BC-AP News Coverage Advisory, 10:15 Advisory
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HIGHLIGHTING
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AFGHANISTAN-PEACE TALKS (sent, developing)
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP RUSSIA (sent)
TRUMP (Upcoming)
VIRUS OUTBREAK (sent)
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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TITANIC ARTIFACTS — The salvage firm that's plucked silverware and china from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine. SENT: 650 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-BULLYING — Outpouring of worldwide support for bullied Australian boy. SENT: 330 words.
ABORTION-FLORIDA — Florida Legislature passes abortion parental consent bill. SENT: 650 words.
GREECE PASSPORT SCAM — Six police officers and 27 other people are under investigation in a major passport fraud case that included issuing Greek state identity documents under false pretenses to criminal fugitives from abroad, Greek authorities said. SENT: 175 words.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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AFGHANISTAN-PEACE TALKS — The U.S. and the Taliban have agreed to sign a peace agreement this month following a seven-day “reduction of violence," paving the way for a US troop withdrawal and negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government aimed at a political solution in the war-torn country. SENT: 996 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing, 1000 words by 4 p.m., photos..
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP RUSSIA — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing. By Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo. SENT: 770 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developments possible.
AP POLL-DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION — Democratic voters feel generally positive about all of their top candidates running for president, but they have only moderate confidence that their party’s nomination process is fair, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. SENT: 995 words, photos. (only on AP)
TRUMP — President Donald Trump winds down his four day Western swing with a rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the Democratic caucuses in Nevada. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-CALIFORNIA — California is the largest prize in the calculations of any Democratic presidential candidate. Bernie Sanders has been working the state for months, organizing intensively among Latinos and young voters, Mike Bloomberg has tried to counter Sanders with saturation advertising, buying time at television stations in Arizona, Nevada and Oregon that also reach California. Pete Buttigieg held three public events in the past week. Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren remain competitive. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-MONEY — Many Democratic presidential candidates launched their campaigns last year with bold pledges to reject help from super PACs and dark money groups. But as the realities of a tough primary fight sink in, those promises are fading away. SENT: 1,080 words, photo.
ELECTION 2020-NEVADA — Nevada's first-in-the West presidential caucus puts the spotlight Saturday on a state that has swung increasingly blue over the last two decades. Historically a Republican stronghold, the GOP hasn't carried the Silver State in a presidential election since 2004. In 2008, Barrack Obama became the first Democrat to win northern Nevada's traditionally red Washoe County since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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NATIONAL
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UNIVERSITY-OF-MICHIGAN-DOCTOR-INVESTIGATION — An Olympic wrestler accuses a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and says the physician's reputation for such conduct was well known among his teammates. SENT: 1,230 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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GERMANY SHOOTING — Hundreds of grieving people are flocking to prayers in the mosques of the German town of Hanau, two days after a racially motivated shooting shook the country and prompted fresh calls for a crackdown on far-right extremism. SENT: 725 words, photos.
IRAN-ELECTIONS — Iranians are voting for a new parliament, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership as sanctions weigh on the economy and isolate the country diplomatically. By Nasser Karimi. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Schools are shuttered, churches tell worshippers to stay away and some mass gatherings are banned as cases of a new virus swell in South Korea, the newest front in a widening global outbreak. By Hyung-Jin Kim and Matt Sedensky. SENT: 830 words, photos.
CHINA-OUTBREAK-FEAR GOES VIRAL — You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus. As the number of cases rise — more than 76,000 and counting — fear is advancing like a tsunami. And not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the site of the vast majority of coronavirus infections. By Foster Klug. SENT: 1,230 words, photos
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BUSINESS/ECONOMY
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Global stock markets slipped on Friday after a spike in new virus cases in South Korea and other countries refueled investor anxiety about China's disease outbreak. SENT: 570 words, photos. UPCOMING: Will be updated through 5 p.m.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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THEATER-TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Next week, a bunch of Broadway actors will be hitting the hardwood, starring in the play “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Madison Square Garden for an exclusive performance for 18,000 public school children. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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FBN--NFL LABOR — The NFL has put the labor ball in the players' hands. In a somewhat surprisingly strong decision, the 32 team owners voted to “accept the negotiated terms on the principles of a new collective bargaining agreement.” By Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner. SENT: 550 words, photos.
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HOW TO REACH US
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