have been undercounted by the US Census, posing challenges for Census workers in a tally this year that’s supposed to ensure federal dollars get to communities needing them most. They include places like Guadalupe, Arizona, a largely Hispanic town founded by Yaqui Indian refugees from Mexico and Immokalee, Florida, where a recent arriving wave of indigenous Guatemalan immigrants who speak a native language rather than Spanish has created new challenges in a tomato growing region that was the focus of the documentary “Harvest of Shame.” By Anita Snow and Adriana Gomez Licon. SENT: 1,170 words, photos by 4 p.m.
MISSOURI-SHOOTING — Five people including a police officer and a gunman have died in a shooting at a Missouri gas station after the gunman went inside and opened fire, police said Monday. SENT: 250 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks lost more than 6% on Wall Street as huge swaths of the economy come closer to shutting down due to the coronavirus outbreak, from airlines to restaurants. Emergency actions taken by the Federal Reserve late Sunday to prop up the economy and get financial markets running smoothly again may have raised fears even further, some investors said. By Stan Choe. SENT: 910 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BUSINESS-FALLOUT — Global markets and businesses big and small opened the week to a landscape seemingly altered by the coronavirus pandemic. A host of retail chains have shut their doors or diminished hours of business. Banks are taking steps to keep cash on hand, lots of it. Markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S. are plunging. Following is a quick look at how the outbreak is impacting the financial and business sector, as well as millions of workers and customers. SENT: 950 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AIRLINES — U.S. airlines are asking the federal government for grants, loans and tax relief that could easily top $50 billion to help them recover from a sharp downturn in travel due to the new coronavirus. SENT: 190 words. UPCOMING: Developing.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AUTO INDUSTRY — The global auto industry handled the first wave of coronavirus pretty well, largely avoiding a shortage of parts when Chinese factories were forced to close. Now it faces fast-moving new problems that may be beyond its control: falling sales and factory workers getting sick as COVID-19 spreads through the United States and elsewhere. Auto companies could be forced to slow or shutter factories, dip into savings and hunker down to make it through the pandemic that could tilt the world into a recession. SENT: 1,140 words, photos.
AP EXPLAINS-VIRUS OUTBREAK-FEDERAL-RESERVE — Brandishing an array of financial weapons, the Federal Reserve announced extraordinary action Sunday to try to blunt the heavy damage the coronavirus outbreak has begun to inflict on the U.S. economy. SENT: 860 words, photos.
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SOC-VIRUS OUTBREAK-STAYING FIT — With sporting events suspended because of the coronavirus, teams are looking for ways to keep their players fit. In lockdown countries like Spain, clubs prepared individual training guidelines for players at home. First-division club Leganés opened an online session for players to everyone who wanted to follow it. By Tales Azzoni. SENT: 840 words, photos.
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