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• France holds local elections despite virus lockdown
• Greece transferring 450 migrants to facility near Athens
• Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
• AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity
• Groups help local journalists call out misinformation
• Legislative tracker sounds alarm on anti-transparency bills
• How new state-by-state transparency bill tracker will work
• Amid decline, newspapers press less for records in court
• How reporters or members of the public can access legal help
• Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2019 profits drop 20% to $88.2B
• Israeli PM’s corruption trial postponed due to coronavirus
• Syrian war, rumbling into 10th year, still has global impact
• Christchurch marks anniversary of mosque shootings
• Mexico holds big music festival despite coronavirus concerns
• Biden, Sanders to debate against backdrop of global pandemic
• Biden wins endorsement from NEA, nation’s largest union
• Cirque du Soleil closes its Las Vegas shows because of virus
• Boeing Field, two Eastside properties to be used for housing homeless people during coronavirus pandemic
• Movin’ and groovin’ on Capitol Hill
• As virus roils markets, Trump again threatens Fed chairman

France holds local elections despite virus lockdown Posted: 15 Mar 2020 02:29 AM PDT PARIS (AP) — France is holding nationwide elections Sunday to choose all of its mayors and other local leaders despite a crackdown on public gatherings because of the new virus. Voting stations opened just as a drastic new order came into effect shutting down all of France’s restaurants, museums, and most stores to stem the […]

Greece transferring 450 migrants to facility near Athens Posted: 15 Mar 2020 01:58 AM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is transferring 450 migrants recently detained for trying to reach the island of Lesbos illegally to a facility near Athens, authorities said Sunday. A ship with the migrants landed at a port near Athens and the migrants will be transferred to a facility just north of the capital pending deportation, […]

Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:48 AM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent’s town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it. When Illinois’ Democratic governor said a pension change would save the state as much as $25 billion, they rated that mostly false, too. The Better Government Association is […]

AP PHOTOS: Italians cooped up by virus cope with creativity Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:46 AM PDT ROME (AP) — Italians are cooped up at home by a government decree to combat the spread of coronavirus. They are coping creatively. A trumpeter on a balcony in Sicily blasts out "Imagine." At the same precise moment, a saxophonist plays some jazz riffs through an open apartment window in northern Turin. Pot lids are […]

Groups help local journalists call out misinformation Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:45 AM PDT Fact-checking organizations seek to help local journalists, news organizations and everyday citizens navigate the slippery world of online misinformation. Some tips: — Don’t make the problem worse. Be aware that reporting on a false claim, or re-posting it, can amplify it. That allows misinformation to spread faster and reach more people. If you do write […]

Legislative tracker sounds alarm on anti-transparency bills Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:44 AM PDT IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Amid growing concern about the expensive incentives promised to Amazon to land its new headquarters, Kentucky lawmakers considered a bill to shield its largest city’s failed pitch from public scrutiny. To open government advocates, the effort to hide Louisville’s bid was an outrage that soon got worse: A House committee […]

How new state-by-state transparency bill tracker will work Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:42 AM PDT Journalists, open government advocates and others have a new tool for tracking state legislation related to transparency. The coalition is working with the software company Quorum to identify bills that contain key search terms such as "public records.” Coalition outreach manager Kelsey Ryan said the dashboards will update in real time. They will include information […]

Amid decline, newspapers press less for records in court Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:42 AM PDT Shane Fitzgerald has pushed for public records in court to help his reporters uncover details of a destructive school fire, the police shooting of an inmate and a public defender who wasn’t doing much work. But there are many instances where his newspaper group in suburban Philadelphia has not, especially since the declines in the […]

How reporters or members of the public can access legal help Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:39 AM PDT Some legal resources for reporters, local news organizations and members of the public who seek access to public records and meetings: — Legal Assistance: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is placing attorneys in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee to provide legal support to news organizations seeking records or access. https://www.rcfp.org/local/ — […]

Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2019 profits drop 20% to $88.2B Posted: 15 Mar 2020 12:19 AM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its profits dropped 20% in 2019 to $88.2 billion, a sharp decline coming as the kingdom stands ready to flood an already-weakened global energy market amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The announcement by the firm formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. […]

Israeli PM’s corruption trial postponed due to coronavirus Posted: 14 Mar 2020 11:57 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jerusalem district court announced on Sunday that it was postponing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial for two months because of restrictions arising from the outbreak of the coronavirus. Netanyahu was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to face charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in connection […]

Syrian war, rumbling into 10th year, still has global impact Posted: 14 Mar 2020 11:12 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — In a world gripped by a pandemic, global unrest and a fast-moving news cycle, it can be difficult to remember that the war in Syria is still happening. Even before the coronavirus outbreak took over daily lives around the globe, the conflict, which began in early 2011, had largely fallen off the […]

Christchurch marks anniversary of mosque shootings Posted: 14 Mar 2020 10:02 PM PDT CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — People in the New Zealand city of Christchurch honored the 51 worshipers who were killed in a mass shooting a year ago in small but poignant ways Sunday, after a planned national memorial event was canceled due to fears it might spread the new coronavirus. Outside the Al Noor mosque, […]

Mexico holds big music festival despite coronavirus concerns Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:36 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (AP) — While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country. Some acts backed out, but tens of […]

Biden, Sanders to debate against backdrop of global pandemic Posted: 14 Mar 2020 09:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — As the two remaining Democratic presidential candidates return to the debate stage, their party, the stakes, and the world look much different than in their last meeting less than three weeks ago. The fast-moving coronavirus was something of an afterthought in that debate; now the escalating crisis is likely to dominate Sunday's […]

Biden wins endorsement from NEA, nation’s largest union Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:56 PM PDT The nation's largest labor union has lined up behind Joe Biden's presidential campaign, with the National Education Association on Saturday endorsing the former vice president for the Democratic nomination over his last remaining primary rival Bernie Sanders. The NEA's board of directors chose Biden following a recommendation from the organization's political action committee board, following […]

Cirque du Soleil closes its Las Vegas shows because of virus Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:49 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cirque du Soleil, creator of many of the most popular shows in Las Vegas, said Saturday that it is temporarily suspending its productions in the city as well as around the world because of the new coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, the company said it made the decision based on public […]

Boeing Field, two Eastside properties to be used for housing homeless people during coronavirus pandemic Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:38 PM PDT Seattle-area officials have scrambled to open up new space to create social distancing in crowded shelters, which house a vulnerable population at risk of contracting severe COVID-19 illnesses.

Movin’ and groovin’ on Capitol Hill Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:33 PM PDT

As virus roils markets, Trump again threatens Fed chairman Posted: 14 Mar 2020 06:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he had the power to fire or demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, adding new fuel to his long-running animus toward the central bank's leader at a moment when the economy was at risk of edging into recession. Trump told reporters that he wasn't considering firing Powell, […]

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