Feb 09 China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's death toll from the new virus outbreak has risen by 89 to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, as other governments step up efforts to block the disease. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:43 Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage for another debate Friday as they looked for an edge in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries following last week's chaotic Iowa caucuses. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute,… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 5:00 SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination In what has already been a busy year in space, the London-based telecommunications company, OneWeb, on Friday launched a second round of satellites into orbit in a bid to expand global internet coverage. The launch followed the return of NASA… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 6:27 Climate change, development batter Mississippi Delta oysters By Josh Landis, Nexus Media Record flooding, human-made channels and environmental disasters have exacerbated the already harsh effects of climate change in Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, impacting the region's coastal wildlife and seafood supplies. Special correspondent Joshua Landis reports on how local oyster farmers are coping… Continue watching
Feb 08 AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Obama years. Yet the economy is not so different from the robust one he inherited and disparages at… Continue reading
Feb 08 U.S. official: American casualties in Afghan military mission By Associated Press American and Afghan military personnel were fired on while conducting an operation in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, the U.S. military said Saturday. Several U.S. personnel were either injured or killed, but the exact number and other details were not provided,… Continue reading
Feb 08 China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken By Associated Press The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measures to contain its spread. Continue reading
Feb 08 Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch By Julie Pace, Associated Press Democrats are on edge over embarrassing technical issues that marred this week's Iowa caucuses, and they're worried about the lower-than-expected turnout in the first contest of the 2020 election season. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 5:38 News Wrap: Impeachment witness Vindman removed from NSC post In our news wrap Friday, a key impeachment witness has lost his White House job. An attorney for Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says the aide was fired from the National Security Council and escorted from the building. Vindman had… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 7:34 Trump claims his policies are driving great economic growth. What does the data say? In his State of the Union, President Trump emphasized U.S. economic growth, arguing that his administration’s policies are driving it. Friday’s jobs report, which was stronger than many analysts had predicted, is partly in line with those assertions. But the… Continue watching