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Aurora Guadalupe Azamar reacts after learning that her mother died, probably of COVID-19 disease, outside of a public hospital at Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. At hospitals across the capital where coronavirus patients are being treated, family members of the sick crowd the sidewalk outside, with most saying they have no other way of getting information about their loved ones isolated inside. Mexico's coronavirus cases have begun rising more rapidly, with experts predicting a peak around the second week in May. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

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First grader Sofia flies a kite on the rooftop of her home after finishing her homework, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. With schools shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic, students who have internet and a tablet can receive instruction via online, which is proving a challenge for students in Venezuela, where the internet is spotty and many do not have tablets or laptops. Today a government organization lent a tablet to Sofia so she could get her homework instructions without having to borrow the phone from a neighbor to get the information via a messenger service. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

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Indian laborers kept in quarantine after arriving from outside the state protest against poor treatment at the quarantine center in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. The shelter-in-place orders imposed in India on March 24 halted all but essential services, sparking an exodus of migrant workers and people who survive on daily wages out of India's cities and toward villages in rural areas. Authorities picked up travelers in a fleet of buses and quarantined many of them in empty schools and other public buildings for 14 days. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)

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President Donald Trump smiles during an event about reopening the country, with industry executives, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAlex Brandon)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-DEATH COUNT — President Donald Trump predicted the U.S. death count from the coronavirus pandemic would come in at about 60,000, but the reported toll has now edged past Trump’s marker. By Darlene Superville. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — Trump says he’s not extending social distancing guidelines.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as President Donald Trump meets with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EUROPE-JOBLESS — Thousands of European businesses are on life support due to coronavirus shutdowns, but many are able to keep their employees on staff as they hope for things to pick up as the continent reopens. That’s because governments are paying them to keep their workers on board under temporary support programs. By Masha Macpherson and David McHugh. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.
A bolt of lightning streaks near the vestiges of a rainbow as a thunderstorm rolls through Lewiston, Idaho, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Pete CasterLewiston Tribune via AP)

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Two swans swim in the Vltava river as sun sets in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP PhotoPetr David Josek)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday after people thronged the seashore during a sweltering weekend despite his social distancing order that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a memo sent to police chiefs around the state. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LOS-ANGELES-TESTING — Mayor: L.A. first major U.S. city offering all residents tests.
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Aurora Guadalupe Azamar reacts after learning that her mother died, probably of COVID-19 disease, outside of a public hospital at Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. At hospitals across the capital where coronavirus patients are being treated, family members of the sick crowd the sidewalk outside, with most saying they have no other way of getting information about their loved ones isolated inside. Mexico's coronavirus cases have begun rising more rapidly, with experts predicting a peak around the second week in May. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

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First grader Sofia flies a kite on the rooftop of her home after finishing her homework, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. With schools shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic, students who have internet and a tablet can receive instruction via online, which is proving a challenge for students in Venezuela, where the internet is spotty and many do not have tablets or laptops. Today a government organization lent a tablet to Sofia so she could get her homework instructions without having to borrow the phone from a neighbor to get the information via a messenger service. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

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Indian laborers kept in quarantine after arriving from outside the state protest against poor treatment at the quarantine center in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. The shelter-in-place orders imposed in India on March 24 halted all but essential services, sparking an exodus of migrant workers and people who survive on daily wages out of India's cities and toward villages in rural areas. Authorities picked up travelers in a fleet of buses and quarantined many of them in empty schools and other public buildings for 14 days. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)

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President Donald Trump smiles during an event about reopening the country, with industry executives, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAlex Brandon)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-DEATH COUNT — President Donald Trump predicted the U.S. death count from the coronavirus pandemic would come in at about 60,000, but the reported toll has now edged past Trump’s marker. By Darlene Superville. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — Trump says he’s not extending social distancing guidelines.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as President Donald Trump meets with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EUROPE-JOBLESS — Thousands of European businesses are on life support due to coronavirus shutdowns, but many are able to keep their employees on staff as they hope for things to pick up as the continent reopens. That’s because governments are paying them to keep their workers on board under temporary support programs. By Masha Macpherson and David McHugh. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

A bolt of lightning streaks near the vestiges of a rainbow as a thunderstorm rolls through Lewiston, Idaho, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Pete CasterLewiston Tribune via AP)

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Two swans swim in the Vltava river as sun sets in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP PhotoPetr David Josek)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday after people thronged the seashore during a sweltering weekend despite his social distancing order that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a memo sent to police chiefs around the state. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LOS-ANGELES-TESTING — Mayor: L.A. first major U.S. city offering all residents tests.

