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The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Tuesday, Feb. 2

Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers.

1. GOP CANDIDATES EYE NEW HAMPSHIRE MOMENTUM AS DEMS GIRD FOR LONG FIGHT

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are emerging from Iowa with claims to the outsider and mainstream mantles in the Republican primary, while the Democratic contest remains a cliffhanger.

2. WHERE NEW DEMOCRATIC ERA IS DAWNING

Led by Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar is preparing to take a leap into uncharted territory, having only known democracy for 14 of its 1,000 years of recorded history.

3. ZIKA VIRUS CALLED GLOBAL EMERGENCY

The World Health Organization labels the disease’s spread in the Americas an “extraordinary event” that poses a health threat to other parts of the world.

4. WHO IS TRYING TO PREVENT ‘LOST GENERATION’ OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

EU-funded college scholarships and high school remedial classes are part of new efforts by international donors to help migrants keep up with their education.

5. DETAILS REMAIN SCARCE IN DEATH OF VIRGINIA 13-YEAR-OLD

Police still aren’t saying exactly how the lives of a slain seventh-grader and two Virginia Tech students charged in her murder intersected.

6. WHY AFGHAN MEDIA BECOMES TALIBAN’S TARGET

After Afghanistan’s most popular broadcaster falsely accused militants of mass rape in a report carried last year, the insurgents declare war against local journalists.

7. FERGUSON RESIDENTS GET A SAY ON POLICE OVERHAUL AGREEMENT

The first of three public meetings on the proposed consent decree is Tuesday night in the St. Louis suburb where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot.

8. PENNSYLVANIA GROUNDHOG SET TO ‘PREDICT’ WHETHER WINTER ENDS

Members of Punxsutawney Phil’s top hat-wearing inner circle plan to reveal their forecast at sunrise, just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

9. BILL COSBY DUE IN COURT

His lawyers will ask a judge to throw out the only criminal case lodged against the TV star from the dozens of accusations that he molested women.

10. VON MILLER IS DENVER BRONCOS’ LOOSE LEADER

Not only did the loquacious linebacker set the tone for the team’s run to Super Bowl 50, but he also loosened the locker room.

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