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  • Cars line up for coronavirus testing outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida is one of many states reporting spikes in COVID-19 cases in recent days, as the number of confirmed cases worldwide has topped 10 million.
    Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 500,000
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on Sunday while deaths topped half a million. Health officials estimate the actual case count could be much higher.
  • A pangolin carries its baby at a zoo in Bali, Indonesia. Delegates at a U.N. wildlife conference have voted to ban commercial trade in all eight species of pangolin.
    Pangolin, The 'Artichoke With Legs,' Earns Top Trade Protection
    World leaders at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species agreed to ban all commercial trade in pangolins, small and endangered mammals that also resemble aardvarks.
  • Michelle Joni Lapidos sports a big afro wig.
    Over-The-Top Hairdo Sparks Blogosphere Firestorm
    A white New Yorker says her life changed after she wore an afro wig to a party. Michelle Joni Lapidos has been called a racist, but she tells host Michel Martin she meant no harm; she just loves wearing the fro.
  • Guantanamo Defense Lawyers To Tour Top-Secret Camp
    Defense lawyers in the Sept. 11 military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay will be allowed to see the secret section of the prison — known as Camp 7 — where the Sept. 11 defendants are held.
  • Study: Traffic Incidents Top Cause Of Police Deaths
    Of the 116 police officers who were killed last year, 51 died in traffic incidents, the largest cause of death for the last 12 years, according to data. Guns, meanwhile, killed 49 officers.
  • Study: Traffic Incidents Top Cause Of Police Deaths
    Of the 116 police officers who were killed last year, 51 died in traffic incidents, the largest cause of death for the last 12 years, according to data. Guns, meanwhile, killed 49 officers.
  • Vogue promotes Chloe Malle to top editor spot
    Malle takes over as the leader of American Vogue immediately. Malle, who has been with the publication since 2011, will still report to Anna Wintour who remains Condé Nast's chief content officer.
  • French presidential candidate Francois Fillon paid his wife, Penelope, about $900,000 of taxpayer money over a 15-year period, according to the satirical newspaper <em>Le Canard Enchaine.</em>
    In France, 2 Top Presidential Candidates Accused Of Misconduct
    Conservative candidate Francois Fillon and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen are both accused of misusing public funds. Fillon allegedly hired his wife for what was essentially a sham position.
  • An education campaign has reduced the number of high-order multiple births due to in vitro fertilization, but more are now due to fertility drugs alone.
    Fertility Drugs, Not IVF, Are Top Cause Of Multiple Births
    For years doctors have been telling women that it's risky to implant multiple embryos when they do in vitro fertilization. They've listened, and the number of multiples from IVF has dropped. But the number of births of triplets or more has barely budged because of women's use of fertility drugs.
  • Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, now says that the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be determined by the upcoming midterm elections.
    Top Democrat Says Election Will Decide DACA's Fate
    Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is conceding that a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program won't happen any time soon. He had been working toward a March 5 deadline set by the president.
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