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It was supposed to be primary day in Georgia on Tuesday. Students and youth organizers in states with delayed elections are feeling frustration and determination in their fight to boost turnout.

Japan's prime minister announces Tuesday that the Tokyo Olympics, originally due to start July 24 will be postponed until next summer, at latest.

Journalist Dylan Baddour is among the thousands of Americans in Peru waiting to return to the United States during the coronavirus outbreak.

A 73-year-old French woman in confinement in Chamonix recalls her Jewish father, who survived World War II hiding out in a nearby village. Others sent him smoke signals to warn when Nazis were near.

"Apart from Wuhan, the other places in Hubei have registered 19 consecutive days with no confirmed cases," provincial officials said on Tuesday.

The House speaker said a Senate agreement could be "done in the next few hours." The remarks are a boost for an approximately $2 trillion deal to revitalize an economy hobbled by the outbreak.

The president's informal target to curtail mitigation measures like social distancing comes as the total number of confirmed cases nationwide tops 50,000.

Even as millions of Americans are losing jobs in restaurants, hotels and airlines, a few industries are adding thousands of workers. They include pharmacies, online retail and delivery services.

Avoid layoffs at any cost. Set up emergency financing for states and cities to help health systems. Cut regulations to speed medical response. Those are some recommendations from leading economists.

"We were looking at a freight train coming across the country — we're now looking at a bullet train," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The state now has more than 25,000 cases.