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VIRUS OUTBREAK-TESTING MISSTEPS — An Associated Press review finds that a series of missteps at the nation's top public health agency created a critical shortage of reliable tests for the coronavirus. Those stumbles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hobbled the federal response as the pandemic spread across the nation. By Michael Biesecker, Mike Stobbe and Matthew Perrone. SENT: 2,240 words, photo. With abridged.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK — As virus deaths mount and Americans hope for some economic relief from their divided government, heath officials and leaders warn that the world is entering a critical period that would determine just how deeply the pandemic slices through their nations. By David Rising and Chris Blake. SENT: 1,070 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIY MASKS — People across the United States are banding together to sew face masks for hospitals running desperately short of personal protective equipment as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. Hospitals and health care workers say the do-it-yourself face masks are a last resort but better than nothing. And those sitting at home worrying as the virus strains hospitals and the economy teeters say sewing masks makes them feel less helpless. By Tammy Webber, Dee-Ann Durbin and Anne D'Innocenzio. UPCOMING: 1,040 words by 5 a.m., photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TELECOMMUTING-CHALLENGES — Integrating work life into the home has rarely been easy, but the coronavirus pandemic has brought those worlds into sudden and sharp collision. By Technology Writers Matt O'Brien and Mae Anderson. SENT: 850 words, photo. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-HOME-INTERNET-Q&A — Home internet jammed up? Try these steps before upgrading.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ELECTION 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic and the nation's crashing economy are scrambling the themes both political parties thought would carry them to victory in this November's elections. By Alan Fram. SENT: 1,040 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-DEPRESSION-ERA-ECHOES? — Nearly a century later, the U.S. economy is essentially shut down and layoffs are soaring at small businesses and major industries. A devastating global recession appears inevitable. Deepening the threat, a global oil price war has broken out. Some experts don’t rule out a downturn in the United States to rival the magnitude of the Depression. By Business Writer Marcy Gordon. SENT: 1,340 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Global stock markets and U.S. futures surge after the Federal Reserve promised support to the struggling economy as Congress delayed action on a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 860 words, photo. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-BUSINESS-FALLOUT — Business activity plummets, but markets rally on Fed support. Also see VIRUS-OUTBREAK-FEDERAL-RESERVE-Q&A below.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CHINA — Chinese authorities announce they would end a two-month lockdown of most of virus-hit Hubei province at midnight. SENT: 860 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THAILAND — Thailand imposes state of emergency to control coronavirus; VIRUS OUTBREAK-PHILIPPINES — Philippine Congress approves national emergency declaration.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-VOLUNTEER SHORTAGE — For decades, American nonprofits have relied on a cadre of volunteers who — quite suddenly — aren’t able to show up. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Washington is straining to respond to the worsening coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 1,150 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS-PROXY VOTING — House considers voting options as members fall ill; VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS-GLANCE.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMY VS HEALTH — President Donald Trump says that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and claims without evidence that continued closures could result in more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 1,330 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-ANALYSIS — Trump struggles to adjust to crisis presidency.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EASTERN FRANCE — The eastern French border city of Mulhouse was fought over by France and Germany across two centuries, but the horrors of the coronavirus cluster that is tearing through this small community is inspiring solidarity. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EUROPE-FARMERS — Germany's harvest of white asparagus is providing a first test of the fallout from the coronavirus crisis on a European farming sector that relies heavily on migrant workers. SENT: 830 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST — The new coronavirus continues its spread across some of the most-vulnerable nations of the Mideast as the International Monetary Fund warns that a lack of medical supplies in Iraq, Sudan and Yemen could lead to a surge in prices. SENT: 630 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — South Africa's coronavirus cases leapt again to 554, the most of any country in Africa, as its 57 million people rush to prepare for a lockdown that begins Thursday. SENT: 400 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEDIA — Six television networks began showing Trump's briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, but only Fox News Channel stuck it out to the end nearly two hours later. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 690 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MEXICO — Increasingly empty beaches and quieter streets in Mexico contrast with a still-crowded subway system and active street vendors, as shut-downs and social distancing measures have begun but remain very uneven. SENT: 680 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ARIZONA — A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria medication that's been touted by Trump as a treatment for COVID-19. SENT: 920 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — California is scrambling to obtain protective gear for healthcare workers and first responders, reaching out worldwide and working with locals to ratchet up production as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep through the nation's most populous state. SENT: 890 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TEXAS-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR — Texas' lieutenant governor says that the U.S. should get back to work in the face of global pandemic and that people over the age of 70, who the Centers for Disease Control says are at higher risk for the coronavirus, will “take care of ourselves.” SENT: 410 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EVEREST EXPEDITIONS — The closure of Mount Everest will have significant financial ramifications for the local Sherpas, cooks, porters and others who make their living during the short climbing window. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
A separate wire advisory has been sent detailing complete coverage of the virus outbreak.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-JAPAN DEER PHOTO GALLERY — Oh, deer! Treasured animals wander Nara streets. SENT: 170 words, photos.
BRITAIN-FOLIO PRIZE — Valeria Luiselli's “Lost Children Archive” wins Folio Prize. SENT: 210 words, photo.
FRANCE-OBIT-MANU-DIBANGO — Africa's jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus. SENT: 130 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP ROLLBACKS — The Trump administration is steadily pushing major public health and environmental rollbacks toward enactment, rejecting appeals that it slow its deregulatory drive during the coronavirus crisis. SENT: 1,000 words, photo.
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COAL'S LAST STAND IN PARADISE — Despite Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's best efforts to make good on Trump’s campaign promise to save the beleaguered coal industry, the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant at Paradise burned its last load of coal last month. SENT: 980 words, photos, video.
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AFGHANISTAN-US — Washington's unprecedented threat to cut $1 billion in Afghanistan funding — a response to the refusal of rivals in Kabul to work together to advance peace — comes at a time when the impoverished nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 850 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL POLITICS — Israel appears on the verge of a constitutional crisis as top members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud urge their party colleague and parliament speaker to defy a Supreme Court order to hold an election for the prime minister's successor. SENT: 850 words, photos.
CHINA-US-JOURNALISTS EXPELLED — The publishers of three major American newspapers have written an open letter asking China to reverse its recent decision to expel many of their correspondents working in the country. SENT: 410 words, photo.
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-FEDERAL-RESERVE-Q&A — The Federal Reserve takes several aggressive steps to support an economy ravaged by the effects of the coronavirus. By Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 1,200 words, photo.
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BOOKS-WOODY ALLEN — Woody Allen's memoir has been released with a new publisher. By National Writer Hillel Italie. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With BOOKS-WOODY-ALLEN-EXCERPTS.
MUSIC-REVIEW-PEARL-JAM — Trust Pearl Jam to still surprise us in 2020. The Seattle rock gods have made an album we didn't know we needed. By Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. SENT: 480 words, photo.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK—CANADA'S FASTEST — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse was stunned at first when he heard his country decided to not send a team to the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic unless the games were delayed a year, but he understands. By Sports Writer Pat Graham. SENT: 840 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony. By Sports Writer Stephen Wade. SENT: 760 words, photos.
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