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A traveler wears a face mask as he sits in a waiting room at the Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, authorities said Tuesday, as more places stepped up medical screening of travelers from the country as it enters its busiest travel period. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)
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DAVOS FORUM — Activist Greta Thunberg tells Davos climate awareness is only first step. SENT: 140 words, photos.
CHINA-INTERPOL — Chinese sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes. SENT: 200 words.
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DRUG CRISIS-METH AND COCAINE — Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation's drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked for the opioid epidemic to help growing numbers of people struggling with meth and cocaine. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. SENT: 790 words, photos.
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TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial unfolds amid a fight over rules for debate, with Republicans pushing for swift proceedings and Democrats warning of a “cover-up.” As the Senate reconvenes with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding and senators sworn to do “impartial justice,” the legacy of Trump's presidency and the nation's system of checks and balances are at stake. By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,200 words, photos, video. With TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-WHAT TO WATCH; TRUMP-IMPEACHMENT-THE ARGUMENTS — Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats, Trump team.
See full coverage of the impeachment inquiry in AP Newsroom.
CHINA-OUTBREAK — Heightened precautions are being taken in China and elsewhere as governments strive to control the outbreak of a new coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush. Anxieties around the disease grew after a Chinese government expert revealed that the virus can be spread between humans. By Yanan Wang and Ken Moritsugu. SENT: 830 words, photos. Also see FINANCIAL-MARKETS below.
TRUMP — Trump is on a mission to sell the United States to the global business community just as his historic impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate. When the trial reconvenes in Washington, Trump will be thousands of miles away trying to charm global CEOs at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. By Darlene Superville. SENT: 780 words, photos. UPCOMING: Trump speech scheduled for 5:30 a.m.
ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATIC SURROGATES — Democratic White House hopefuls are deploying surrogates across the early primary states and beyond as they try to make up for their limited time on the trail. The surrogates will become even more important this week as four senators running for president will be stuck in Washington to serve as jurors for Trump's impeachment trial. By Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1,090 words, photos.
ISRAEL-SCARS OF AUSCHWITZ — Seventy-five years after the Auschwitz death camp was liberated, Maurice Gluck is one of 75 Holocaust survivors featured in a commemorative photo project. The unique exhibition is just one of the various events marking the anniversary and commemorating its victims as the notorious camp’s few and aging survivors slowly disappear. By Aron Heller. SENT: 900 words, photos.
MEXICO-MIGRANT CARAVAN — Hundreds of Central American migrants are stranded in a sort of no-man’s land on the river border between Guatemala and Mexico after running up against lines of Mexican National Guard troops deployed to keep them from moving en masse into the country and on north toward the U.S. By María Verza and Sonia Pérez D. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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CHILD DEATHS-PHOENIX — Phoenix police: Three children pronounced dead inside home. SENT: 110 words, video.
NEPAL-NATIVE MOUNTAINEERS — Nepalese-owned operators take lead on world's highest peaks. SENT: 620 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden returns to Iowa for another campaign swing with less than two weeks before the Feb. 3 caucuses, but he and his advisers know Trump’s impeachment trial 1,000 miles away on Capitol Hill could color the closing days of the first nominating contest as much as anything Biden says to Iowans. SENT: 780 words, photos.
Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page of AP Newsroom.
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AP EXPLAINS-INDIA-CITIZENSHIP LAW — India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law. A brief look at how India has grappled with citizenship. SENT: 710 words, photos.
THAILAND-POLITICS — Thailand's Constitutional Court acquits the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the constitutional monarchy in another legal case that highlights the political divisions in the Southeast Asian nation. SENT: 620 words, photos.
SOUTH AFRICA-CIRCUS LIONS RELOCATED — Rescued circus lions and tigers are flown from Guatemala to South Africa where they will find new homes in a game reserve. UPCOMING: 200 words by 5 a.m., photos.
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PORTLAND-STABBINGS-MURDER-TRIAL — A man charged with fatally stabbing two men who authorities say confronted him during a racist rant on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train goes to trial, two years after the killings in a liberal city. SENT: 840 words, photos.
OFFICERS SHOT-HAWAII — A man suspected of stabbing a woman and killing two Hawaii police officers would record neighbors with a camera mounted to his hat and rig a barbecue grill to blow thick smoke directly into their windows, a lawyer for residents says. SENT: 650 words, photos, videos.
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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian stock markets tumble as concern about the economic impact of a Chinese disease outbreak rose. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 450 words, photos.
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MEDIA-OBSTRUCTED-VIEW — Americans who want to follow Trump's impeachment saga and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape trial through the media will sit in obstructed seats. By Media Writer David Bauder. SENT: 930 words, photos.
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