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Aurora Guadalupe Azamar reacts after learning that her mother died, probably of COVID-19 disease, outside of a public hospital at Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. At hospitals across the capital where coronavirus patients are being treated, family members of the sick crowd the sidewalk outside, with most saying they have no other way of getting information about their loved ones isolated inside. Mexico's coronavirus cases have begun rising more rapidly, with experts predicting a peak around the second week in May. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

Aurora Guadalupe Azamar reacts after learning that her mother died, probably of COVID-19 disease, outside of a public hospital at Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. At hospitals across the capital where coronavirus patients are being treated, family members of the sick crowd the sidewalk outside, with most saying they have no other way of getting information about their loved ones isolated inside. Mexico's coronavirus cases have begun rising more rapidly, with experts predicting a peak around the second week in May. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

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AMERICAN HOSTAGE — In the days following the capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan earlier this year, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network while the U.S. intelligence community tried to track the cellphones of the man and his captors, The Associated Press has learned. By James Laporta and Eric Tucker. SENT: 1,440 words, photo. An abridged version of 1,030 words is also available.

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First grader Sofia flies a kite on the rooftop of her home after finishing her homework, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. With schools shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic, students who have internet and a tablet can receive instruction via online, which is proving a challenge for students in Venezuela, where the internet is spotty and many do not have tablets or laptops. Today a government organization lent a tablet to Sofia so she could get her homework instructions without having to borrow the phone from a neighbor to get the information via a messenger service. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

First grader Sofia flies a kite on the rooftop of her home after finishing her homework, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. With schools shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic, students who have internet and a tablet can receive instruction via online, which is proving a challenge for students in Venezuela, where the internet is spotty and many do not have tablets or laptops. Today a government organization lent a tablet to Sofia so she could get her homework instructions without having to borrow the phone from a neighbor to get the information via a messenger service. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

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VIRUS-OUTBREAK — The promise of an effective treatment against the coronavirus — an experimental drug that can speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients — raises hopes for faster progress in battling the pandemic and restoring wrecked economies and livelihoods. By Martin Crutsinger, Marilynn Marchione and Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST.

Indian laborers kept in quarantine after arriving from outside the state protest against poor treatment at the quarantine center in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. The shelter-in-place orders imposed in India on March 24 halted all but essential services, sparking an exodus of migrant workers and people who survive on daily wages out of India's cities and toward villages in rural areas. Authorities picked up travelers in a fleet of buses and quarantined many of them in empty schools and other public buildings for 14 days. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian laborers kept in quarantine after arriving from outside the state protest against poor treatment at the quarantine center in Prayagraj, India, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. The shelter-in-place orders imposed in India on March 24 halted all but essential services, sparking an exodus of migrant workers and people who survive on daily wages out of India's cities and toward villages in rural areas. Authorities picked up travelers in a fleet of buses and quarantined many of them in empty schools and other public buildings for 14 days. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh)

VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-DEATH COUNT — President Donald Trump predicted the U.S. death count from the coronavirus pandemic would come in at about 60,000, but the reported toll has now edged past Trump’s marker. By Darlene Superville. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-WASHINGTON — Trump says he’s not extending social distancing guidelines.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LAST-NORMAL-MOMENT — The coronavirus scare has done something to time. The days, weeks, and now the months, have blurred and stretched as talk of reopening the world has taken over for millions waiting and wondering at home. Like so many cataclysms before this one, memories are settling in of the old times, for better or worse. By Leanne Italie. SENT: 1,750 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRAZIL’S NEIGHBORS — Brazil’s virtually uncontrolled surge of COVID-19 cases is spawning fear that construction workers, truck drivers and tourists from Latin America’s biggest nation will spread the disease to neighboring countries that are doing a better job of controlling the coronavirus. By Almudena Calatrava and Michael Weissenstein. SENT: 870 words, photos.

President Donald Trump smiles during an event about reopening the country, with industry executives, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAlex Brandon)

President Donald Trump smiles during an event about reopening the country, with industry executives, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoAlex Brandon)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-EUROPE-JOBLESS — Thousands of European businesses are on life support due to coronavirus shutdowns, but many are able to keep their employees on staff as they hope for things to pick up as the continent reopens. That’s because governments are paying them to keep their workers on board under temporary support programs. By Masha Macpherson and David McHugh. SENT: 1,040 words, photos. Also see MORE ON THE VIRUS OUTBREAK below.

