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WASHINGTON — Scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine, and while they’re starting from scratch against a poorly understood disease, copying shots for similar viruses offers a head start.
A variety of potential candidates are being pursued: Simple DNA vaccines, made with only a few genes from the virus; some made from killed or inactivated virus, much like a standard flu shot; others made with live but weakened virus.

CHEVERLY, Md. — An undercover narcotics officer was mortally wounded by one of his colleagues as he responded to an attack on his police station by a gunman with a death wish, their police chief angrily explained on Monday.
And while Officer Jacai Colson lay dying, the gunman’s two brothers coldly recorded Sunday’s firefight on their cellphones, Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski said, tapping a podium and trying to contain his emotions.

ATLANTA -- Donald Trump will easily win the Florida Republican primary, and Marco Rubio safely holds second place, according to a survey for the Florida Times-Union released Monday.

A Georgia Ports Authority police officer and police vehicle went into the Savannah River at Georgia Ports Authority’s Ocean Terminal just after 2 p.m. Monday, Ports Authority Spokesman Robert Morris said. The officer was able to escape the river, though the means of the escape are not known at this time, Morris said. The officer was examined by emergency medical services at the scene and was transported to Candler Hospital. Morris said the officer was in good condition and is not expected to have sustaned any serious injuries.

Jail bookings from March 7-14 for Bulloch County are now posted. Click through this slideshow to view photos and information obtained from the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Department. All individuals posted have not been convicted of a crime and are innocent until proven guilty. Find previous jail bookings at savannahnow.com/booked.

Savannah-Chatham police arrested two men Monday after several recent entering auto reports at the Embassy Suites hotel parking garage on the 600 block of West Oglethorpe Avenue.Around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, metro officers were called to an entering auto in progress and were able to successfully apprehend Trayvon Marshall, 23, and Curtis Robinson, 29.Investigators believe Marshall and Robinson are linked to approximately six entering auto cases that occured between Feb. 24 and March 1 at the hotel.

The Savannah-Chatham police department’s Major Accident Investigations Team responded to a serious wreck involving a pedestrian and a vehicle just after 7 a.m. Monday
An unidentified female pedestrian was reportedly running between southbound and northbound lanes of traffic, for an unknown reason, on Ogeechee Road, said Darnisha Green, police spokeswoman.
Roosevelt Smith, 83, was traveling in the left southbound lane when his vehicle, a Honda Civic, collided with the female pedestrian.

Effingham County Farm Bureau members traveled to Atlanta on Feb.

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HANOVERTON, Ohio — GOP front-runner Donald Trump tried to prove over the weekend that no perceived misstep can derail his march to the Republican presidential nomination.