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DAMS-LEGACY OF NEGLECT-MISSING PLANS — Heavy rains and recent flooding across the Southeastern U.S. have highlighted a potential public safety concern for some dams. An AP review has identified hundreds of high-hazard dams in the South that lack formal emergency action plans. The plans are required by most states for high-hazard dams whose failure could result in the loss of human life, but many dam owners still haven't completed them. By David A. Lieb, Michelle Minkoff and Sudhin Thanawala. SENT: 1,150 words, photos.

TOP STORIES

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, three officials familiar with the closed-door briefing say. The warning raises questions about the integrity of the presidential campaign and whether Trump's administration is taking the proper steps to combat the kind of interference that the U.S. saw in 2016. By Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsamo. SENT: 700 words, photo. With TRUMP-INTELLIGENCE — Trump makes unconventional pick to oversee “deep state."

SKOREA-VIRUS-OUTBREAK — South Korea reports more virus cases and declares a “special management zone” around a southeastern city where the surging outbreak, largely linked to a church in Daegu, threatens to overwhelm the region's health system. In Seoul, officials band major downtown rallies and shut down a big park to avoid mass public gatherings where the virus could spread. By Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim. SENT: 890 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: 1,240 words, photos. Also see CHINA-OUTBREAK below.

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: 890 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-BLOOMBERG — Mike Bloomberg's name last appeared on a ballot a decade before #MeToo transformed cultural mores surrounding sexual harassment and the treatment of women. As he campaigns for the presidency, the 78-year-old billionaire is struggling to adjust. By Alexandra Jaffe and Maryclaire Dale. SENT: 1,300 words, photos. With TRUMP — Trump savoring scrambled Democratic race, Bloomberg's debate debut.

ELECTION 2020-CHANGING NEVADA — Nevada's first-in-the West presidential caucus puts the spotlight on a state that was historically a Republican stronghold but has swung increasingly blue over the last two decades. By Scott Sonner. SENT: 990 words, photos. Also see 2020 ELECTION below.

Find more coverage on the 2020 U.S. Elections featured topic page in AP Newsroom.

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CHINA-OUTBREAK

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CHINA-OUTBREAK — China reports another fall in new virus cases as health officials express continued optimism over containment of the outbreak that has caused more than 2,200 deaths but has grown elsewhere. SENT: 520 words, photos. With CHINA-OUTBREAK-AT A GLANCE; FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian stocks follow Wall Street lower on renewed virus fears.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CHURCH — A church whose leader claims he is an angel of Jesus has become the biggest cluster of viral infections in South Korea, where a surge in new cases raises fears that the outbreak is getting out of control. SENT: 470 words, photos.

VIRUS-JAPAN-CRUISE SHIP — Japan's health minister says the last cruise ship passengers who tested negative for a new virus will leave the Diamond Princess after a much-criticized quarantine of the vessel ended. SENT: 450 words, photos.

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2020 ELECTION

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ELECTION 2020-MONEY — Campaign finance disclosures made to the Federal Election Commission offer the clearest look yet at which of the Democratic presidential candidates will have the resources to forge on deep into the calendar and who will be forced to soon reckon with the sustainability of their candidacy. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-CALIFORNIA — California is the largest prize in the calculations of any Democratic presidential candidate. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

TRUMP-PARASITE — Trump apparently not a fan of “Parasite.” SENT: 180 words, photos.

ABORTION-FLORIDA — Florida Legislature passes abortion parental consent bill. SENT: 650 words.

WAKE FOREST-RACIAL TENSIONS — Wake Forest apologizes for slavery in university's past. SENT: 460 words, photos.

SPORTS-GAMBLING-INDICTMENT — Brian Urlacher's brother charged in offshore gambling ring. SENT: 370 words.

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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.

TRUMP-BLAGOJEVICH-Q&A — Job wanted: Ex-governor and ex-con with strong speaking skills and good hair seeking employment. SENT: 1,040 words, photos, video.

TITANIC ARTIFACTS — The salvage firm that has plucked silverware, china and gold coins from the wreckage of the Titanic now wants to recover the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Machine that transmitted the doomed ship's increasingly frantic distress calls. SENT: 640 words, photos.

MISSING-KIDS-MOM-ARRESTED — The mother of two Idaho children missing since September is arrested in Hawaii. SENT: 600 words, photo.

EXECUTION-TENNESSEE — A convicted murderer is put to death in Tennessee's electric chair, becoming the state's fifth prisoner over 16 months to choose electrocution over the state's preferred method of lethal injection. SENT: 770 words, photo.

ARIZONA-SANCTUARY POLICY BAN — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Republican lawmakers have pulled a contentious proposal to enshrine a ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” in the state constitution. SENT: 670 words, photo.

MISSING GIRL-SOUTH CAROLINA — The South Carolina community that searched, prayed and then cried gets to say goodbye to a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard and was found dead three days later. SENT: 390 words, photos.

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INTERNATIONAL

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NEW ZEALAND-MILLANE KILLER SENTENCED — A New Zealand man is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a British backpacker whose mother told the court a hole had been ripped in her heart by her daughter's stolen life. SENT: 530 words, photos.

UNITED-NATIONS-HAITI — The political impasse that has paralyzed Haiti is sending its economy deeper into recession, with 4.6 million people needing humanitarian aid — and there is no immediate end in sight, the U.N. envoy for Haiti says. SENT: 600 words, photos.

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SPORTS

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LAKE PLACID-THE LEGACY — The benefits of Olympic hockey's Miracle on Ice have been reaped in Lake Placid for 40 years, and the plan now is to keep those miracles — and miracle-seekers — coming. By Sports Writer Tim Reynolds. SENT: 970 words, photos.

EQUAL PAY — Players on the U.S. women's national team are seeking more than $66 million in damages as part of their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. By Sports Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 1,070 words, photos.

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