MARCH 7, 2020
President Trump, with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar by his side, signs an $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to combat the coronavirus outbreak at the White House Friday. - Jabin Botsford/WashPost
The coronavirus had already begun to spiral out of control around the world when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, during routine Senate testimony,...
MARCH 7, 2020
Spring fever alerts may have to be issued across the bulk of the United States in the coming days as warm air builds from the Great Plains to the Eastern Seaboard.
High pressure sitting over the eastern two thirds of the country will provide dry conditions and springlike warmth to these areas this weekend.
"Even though most...
MARCH 7, 2020
Hillary Clinton. - Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
Hillary Clinton on Thursday took a sideswipe at first lady Melania Trump and her “Be Best” initiative.
“I think she should look closer to home,” Clinton said on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” when asked how she feels about the first lady’s anti-cyberbullying initiative, suggesting she should examine her husband’s online...
MARCH 7, 2020
Syrian Olympic Committee 11-year-old Syrian table tennis player Hend Zaza, who has qualified for the 2020 Olympics
An 11-year-old Syrian table tennis player has qualified for Tokyo 2020 and is set to become one of the youngest Olympians of all time.
Prodigy Hend Zaza qualified to play in this summer's Games after winning last week's West Asia Olympic qualification...
MARCH 6, 2020
A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket with a payload of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX's Starlink broadband network lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — SpaceX launched another load of station supplies for NASA late Friday...
MARCH 6, 2020
In this Thursday, March 5, 2020 photo, Christian Schmutz, of the Swiss Cheesemakers Association, hoists a 77-pound wheel of the Best of Show winner in the World Championship Cheese Contest at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wi.. The cheese, Gourmino Le Gruyere, is made by Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus for Gourmino AG. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal...
MARCH 6, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security seal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's former top watchdog, tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, was indicted on Friday on charges he plotted to steal the government's proprietary software and confidential databases to boost his private business, the Justice Department said.
The indictment...
MARCH 6, 2020
Saudi Arabian authorities detained two of the kingdom’s most prominent figures, further consolidating the power of the king’s son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and clearing away once-formidable rivals to the throne, according to people familiar with the matter.
The detentions occurred early Friday morning when guards from the royal court wearing masks and dressed in black arrived...
MARCH 6, 2020
Pick up truck crashes into Easter Island sacred stone statue.
Mayor calls for vehicle restrictions around famous structures after Chilean man causes ‘incalculable’ damage
The mayor of Easter Island has called for vehicle restrictions to be introduced around its archaeological sites after a pickup truck hit one of the famous stone statues, causing “incalculable” damage.
A Chilean man who lives...
MARCH 6, 2020
Image: A woman who is seeking asylum has her fingerprints taken by a U.S. Customs and Border patrol officer at a pedestrian port of entry from Mexico to the United States, in McAllen, Texas, May 10, 2017. - Carlos Barria
U.S. border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the...