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ELECTION 2020-THIRD PARTY — The first major third-party candidate is emerging in the contest between Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Michigan congressman Justin Amash faces almost impossibly steep odds, but any candidacy outside the two major parties can produce unpredictable twists. By Will Weissert. SENT: 870 words, photo.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as President Donald Trump meets with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci)

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as President Donald Trump meets with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP PhotoEvan Vucci)

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A bolt of lightning streaks near the vestiges of a rainbow as a thunderstorm rolls through Lewiston, Idaho, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Pete CasterLewiston Tribune via AP)

A bolt of lightning streaks near the vestiges of a rainbow as a thunderstorm rolls through Lewiston, Idaho, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (Pete CasterLewiston Tribune via AP)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-CALIFORNIA — Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks closed starting Friday after people thronged the seashore during a sweltering weekend despite his social distancing order that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a memo sent to police chiefs around the state. SENT: 960 words, photos. With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-LOS-ANGELES-TESTING — Mayor: L.A. first major U.S. city offering all residents tests.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-PERFECTING PROTESTS — Thousands of people have gathered in perfect geometric patterns in Tel Aviv’s central square to comply with social distancing rules as they express their anger over the continued rule of a prime minister charged with serious crimes. SENT: 920 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-JAPAN-NOT STAYING HOME — Under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not. SENT: 1,030 words, photos.

Two swans swim in the Vltava river as sun sets in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP PhotoPetr David Josek)

Two swans swim in the Vltava river as sun sets in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AP PhotoPetr David Josek)

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-IMMIGRANT-HELPERS — Some immigrants who used to do construction or clean homes but lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic go out each day to deliver food to families in need. SENT: 920 words, photos.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THAILAND-GROUNDED-GIGS — Faced with grounded flights and pay cuts, crews of Thailand’s airlines have formed a car and motorbike delivery service, earning vital money and winning fame on the doorstep. SENT: 650 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FUNERAL HOME — Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials say. SENT: 320 words, photos, video.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-JOURNALISTS — The working conditions of news reporters around the globe have deteriorated during the coronavirus pandemic amid job losses and attacks on media freedom, according to a survey by the International Federation of Journalists. SENT: 320 words, photo.

VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SYRIA — The U.N. humanitarian chief says that more than 40 cases of COVID-19 and at least three deaths have been reported in Syria, signaling that “tragedy beckons” after nine years of war that has left the country’s health care system decimated. SENT: 730 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea reports four more cases of coronavirus infection in its first daily increase below five in about two months. SENT: 390 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FEDERAL PRISONS — The response from the federal Bureau of Prisons to the growing coronavirus crisis raises alarm among advocates and lawmakers about whether the agency is doing enough to ensure the safety of the nearly 150,000 inmates serving time in federal facilities. SENT: 990 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-RAMADAN-PHOTO GALLERY — Images of Ramadan during the coronavirus pandemic. SENT: 500 words, photos.

GROUND GAME — AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” today focuses on how Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic — and how that is making its neighbors nervous. Listen to the podcast at https://appodcasts.com/category/ground-game/. Embed code is available on AP Coverage. Plan.

A separate advisory has been sent outlining AP’s complete coronavirus coverage.

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PEOPLE-HARRISON FORD — Harrison Ford piloting plane that wrongly crosses runway. SENT: 250 words, photo.

INDIA-OBIT-RISHI KAPOOR — Top actor and Bollywood scion Rishi Kapoor dies of leukemia. SENT: 330 words, photos.

BOOKS-BOLTON — John Bolton book again delayed, this time to June 23. SENT: 240 words, photo.

STUDENT NAMES HELICOPTER-MARS — Alabama student names NASA’s first Mars helicopter. SENT: 420 words.

CYBERSTALKING ARREST — Virginia man accused of racist threats expected to plead guilty. SENT: 290 words.

SOUTH KOREA-FIRE — South Korea investigating cause of fire after 38 workers die. SENT: 280 words, photos.

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ELECTION 2020-BIDEN ALLEGATIONS — Joe Biden faces his first real challenge as the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee, as a sexual assault allegation against him draws renewed media focus and Republican attacks. SENT: 990 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — Trump erupted at his top political advisers last week when they presented him with worrisome polling data that showed his support eroding in a series of battleground states as his response to the coronavirus came under criticism. SENT: 820 words, photos.

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PAKISTAN-KASHMIR — Indian artillery fire in the disputed Kashmir region hit Pakistani army posts and villages killing a soldier, a woman and a 16-year-old girl, Pakistani military and government officials say. SENT: 320 words.

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FINANCIAL-MARKETS — Asian shares advanced, riding a wave of optimism about a possible treatment for the coronavirus that set off a rally on Wall Street powerful enough to override data showing the U.S. economy had logged its worst quarterly performance since 2009. By Business Writer Yuri Kageyama. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.

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FILM-TRIBECA-FILM-FESTIVAL-AWARDS — Alice Wu’s “The Half of It,” a teenage spin on Cyrano de Bergerac, has won the top award from the Tribeca Film Festival. By Film Writer Lindsey Bahr. SENT: 290 words, photo.

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NCAA-COMPENSATING-ATHLETES-Q&A — The foundation is in place for the NCAA to drastically alter its definition of amateurism. By College Sports Writer Ralph D. Russo. SENT: 740 words, photos.

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