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Trader James lamb works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street, erasing a brief early rally, after an emergency interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to wipe out fears that a fast-spreading virus outbreak could lead to a recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader James lamb works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street, erasing a brief early rally, after an emergency interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to wipe out fears that a fast-spreading virus outbreak could lead to a recession. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

March 3, 2020

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Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
March 3, 2020 5:10 p.m.

Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9

SEATTLE (AP) — Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis.