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02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Japan's health minister has apologized after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the virus.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Japan's health minister has apologized after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the virus.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday that the government will raise the country's disease alert by one notch to the highest level in a bid to contain a surge in new cornavirus cases.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday that the government will raise the country's disease alert by one notch to the highest level in a bid to contain a surge in new cornavirus cases.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China is planning to build a high speed magnetic levitation train in the country's southwest Yunnan province, with an estimated total investment value of over 100 billion yuan ($14.23 billion), state media reported on Sunday.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Broad-based support across age, racial and ideological groups propelled Bernie Sanders to a dominant victory in Nevada's Democratic caucuses, tightening his grip on the front-runner spot in the race to find a challenger to President Donald Trump.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
South Korea's confirmed cases of coronavirus jumped by 123 to 556 and its death toll rose to four on Sunday, with a majority of cases linked to a church in the southeastern city of Daegu.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
China on Sunday reported a rise in the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus, but the number of fresh infections and deaths outside of the epicenter of central Hubei province continued to fall.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
South Korea's confirmed cases of coronavirus jumped by 123 to 556 and its death toll rose to four on Sunday, with a majority of cases linked to a church in the southeastern city of Daegu.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China on Sunday reported a rise in the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus, but the number of fresh infections and deaths outside of the epicenter of central Hubei province continued to fall.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit team has been ordered to come up with plans to "get around" the Northern Ireland protocol in the Brexit withdrawal agreement, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Aleksandra Shelton is a former world and European champion.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Senator Bernie Sanders not only dominated among self-described liberal voters, but also made inroads with moderates for the first time, entrance polls showed.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
A suspected coronavirus patient was transferred on Friday from Daenam Hospital, in Cheongdo County, near the southeastern city of Daegu.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Bernie Sanders strengthened his front-runner position for the Democratic presidential nomination with a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, while Joe Biden was on track for a second-place finish that would give his struggling campaign new hope.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Volunteers worked to report results from a caucus site at Rancho High School in Las Vegas on Saturday.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
An internal debate over an op-ed headline resurfaced tensions between The Wall Street Journal’s news and opinion sides.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Bernie Sanders' convincing win in the Nevada caucuses signaled his campaign is gathering strength and reaching voters who had previously eluded him, putting him on a path – for now – toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Supporters cheered Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in Texas on Saturday night.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Speaking to a crowd of thousands in Seattle, Elizabeth Warren congratulated Bernie Sanders on his victory in Nevada's caucuses and thanked the state for keeping her in the game. She also took on her newest Democratic opponent, Mike Bloomberg. (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Joe Biden is declaring himself back in the race for the presidency after early results in Nevada showed the former vice president in a distant second place. Biden told supporters Saturday, "we're alive and we're coming back and we're gonna win." (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Families, firefighters and politicians gathered in a solemn public ceremony in Sydney on Sunday to honor the 25 people killed in recent bushfires that tore through the country's most populous state.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Families, firefighters and politicians gathered in a solemn public ceremony in Sydney on Sunday to honor the 25 people killed in recent bushfires that tore through the country's most populous state.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Supporters cheered for Senator Bernie Sanders on Saturday at a rally in El Paso.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
The daughter-in-law of Singapore's founding father has been found guilty by a disciplinary tribunal of professional misconduct over her involvement in preparing his will, which is at heart of a feud between the city-state's first family.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Hundreds of Dominicans took to the streets on Saturday night in fresh protests after the abrupt suspension of municipal elections that unleashed a political crisis months before the Caribbean island votes for a new president.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
On Sunday, Manfred spent much of an annual spring training news conference in Florida defending his handling of the Astros investigation.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Supporters of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. being counted Saturday during a first alignment at Coronado High School in Henderson, Nev.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Sen. Bernie Sanders appears unstoppable and after winning Nevada, Democrats are going to be forced to reckon with the increasingly likely chance a Democratic socialist will lead the November ticket.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Nevada caucus officials and voters at multiple sites on Saturday reported voting rules confusion, calculation glitches and delays in reporting tallies - despite efforts to avoid the issues that plagued Iowa's caucuses earlier this month.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg congratulated Sanders on his showing at the Democratic caucuses in Nevada, but also stressed that Sanders brings polarization and division. (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Joe Biden is declaring himself back in the race for the presidency after early results in Nevada showed the former vice president in a distant second place. Biden told supporters Saturday, "we're alive and we're coming back and we're gonna win." (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Bernie Sanders celebrated a resounding victory in Nevada's presidential caucuses Saturday evening. Speaking to a crowd of thousands in San Antonio, Texas, Sanders declared, "We're going to win this election." (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey delivering the State of the State address last month in Trenton.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
President Trump has long been obsessed with loyalty, a view only exacerbated by his impeachment.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Intelligence reports suggest that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has been working to get President Trump re-elected, and to help Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont secure the Democratic nomination.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
The students were on their way back from a National Hot Rod Association event in Chandler, Arizona, officials said.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Here's the latest for Saturday, February 22th: Sanders takes early lead in Nevada; Afghans welcome week-long truce; Charter bus rollover kills 3, injures 18 outside San Diego; Felt boot production still strong after centuries of the craft.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
The fashion executive Peter Nygard has been accused of rape, the latest in a battle between two rich men in a small developing nation.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, campaigning in her home state of Minnesota Saturday night, claims Nevada caucuses were a success for her no matter what. (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
China's central Hubei province had 630 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, the province's health commission said on Sunday, up from 366 new cases the previous day.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
A third plane with five Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for more than two weeks landed early on Sunday in the Asian financial hub.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China's central Hubei province had 630 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, the province's health commission said on Sunday, up from 366 new cases the previous day.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
A third plane with five Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for more than two weeks landed early on Sunday in the Asian financial hub.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Argentina on Saturday agreed to start consultations with the International Monetary Fund that could lead to a new financing program, days after the global lender said the country's debt situation had become "unsustainable".
