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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan, stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Around the world, scientists and veterinarians are racing to protect animals from the coronavirus, often using the same playbook for minimizing disease spread among people. That includes social distancing, health checks and a vaccine for some zoo animals. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals

By Christina Larson And Julie Watson Mar. 19, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., finishes the vote to approve a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington. On Friday, March 12, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill awards a $25 million bonus to members of the House of Representatives. There are several passages that cite $25 million in funding, but no mention of congressional pay raises or bonuses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Mar. 12, 2021 02:58 PM EST

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza arrives to meet the media and illustrate the government's new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Rome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The first anti-pandemic decree from Italy’s new premier, Mario Draghi, tightens measures governing school attendance while easing restrictions on museums, theaters and cinemas. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
The Latest: San Diego zoo vaccinates 9 great apes for virus

By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2021 06:06 AM EST

People wear face masks as they walk along a street in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Latest: India vaccinates 2 million health workers

By The Associated Press Jan. 26, 2021 02:56 AM EST

A member of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., soaks in the sun at his habitat on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Several gorillas at the zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world. It appears the infection came from a member of the park's wildlife care team who also tested positive for the virus but has been asymptomatic and wore a mask at all times around the gorillas. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP)
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park

By Julie Watson Jan. 11, 2021 03:23 PM EST

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus walks at a train station in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Latest: New Zealand visitors must show negative test

By The Associated Press Jan. 11, 2021 02:31 AM EST

A Fully grown Gorilla holding baby in Bwindi National Park Uganda, Tuesday Aug.4.2020. Two new baby gorillas have been spotted in a national park where a beloved primate named Rafiki was killed in June, a Ugandan wildlife official said Tuesday, saying the additions are part of a baby boom in the forested protected area popular with tourists. For us it's a sign of relief. We lost one. We got two. But, of course, losing one is bad enough," said Bashir Hangi, a spokesman for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, talking about the loss of Rafiki.(AP Photo/Uganda Wildlife Authority)
Uganda reports 2 new gorilla babies in Bwindi national park

By Rodney Muhumuza Aug. 04, 2020 10:43 AM EDT

Man who killed Uganda gorilla Rafiki gets 11 years in jail

By Rodney Muhumuza Jul. 30, 2020 01:00 PM EDT
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to killing a beloved mountain gorilla in a popular national park has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over...