Nation Feb 28 Judge cancels oil and gas leases on some sage grouse lands The ruling doesn't stop drilling already underway in areas with sage grouse, but it could help protect the birds from future activity.
Arts Feb 28 National Symphony cancels Japan concerts due to virus In an announcement Thursday night, the orchestra scrapped performances from March 6-11 in Fukui, Sakai, Hiroshima and Tokyo.
World Feb 28 UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Syria conflict The meeting will address the escalating conflict in Syria’s northwest Idlib region, the last major opposition stronghold in the conflict-torn country.
World Feb 28 Mexico confirms first 2 cases of novel coronavirus One of the patients is in Mexico City and the other in the northern state of Sinaloa.
World Feb 27 With first case, Latin America prepares for COVID-19 virus With Brazil reporting the first case of the COVID-19 virus, neighboring countries and other nations around Latin America were attempting to block the possible arrival of the virus.
Nation Feb 26 WATCH: Trump puts Pence in charge of novel coronavirus response Vice President Mike Pence will be working with the government's top health authorities, and Trump's earlier-appointed coronavirus task force, to oversee the response.
Politics Feb 26 Obama lawyers tell pro-Trump super PAC to stop airing misleading ad The ad misuses a snippet from an audio version of Obama's book "Dreams from My Father" to make it sound as though Obama is criticizing Biden's support of the black community.
World Feb 26 Virus adds to fears for targets of Muslim crackdown in China Members of the Uighur Human Rights Project say they also fear the virus could have devastating effects in detention camps where more than a million people are held in cramped and unsanitary conditions.
Politics Feb 25 2020 candidates debate reversing relocation of U.S. embassy in Israel In 2018, the Trump administration reversed decades of U.S. foreign policy by siding more blatantly with Israel, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the American Embassy there.
Health Feb 25 U.S. soldier in South Korea tests positive for novel coronavirus A U.S. military statement said the 23-year-old soldier who tested positive was in self quarantine at his off-base residence. He had been based in Camp Caroll in a town near Daegu.