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Argentina on Saturday agreed to start consultations with the International Monetary Fund that could lead to a new financing program, days after the global lender said the country's debt situation had become "unsustainable".
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Anti-Western hardliners are set to sweep Iran's parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year, but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Anti-Western hardliners are set to sweep Iran's parliamentary elections and appear favorites to clinch the presidency next year, but an economic crisis could force them to engage with the United States despite their tightening grip on power.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg said on Friday that his company has identified three women bound by non-disclosure agreements regarding his past conduct and that they would be released from their accords if they choose.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Twitter Inc on Friday said it had started suspending and restricting dozens of accounts posting content promoting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Softshell turtles are sold as food in Asia while box turtles are popular pets that can fetch a Florida poacher up to $300 each.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths, deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
During weeks holed up in her grandmother's apartment with 10 relatives and eating a restricted diet, Chinese teenager Li Yuxuan says tempers have frayed.
02/22/2020 Reuters Top News
Samsung Electronics said on Saturday that one coronavirus case had been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility there until Monday morning.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Authorities in Iran on Saturday announced the detection of at least 10 new cases of coronavirus and two more deaths, deepening a sense of public unease over the handling of the spread of the disease.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
During weeks holed up in her grandmother's apartment with 10 relatives and eating a restricted diet, Chinese teenager Li Yuxuan says tempers have frayed.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
Samsung Electronics said on Saturday that one coronavirus case had been confirmed at its mobile device factory complex in the southeastern city of Gumi, causing a shutdown of its entire facility there until Monday morning.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
With a white captain's hat perched on his head, Calvin Ballard seemed relaxed as he waited to depart on his first-ever cruise to Mexico, unfazed by the possibility of being trapped on a ship under siege by an outbreak of coronavirus.
02/22/2020 Reuters World News
China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Among the passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were flown back were 14 American citizens who tested positive for the virus. The move took Mr. Trump by surprise.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
President Trump’s policies have left children without health insurance and his budget proposals would leave the country more vulnerable to a pandemic.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Guinness World Records certified 62-year-old George Hood's Feb. 15 planking record in Illinois. The official time: 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Three people were killed and 18 injured when a charter bus rolled over off a Southern California highway on Saturday, according to county officials.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Passengers on the Diamond Princess on Feb. 2, the night before the ship arrived in Yokohama, Japan.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Customs and Border Protection agents boarding a Greyhound bus in Spokane, Wash., this month.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
Does the world belong to them or to us?
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Studies show global warming is drying up the Colorado River. Its largest reservoirs have dropped dramatically since 2000.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez in Las Vegas as the Nevada presidential caucus gets underway saying "I think we're in great shape," for counting the vote results of the states' primary process. (Feb. 22)
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
William McCloud and Angela Boswell were arrested in North Carolina in connection to the disappearance of Tennessee toddler Evelyn Boswell.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
A bizarre sunfish washed up in California last year and created a worldwide furor: Scientists were shocked to find the hoodwinker so far from home.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
In a city where street life happens largely in cars, residents speak of their loss through art and graffiti in public places.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
A look at the day's best photographs from around the world.
02/22/2020 New York Times Top News
New York City officers at an entrance to Morningside Park, where Tessa Majors was killed. The three children charged in her killing are 13 and 14 years old.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Tao Porchon-Lynch, who was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "World's Oldest Yoga Teacher" in 2012, died Friday. She was 101.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Lundy and Herman have become internet sensations. Lundy is a 2-month-old Chihuahua who can't walk and Herman is a pigeon who can't fly.
02/22/2020 USA Today - Nation
Dozens of running enthusiasts wearing nothing but underwear and jogging shoes took part in a race along the Danube river in Belgrade on Saturday. (Feb. 22)