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HIGHLIGHTING
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ELECTION 2020 (sent, developing)
ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG (sent, developing)
FINANCIAL MARKETS (sent, developing)
VIRUS OUTBREAK (sent)
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WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-LOUVRE —This should restore the Mona Lisa's famous smile: Her Paris home, the Louvre Museum, is open again after management eased workers' fears about catching the coronavirus. SENT: 150 words, photo.
FIERY-RESCUE — Two New Jersey state troopers pulled a trucker to safety just seconds before his burning tractor-trailer exploded. SENT: 150 words.
SCHOOL AIDE-ADDERALL — Virginia school aide sentenced for stealing students' pills. SENT: 210 words.
TUMOR-NEW JERSEY-GOVERNOR — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will undergo surgery to remove what he has said is probably a cancerous tumor on his kidney. SENT: 140 words.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — Saudi Arabia banned citizens from performing this year's Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca, Italy weighed closing schools nationwide and Iran cancelled Friday prayers for a second week as nations scrambled Wednesday to control the coronavirus outbreak. By Matt Sedensky and Lori Hinnant. SENT: 890 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-WHAT'S-HAPPENING; VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHINA-CLASS CENSORED — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short. It was the first day of an unusual semester. Across China, schools are shut indefinitely in a bid to contain a new virus that has killed some 3,000 people. Chu's class was one of tens of thousands of courses, from grade school to university, that have been forced online. By Yanan Wang. SENT: 840 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-AMERICAN PRISONER — The mother of a U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Iran is calling on the Tehran government to release her son immediately, saying she is concerned for his well-being because of the coronavirus that's been blamed for dozens of deaths in Iran. She also wants the Trump administration to step up its pressure. SENT: 300 words.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ECONOMY — Jerome Powell is confronting his stiffest test yet as head of the Federal Reserve in an atmosphere vastly altered from what his predecessors faced. It makes an uncertain situation even more challenging. By Christopher Rugaber. SENT: 1,200 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRAVEL — A steep drop in business trips is dealing a gut punch to a travel industry already reeling from the virus outbreak. By Business Writers David Koenig and Dee-Ann Durbin. SENT: 970 words, photos.
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WASHINGTON/POLITICS
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ELECTION 2020 — A resurgent Joe Biden scores victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster just days earlier. But his rival Bernie Sanders seized the biggest prize with a win in California that ensured he — and his embrace of democratic socialism — would drive the Democrats' nomination fight for the foreseeable future. SENT: 1200 words, photos, video, audio. UPCOMING: Developments expected throughout the day, 1100 words by 5 p.m., photos, video, audio.
ELECTION 2020-SUPER TUESDAY-TAKEAWAYS — Highlights from the primary’s biggest day. SENT: 1300 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-VOTECAST — Joe Biden's surprise victories on Super Tuesday were powered by Democratic voters who broke his way just days before casting their ballots — a wave of late momentum that scrambled the race in a matter of hours. SENT: 988 words, photos, graphics.
ELECTION 2020-ANALYSIS — Less than a month ago, Joe Biden’s campaign was in free fall. Even after he mounted a comeback in South Carolina, he confronted the reality of competing in crucial Super Tuesday contests with little money and no discernible campaign infrastructure. SENT: 930 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg drops out of Democratic presidential race, endorses Joe Biden. SENT: 1000 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
ELECTION 2020-WARREN — The future of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign was in serious doubt after she finished a surprisingly weak third in the Democratic primary in her home state of Massachusetts. SENT: 520 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing.
ELECTION 2020-CONGRESS — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid for redemption evolved into a struggle for political survival as he was forced into a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination from Alabama, a seat he owned for 20 years before his rocky stay in the Trump administration. SENT: 950 words, photo.
SUPREME COURT-ABORTION — The Supreme Court is taking up the first major abortion case of the Trump era Wednesday, an election-year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll back abortion rights. SENT: 550 words. UPCOMING: Developing from late-morning arguments, 800 words by 4 p.m., photos.
ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — As the Democratic field was reshaped by Joe Biden’s stunning Super Tuesday surge, perhaps the most interested political analyst was watching from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Donald Trump and his campaign are gleeful at Mike Bloomberg’s downfall, eager to sow dissension about Bernie Sanders’ backers and preparing for a potential general election fight against Biden, a possibility that previously triggered a chain reaction that led to Trump’s impeachment. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photos.
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NATIONAL
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KILLER-THROUGH THE CRACKS -David Martin was sentenced to die six years ago. But since late 2018, after the state Supreme Court upheld his sentence, the 35-year-old Ohio death row inmate has fallen through the cracks of the legal system. He hasn't had a lawyer for more than a year and he missed his chance to make a customary appeal to the federal courts, The Associated Press has learned. SENT: 680 words, photos.
FOOD-STAMPS — From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, states are scrambling to curb the impact of a new Trump administration rule that could cause nearly 700,000 people to lose food stamp benefits. SENT: 1,260 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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ISRAEL-ELECTION — Israel looks set to slide back into political deadlock as the final votes are being tallied from the country's third election in less than a year, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party holding on to a solid lead but failing to win the outright parliamentary majority needed to form a government. SENT: 560 words, photos.
TURKEY-GREECE — Greek authorities are firing tear gas and stun grenades to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continues along its frontier after Turkey says its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross. SENT: 1,060 words, photos.
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HEALTH/SCIENCE
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GENETIC-FRONTIERS-GENE-EDITING-BLINDNESS — Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. By Chief Medical Writer Marilynn Marchione. SENT: 980 words, photos.
ADHD-BLACK CHILDREN — For the first time, a U.S. survey finds that black children appear to be more likely than white kids to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other learning disabilities. By Medical Writer Mike Stobbe. SENT: 420 words, photo.
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BUSINESS/ECONOMY
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — Stocks are surging in early trading on Wall Street, led by health care stocks after Joe Biden scored a number of Super Tuesday wins. Investors see him as a more business-friendly alternative to Bernie Sanders. UPCOMING: Will be updated through trading, about 700 words by 5 p.m.
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ENTERTAINMENT
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TV-DEVS - The new series “Devs” might be set in the world of high tech, but its creator would politely like you to put yours down while watching it. By AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 5 p.m.
A MURDER TRIAL MADE FOR HOLLYWOOD — After a film about him, an HBO documentary full of seemingly damning statements and decades of suspicion, multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst is now on trial for murder. By AP Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton. UPCOMING. 600 words, photos, video by 5 p.m..
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SPORTS
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KNICKS-OAKLEY-SPIKE LEE — Spike Lee bailed on his New York Knicks' courtside seat for the rest of the season. Maybe he can commiserate with former Knicks enforcer Charles Oakley, anywhere but inside Madison Square Garden. Lee had enough of being held by security in a dispute over his proper entrance to a Knicks game when he invoked the name of executive chairman James Dolan's No. 1 nemesis and fellow Garden agitator. SENT: 715 words, photos.
BKW—T25-SEEING DOUBLE - The Wirth twins at Gonzaga are accustomed to the question: Which one are you? Gonzaga, ranked No. 12, heads into the West Coast Conference women's tournament this week with two sets of twins, the Wirth sisters and the Truong sisters. The Bulldogs aren't the only team that will have fans in Las Vegas seeing double. Pepperdine and San Francisco also have twins on their rosters. SENT: 720 words, photos.
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