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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-FRONT-LINE-WORKERS — As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and keeping streets and buildings clean. By Mae Anderson, Alexandra Olson and Angeliki Kastanis. SENT: 1,500 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK — No job at all, or a job without enough virus protections — millions of workers around the world are marking international labor day trapped between hunger and fear, as more countries and states reopen for business even though the pandemic is far from vanquished. By Elena Becatoros, Angela Charlton and Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 1,080 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INTELLIGENCE — President Donald Trump is speculating that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake,” and his intelligence agencies say they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may have resulted from an accident at a Chinese lab. By Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,050 words, photo, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-RENT DUE AGAIN — The rent is due again for more than 30 million people around the U.S. who have filed for unemployment benefits after losing work in the coronavirus pandemic. Federal data released this week show the U.S. economy contracted at a 4.8% annual rate last quarter as the pandemic put the nation into a recession. Economists expect January-March to be just a taste of the widespread pain being recorded for April-June. By Anita Snow. SENT: 750 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-OUR-MAJESTIC-WORLD-PHOTO-GALLERY — For weeks in some places, months in others, swaths of humanity have zipped themselves into hibernation, trying to ride out a viral storm that has killed some and sickened many more. As humans have disappeared into that coronavirus cocoon, though, other things have asserted themselves. Animals, for one. And emptiness. And, counterintuitively, the majesty of some of the structures that humans have created for themselves. By National Writer Ted Anthony. SENT: 510 words, photos. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.
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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN ALLEGATIONS — Joe Biden is expected to give his first public comments on a sexual assault allegation that has roiled his presidential campaign. The presumptive Democratic nominee will appear on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” to address the allegation by his former Senate staffer Tara Reade that he assaulted her in the 1990s. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 980 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-AFRICA — A festive atmosphere has enlivened South Africa’s streets as the country marks the Workers’ Day public holiday and also has begun easing its strict lockdown conditions. SENT: 640 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-PROTESTS — Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say are crippling the U.S. economy. SENT: 690 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-COMICS-CONUNDRUM — The comic book shop has long been a wall-to-wall repository for tales of world-threatening cataclysms and doomsday dystopias but it has never before been drawn into a fight for survival like the coronavirus pandemic. By Film Writer Jake Coyle. SENT: 1,050 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-MAY-DAY-GARMENT-INDUSTRY — Bangladesh reopens hundreds of its garment factories this week after nearly one month of closures to fight the coronavirus pandemic in a move critics say risks igniting a sharp increase in infections among workers. SENT: 410 words, photos. With TURKEY-MAY DAY — Turkish police detain gathered union leaders on May Day.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ITALY-WHO’S FAMILY — Under Italy’s more relaxed lockdown rules starting next week, people can visit family within the same region. But confusion abounds over how close the family connection needs to be. SENT: 560 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA — Beijing’s parks and museums including the ancient Forbidden City reopen to the public after being closed for months by the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 380 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-AUSTRALIA-CHINA — China-Australia rift deepens over calls for virus inquiry; VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — Japan slowdown not enough.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — After state officials signaled an intention to close all California beaches, Gov. Gavin Newsom chose instead to shutter only Orange County’s coastline, a clumsy rollout that left local officials livid and had Republicans claiming politics was at play. SENT: 1,080 words, photos, videos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BELGIUM-HOPE — “To all of you: continue to fight”: Survival is the key part, yet recovery is hard enough, too, for those stricken by the coronavirus. SENT: 960 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-EGYPT-LIONS AT HOME — Egypt’s dynasty of big cat trainers takes the show home. SENT: 580 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-BANGKOK HAIRDRESSER — Hairstylist gives free haircuts to Thai health frontliners. SENT: 580 words, photos, video.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-LIVES LOST-AN ANGELIC VOICE — Hannelore Cruz traveled to Portugal as a refugee from hunger, cold and postwar deprivation in Austria. SENT: 830 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-PUERTO RICO — Puerto Rico is taking its first tentative steps in relaxing a nearly two-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic, while health experts warn that the U.S. territory is relying on faulty statistics and has not yet seen its peak of cases. SENT: 560 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-HASIDIC TENSION — Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community flare again as officers interrupted a crowded funeral procession to crack down on social distancing violators. SENT: 580 words, photo.
GROUND GAME — AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today is about efforts to reopen hard-hit France and Spain following their respective lockdowns. Listen to the podcast after 3 p.m. at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage. Plan.
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PEOPLE-ANDERSON COOPER — Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name. SENT: 270 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDIA MIGRANTS — Indian migrant workers take 1st train home since lockdown. SENT: 320 words, photo.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-HEMINGWAY-DAYS — Key West to skip Hemingway Look-Alike Contest this year. SENT: 230 words, photo.
AMISH CHILDREN KILLED-BUGGY ACCIDENT — Police: Four Amish children killed, one missing in Kentucky buggy accident. SENT: 220 words, photos, video.
OBIT-MARI-WINSOR — Mari Winsor, Pilates guru and celebrity trainer, dies at 70. SENT: 230 words, photo.
NEPAL-MISSING TREKKERS — Bodies of South Korean trekkers, local guides recovered in Nepal. SENT: 120 words, photo.
CROATIA-PRESIDENT — Croatia leftist president protests pro-Nazi salute. SENT: 280 words.
OBIT-MEXICO-OSCAR CHÁVEZ — Mexican protest singer Oscar Chávez dies of COVID-19 at 85. SENT: 240 words, photo.
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ELECTION 2020-VICE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH — The “veepstakes” competition that unfolds every four years is one of the most unpredictable, often awkward, rituals of politics. That’s especially true this time as the pandemic has overtaken the presidential campaign, forcing those thought to be in the running for the No. 2 spot to be even more creative in getting noticed. SENT: 990 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-USS KIDD — Lessons learned from a coronavirus outbreak aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt played a central role in limiting damage when the virus hit a second Navy ship at sea. By National Security Writer Robert Burns. SENT: 830 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN ENDORSEMENT — Labor and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on Friday endorsed Joe Biden for president, giving him the backing of one of the nation’s most prominent Latino leaders. SENT: 600 words, photo.
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VENEZUELA-PAHO — As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin America as well as U.S. support for Venezuelan migrants has been thrown into doubt as part of Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its response to the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 850 words, photos.
AFGHANISTAN-WATCHDOG REPORT — The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has for the first time refused to publicly release its data on insurgent attacks amid the implementation of a peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban, an American watchdog says. SENT: 730 words, photos.
SYRIA — Explosions rock a Syrian military base housing a weapons warehouse in the country’s central Homs province causing human and material losses, the defense ministry says, explaining the cause as a “human error” in moving ammunition. SENT: 460 words.
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ASYLUM-WAITING IN MEXICO — The Trump administration suspends immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico through June 1, bowing to public health concerns while extending a state of limbo those locked down in Mexican migrant shelters. SENT: 640 words, photos.
ROBERT-DURST-MISTRIAL — Attorneys for real estate heir Robert Durst ask a Los Angeles judge to declare a mistrial in the murder case against him, arguing that he cannot get a fair trial with the long pause in the proceedings brought on by coronavirus court closures. By Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. SENT: 380 words.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Shares dropped in Europe and Asia after the latest data drove home the extent of economic carnage from the coronavirus pandemic. By Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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INDIA-BOLLYWOOD MOURNS — Two of India’s most beloved movie stars, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, died within a day of each other this week, and though they came from two very different worlds and two very different schools of acting, both leave behind a treasure of cinematic work and millions of grieving fans. SENT: 780 words, photos.
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