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VIRUS OUTBREAK-COUNTING THE DEAD, listed on the 2 p.m. News Digest, will not move this cycle.
Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-GRABBING POWER, VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHEAP GAS, VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE DATA, VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA CHURCH, BOY SCOUTS-BANKRUPTCY, TRIBE RESERVATION REVOKED, BOOKS-ALICIA KEYS AND OPRAH.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — New York's governor puts out an urgent plea for medical volunteers and a Navy hospital ship pulls into port as coronavirus deaths in the city mount and hospitals buckle in what authorities say could be a preview of what other communities across the U.S. could soon face. By Jocelyn Noveck, Larry Neumeister and Marina Villeneuve. SENT: 940 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEW YORK — “Staggering": New York virus death toll rises above 1,200. SENT: 850 words, photos; VIRUS-OUTBREAK-WHAT'S HAPPENING (sent).
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP — Doctors warned President Donald Trump that even if the economy remained shut and most Americans stayed in their homes, the coronavirus could still leave 100,000 to 200,000 people dead and millions infected — and the totals would be far worse if the nation reopened. The stark predictions helped move the president away from his hopes for an Easter rebirth for the nation's economy. By Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues. SENT: 1,300 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA-WUHAN REVIVES — The city at the center of China's virus outbreak is reopening for business after authorities lift more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months. “I want to revenge shop,” one excited customer declares as she traverses one of Wuhan's major shopping streets. By Ng Han Guan and Joe McDonald. SENT: 1,100 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPAIN — Spain enforces even tighter stay-at-home rules for its 47 million people. SENT: 620 words, photos.
TRUMP-MILEAGE ROLLBACKS — President Trump is expected to relax ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come. It's a move that would gut one of the nation's single-biggest efforts against climate change. By Ellen Knickmeyer and Tom Krisher. SENT: 890 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GRABBING POWER — In ex-communist Europe and elsewhere, rulers are assuming more power while they introduce harsh measures they say are necessary to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. In Serbia, for example, since a nationwide state of emergency was declared, the president has suspended parliament, giving him widespread powers, including closing borders and introducing a 12-hour curfew. By Dusan Stojanovic. SENT: 900 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHEAP GAS — Some service stations in the U.S. are selling gasoline for 99 cents a gallon, prices not seen in about two decades. Gasoline prices have collapsed because demand for oil is way down due to the coronavirus outbreak. Normally motorists would cheer cheap gas at the pump, but instead they are under orders to stay home. By Business Writer David Koenig. SENT: 500 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HAIR BLUES — As the spread of the coronavirus sends more people into isolation, trips to beloved salons and barbershops for morale-boosting services and camaraderie are on hold. Memes and real-life stories are flying about home haircuts gone bad and creeping gray hair. By Leanne Italie. SENT: 940 words, photos.
Find more all-format coverage on the Virus Outbreak featured topic page in AP Newsroom.
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NETHERLANDS-MUSEUM BREAK-IN — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh is stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. SENT: 490 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GUNS — The Trump administration issues an advisory ruling calling gun shops “essential” businesses that should remain open during stay-at-home directives. SENT: 840 words, photos.
PEOPLE-JOHN PRINE — Singer John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife says. SENT: 200 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-SCIENTISTS — “Calling all scientists": Experts volunteer for virus fight. SENT: 610 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-WHO GETS SAVED — U.S. hospitals brace for a looming surge in patients who need breathing machines and other resources that could soon be in critically short supply. SENT: 1,190 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-DIGITAL DIVIDE — The pandemic that launched a massive, unplanned experiment with distance learning has created extraordinary hurdles for schoolchildren left behind by the digital divide. SENT: 1,020 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ZIMBABWE'S COLLAPSE — As Zimbabwe enters lockdown, people in the economically shattered country are forced to choose between daily survival and measures to protect themselves from the coronavirus. SENT: 750 words, photos. With LATIN AMERICA-INEQUALITY — The coronavirus is hitting rich and poor unequally in Latin America. SENT: 1,100 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GRANDMA GONE — For grandparents all over the world, being protected from the coronavirus pandemic has meant a piercing distance from their loved ones. SENT: 950 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-FLORIDA CHURCH — A pastor of a megachurch is arrested after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home coronavirus order. SENT: 560 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RACE DATA — Democratic lawmakers call out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the response to the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 730 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-A WEEK-PHOTO GALLERY — Grim grim scenes emerge from Italian and Spanish hospitals. SENT: 200 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-FRANCE'S VOLUNTEERS-PHOTO GALLERY (sent).
AP’s CORONAVIRUS PODCAST, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out in rural areas across the United States. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage Plan.
Eds: A separate wire advisory has moved detailing our complete coronavirus coverage.
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CONGRESS-SENATOR STOCKS — The FBI has reached out to Sen. Richard Burr about his sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet, a person familiar with the matter says. SENT: 400 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-MAIL VOTING — If the coronavirus remains a hazard into the fall, Democrats say there's only one solution to preserve the November election — national voting by mail. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
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BOY SCOUTS-BANKRUPTCY — A Delaware bankruptcy judge grants a request by the Boy Scouts of America to halt lawsuits against local Scout councils as the BSA works on its bankruptcy plan. SENT: 830 words.
PHOENIX OFFICERS SHOT — A Phoenix police commander iskilled and two other officers are wounded after they respond to calls about a dispute between roommates. SENT: 330 words, photos.
TRIBE RESERVATION REVOKED — A Massachusetts tribe is losing reservation status for its nearly 300 acres. SENT: 540 words, photos.
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AFGHANISTAN — Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's north and south kill at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen, officials say. SENT: 420 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA — India adds resources to tackle its increase in coronavirus cases by announcing that private hospitals may be requisitioned to help treat virus patients. SENT: 800 words, photos.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — U.S. stocks climb, led by big gains for health care companies announcing developments that could aid in the coronavirus outbreak. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MACY'S FURLOUGHS — Macy's, Kohl's and Gap Inc. all say they will stop paying tens of thousands of employees who were thrown out of work when the chains temporarily closed their stores and sales collapsed as a result of the pandemic. SENT: 770 words, photos
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TOKYO DATES — The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to take place on July 23, 2021 — almost exactly one year after the games were due to start. SENT: 730 words, photos.
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BOOKS-ALICIA KEYS AND OPRAH — Alicia Keys says she dug deep to recall personal stories — some painful, some playful — for her autobiography "More Myself," which is being released Tuesday on Oprah Winfrey's publishing imprint. By Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. With BOOKS-ALICIA KEYES-OUTTAKES — Outtakes from a recent AP interview with Keys (sent).
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