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...
MARCH 6, 2020
It's a "false hope" that COVID-19 will be seasonal and subside in the summer, like the flu, the World Health Organization said Friday.
"We have to assume that the virus will continue to have the capacity to spread," Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's health emergencies program, said at the agency's headquarters in Geneva. "It's a false...
MARCH 6, 2020
Alphabet CEO - Sundar Pichai. - CNBC
Alphabet's top executives are urging employees to stay motivated to run Google's global infrastructure amid coronavirus fears.
"As our company manages this issue, it's important to remember that millions of people and companies around the world are relying on us," chief financial officer Ruth Porat wrote to employees in an internal...
MARCH 5, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, pictured in February, urged residents not to panic as he announced the states first three cases of coronavirus tests. - Steve Ruark/AP
As COVID-19 spreads in the U.S., Maryland health officials are the latest to announce that a handful of Montgomery County residents have tested positive for the virus that causes it.
Gov. Larry...
MARCH 5, 2020
Daylight saving time in 2020 begins this Saturday, March 8. That means the days will finally start getting longer and the light will stick around even later—but it also means we'll lose an hour of precious sleep (something one-third of U.S. adults already aren't getting enough of, according to the CDC). Springing forward with the clocks can...
MARCH 5, 2020
Trump later put the number at less than 1%. President Donald Trump at coronavirus briefing in Bethesda, Maryland, on Mar. 3, 2020. - Evan Vucci/AP
WASHINGTON – The World Health Organization reported this week that the death rate for the coronavirus increased to 3.4% and is more lethal than the flu, which kills tens of thousands of Americans each year.
But...
