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Health Dec 18

Diphtheria takes a deadly stranglehold on war-torn Yemen

By Beth Murphy

Facing war and hunger, momentum for women’s rights slows in Yemen

In Yemen, where forces loyal to the government are clashing with Houthi rebels, millions are going hungry. Because food is so scarce, aid groups are finding they have to focus on life-saving measures and set women’s empowerment efforts aside –…

By Larisa Epatko

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Honduran asylum seeker Daisy V. Villalobos, 32, carries her five-month-old daughter Jimena L. Montoya in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge where they have been living for nearly two months after being sent back under the "Remain in Mexico" program officially named Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) in Matamoros, Mexico October 5, 2019. Photo by Veronica G. Cardenas/Reuters

Nation Feb 28

Court blocks Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

By Associated Press

Nation Feb 28

Feds won’t allow Oregon dams to be removed to aid salmon recovery

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

Smoke rises after an air strike in Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria on February 28, 2020. Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters

World Feb 28

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Syria conflict

By Associated Press

Arts Feb 28

‘Inheritance’ is our March book club pick

By Courtney Vinopal

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Trump administration policies on Iran, Iraq and use of force.” on Capitol Hill, in Washington, February 28, 2020. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

Nation Feb 28

WATCH: Pompeo defends Trump’s airstrike against Iran and virus response

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Hugo Lopez-Gatell Ramirez, Mexico's Undersecretary of Health Prevention and Promotion, holds a news conference on information about the new coronavirus, in Mexico City, Mexico February 27, 2020. Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters

World Feb 28

Mexico confirms first 2 cases of novel coronavirus

By Associated Press

Science Feb 28

Red pandas may be two different species, raising conservation questions

By Adam Moolna, The Conversation

Economy Feb 28

What history can teach us about the latest stock market correction

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with supporters at Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, February 27, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Feb 28

Sanders’ appeal to be tested in moderate Virginia on Super Tuesday

By Alan Suderman, Will Weissert, Associated Press

Afghan policemen keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 28, 2020. Photo by Omar Sobhani/Reuters

World Feb 28

Afghans view U.S.-Taliban deal with well-earned skepticism

By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

File photo of school buses by Getty Images.

Education Feb 28

U.S. schools plan for possible spread of novel coronavirus

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

People wearing masks after the coronavirus outbreak wait in a line to buy masks in front of a department store in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2020. Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

Economy Feb 28

Novel coronavirus fear creates a global run on face masks

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Anne D'Innocenzio, Joseph Pisani, Associated Press