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Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. -------------- ONLY ON AP -------------- BRAZIL-LOSING TO ZIKA — An AP visit to towns at the epicenter of the Zika epidemic finds public hospitals starved for funds, chemicals used to kill mosquitoes depleted and local health officials complaining of a lack of support despite the president's pledge no expense will be spared. The outlook reflects Brazil's deepest recession since the 1930s and longstanding state negligence that critics say is crippling the response to the outbreak. By Joshua Goodman and Mauricio Savarese. SENT: 1,990 words, photos. An 850-word abridged version also sent. With video BRA ZIKA SPRAYING (CR); MED-ZIKA-VIRUS-Q&A (sent). ---------------- TOP STORIES ---------------- PARIS ATTACKS — The main fugitive from Islamic extremist attacks in Paris in November, Salah Abdeslam, is shot in the leg and arrested in Belgium's capital after four months at large, French police officials say. By John-Thor Dahlburg and Lori Hinnant. SENT: 630 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing; video. With PARIS ATTACKS-THE LATEST (sent; updated throughout the day). NUCLEAR MISSTEPS — The Air Force is investigating possible cocaine and other illegal drug use among a dozen airmen providing security at a nuclear missile base in Wyoming, the latest in a string of scandals in the U.S. nuclear force. By National Security Writer Robert Burns. SENT: 670 words, photos. UPCOMING: 750 words by 4 p.m., photos. With NUCLEAR MISSTEPS-FINDINGS SO FAR — Key findings in AP nuclear missile corps probe (sent). GOP 2016-TRUMP SECURITY — Donald Trump is surrounded by rings of security at his campaign rallies but they are limited in what they can do. By Alicia A. Caldwell. SENT: 810 words, photos. With GOP 2016-TRUMP BUSINESS — In Trump's world, business and politics go hand-in-hand (sent). DEM 2016-BLACK VOTERS-NORTH VS SOUTH — Black voters in Rust Belt states aren't as solidly behind Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton as those in the South, and exit polls reveal a possible reason: Blacks in the North and Midwest are more likely to say race relations have gotten worse. UPCOMING: 800 words by 3 p.m., photos. EUROPE-MIGRANTS — The European Union and Turkish leaders celebrate a "historic day" after sealing a widely-criticized pact to send thousands of migrants back to Turkey, a deal that will cost millions and require the rapid dispatch of thousands of experts to Greece to make the plan a reality. By Lorne Cook and Menelaos Hadjicostis. SENT: 750 words, photos. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4:30 p.m., photos. With EUROPE-MIGRANTS-THE LATEST; EUROPE-MIGRANTS-SPLIT FAMILY — Syrian mother trapped at the Greece-Macedonia border longs to be reunited with husband and children in Germany (both sent). SYRIA — Russian warplanes flow in support of Syrian government troops in an offensive to recapture the historic town of Palmyra from the hands of the Islamic State group, which has damaged many of the town's world-famous archaeological sites. By Bassem Mroue. SENT: 740 words, photos. ------------------------------------- WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ------------------------------------- CHINA-FACEBOOK — Mark Zuckerberg's run in Beijing's toxic stirs Chinese public. SENT: 430 words, photos. WINTRY WEATHER — A weekend storm threatens to bring a heavy dose of snow to the Northeast in time for the first day of spring. UPCOMING 350 words by 3 p.m., photos. SKYSCRAPER-DEATH — Los Angeles skyscraper plunge investigated as suicide. SENT: 540 words, photos. FRANCE-MEAT VENDING MACHINE — Paris gets sausages and steaks 24/7 from vending machine. SENT: 680 words, photos. With video FRANCE MEAT VENDING (CR). HOGAN-GAWKER-TRIAL — Jury begins deliberating in Hogan-Gawker sex tape lawsuit. SENT: 570 words, photos. UPCOMING: Developing. ----------------------------------- WASHINGTON & POLITICS ----------------------------------- DEM 2016-SUPREME COURT — Hillary Clinton is staying mum about whether President Barack Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland would be her choice too, if she were president. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4 p.m., photos. IMMIGRATION-CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — Obama administration steps up efforts to deport immigrants who came in 2014 surge of children and families. SENT: 780 words, photos, video. -------------------- INTERNATIONAL -------------------- BRAZIL-CORRUPTION — Brazil's political crisis deepens as judges file injunctions to block the appointment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to his successor following a tumultuous swearing-in ceremony and heated protests. SENT: 750 words, photos. KOREAS-TENSION — North Korea ignores U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea, officials say, days after its leader ordered tests of weapons linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. SENT: 870 words, photos. With UNITED NATIONS-NORTH KOREA — US requests UN meeting on North Korea missile launch (sent). LIBYA-DISUNITY GOVERNMENT — The United States, Europe and United Nations all pin their hopes for resolving Libya's chaos and blocking the Islamic State group's growth there on a newly announced unity government. SENT: 1,000 words, photos. ------------- NATIONAL ------------- CIVIL RIGHTS PILGRIMAGE — As blacks and whites face off at presidential rallies during this vitriolic campaign season, a bipartisan group of civil rights leaders and Republican senators start a three-day history and race relations tour of South Carolina, culminating with services at the Charleston church where nine black parishioners were gunned down last June. SENT: 530 words, photos. UPCOMING: 600 words with new approach by 5 p.m., photos. KILLINGS BY POLICE-HOUSTON — Officers who opened fire on five robbery suspects accused of holding up a Houston furniture store had had the men under surveillance for hours, killing two suspects and injuring two more. SENT: 560 words, photo, video. CHICAGO POLICE — Police reports show a Chicago police officer who fatally shot a bat-wielding college student and the student's neighbor gave two versions of what happened — first telling detectives that the student held the baseball bat over his head then telling them two days later that the young man swung the bat at him. SENT: 530 words. CONCERT PIANIST-DAUGHTERS SLAIN — An award-winning concert pianist arrives at his estranged wife's home to pick up their two daughters and found the girls slain in their beds, and authorities say their mother had suffered knife wounds and faces a mental health exam. SENT: 330 words, photos. UPCOMING: 500 words by 4 p.m., photos. ---------- BUSINESS ---------- STARWOOD-BUYOUT — Starwood calls off a $12.2 billion buyout agreement with Marriott in favor of an offer from a group of investors led by the Chinese insurance company Anbang. SENT: 450 words, photos. APPLE PRIVACY NIGHTMARE — Even if Apple loses its case against the FBI, the feds have promised that its software tool for working around iPhone security features can stay secret. By Bree Fowler. SENT: 750 words, photo. ----------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT ----------------------------------- VIRTUAL REALITY-MOTION SICKNESS — Despite all the advances made in virtual reality over the past five years, there's still concern the immersive technology could cause motion sickness among users with several head-turning VR games set for release in the coming weeks. By Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang. UPCOMING: 700 words by 2 p.m., photos. ---------- SPORTS ---------- NCAA-MEANINGLESS SEEDS — The only thing double-digit about Wichita State and Gonzaga is their margins of victory. By National Writer Eddie Pells. 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