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AP VoteCast: Black voters carry Biden to his first victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has for weeks looked to the black voters of South Carolina to hand a win to his flagging campaign. On Saturday, they delivered. Biden won about 60% of the votes cast by non-white voters, dominating a crowded Democratic field among a group that made up more than half of the electorate. He also performed strongly with older voter and self-described moderates. That's according to AP VoteCast, a wide-ranging survey of more than 1,400 voters in South Carolina's Democratic primary.

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The Latest: Biden adviser says 2 candidates have viable path

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A senior adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says the candidate's first-place finish in South Carolina signal there are “only two candidates remaining with a viable path to the nomination.” Anita Dunn told The Associated Press on Saturday that Biden’s strengths in South Carolina with black voters position him well for March 3, Super Tuesday. Biden is hoping to keep Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders from barreling out of the Super Tuesday contests with an insurmountable delegate lead. Dunn said Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 South Carolina primary was his “springboard to the presidency, and we’re on our way to saying the same thing about Joe Biden.”

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Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency

The governor of Washington state declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States. Health officials say the man who died was in his 50s, had underlying health conditions. More than 50 people in a nursing facility are sick and being tested for the virus. A woman in her 40s who works at the facility and a resident in her 70s have tested positive for the virus. Officials in California, Oregon and Washington state are worried about the novel coronavirus spreading through West Coast communities because people are being infected by unknown means.

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Ecuador reports 1st new virus case; Mexico confirms 2 more

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Officials in Ecuador have confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in the South American nation and Mexico has reported two more to raise the country's total to four. Ecuador's health minister said Saturday that a 70-year-old Ecuadoran woman who lives in Spain arrived in the country on Feb. 14 showing no symptoms of illness. But a few days later she developed a fever and is now in critical condition. It was the second case in South America, following a Brazilian case reported on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Mexican authorities reported new cases in Mexico City and the northern city of Torreon.

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Chicago mayor: Police shooting video 'extremely disturbing'

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's mayor says video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted that “widely shared footage” of the Friday afternoon shooting in a Red Line L station only shows one perspective and doesn't depict the entirety of what happened, but that it is “extremely disturbing and the actions by these officers are deeply concerning.” She also says she supports the interim police superintendent's perhaps unprecedented decision to ask prosecutors to head straight to the scene. A police spokesman said Saturday that as far as he knew, the man who was shot was still hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

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Coronavirus rumors spread on app cripple LA's Koreatown

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fears of the coronavirus combined with the speed and reach of social media can quickly cripple the healthiest of businesses. That's what happened to several Korean restaurants in Los Angeles. Their business was hit hard by false rumors spread on a messaging app that a Korean Air flight attendant with coronavirus dined there last week. The Republic of Korea consulate said Friday that the stewardess didn't visit Koreatown while in Los Angeles and public health officials said she was not contagious while in the city. Business owners were upset they didn't hear sooner from government officials.

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Billionaire Tom Steyer ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — California climate activist Tom Steyer is suspending his presidential campaign. Steyer announced Saturday night in Columbia, South Carolina, that he was dropping out of the White House race. After spending nearly $24 million on television advertising in the state, he finished in third place, behind former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary. Steyer rose to national prominence as a climate change activist and by investing heavily in a campaign to impeach President Donald Trump. His presidential campaign was focused on South Carolina, where he sought to appeal to black voters by decrying yawning inequalities in American life that he said were caused by racism.

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US and Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United States and the Taliban have signed a historic peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America's longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulfill a campaign promise to extract America from its “endless wars” and bring troops home from far-flung conflicts. At the White House, Trump said the deal “has a chance” to succeed. It allows the U.S. to begin withdrawing thousands of soldiers if the Taliban meet commitments to prevent Afghanistan from being a launchpad for terrorist attacks. If the Taliban comply, all U.S. and allied troops would leave in 14 months.

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Empty streets, economic turmoil as virus alters daily life

TOKYO (AP) — The coronavirus has claimed its first victim in the United States as the number of cases shot up in Iran, Italy and South Korea and the spreading outbreak shook the global economy. Although many cases appear relatively mild, quarantines, supply chain disruptions and reductions in tourism and business travel are prompting concerns about the global economy. The virus is altering daily life around the world as governments move to combat the spread. Islam's holiest sites were closed to foreign pilgrims, while professional baseball teams played in deserted stadiums in Japan and officials in France advised residents to forgo customary greeting kisses.

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Trump says getting rid of "bad" people made him successful

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump says his “journey" as president is successful because he got rid of people he says are “bad.” Trump came into office railing against what he and his allies call the “deep state.” That's a reference to career government employees and political appointees held over from prior administrations. He has claimed repeatedly that those individuals are out to undermine him. Trump told an annual gathering for conservatives on Saturday that he's been replacing the bad people with “people who love our country.” He says that's made his presidency successful.