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  1. Biden marking ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    President Joe Biden leaves after Mass on Saturday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown.
  2. Etna keeps up its spectacular explosions; ash rains on towns
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    In this Feb. 24 file photo, a fiery river of glowing lava flows on the north-east side of the Mt. Etna volcano near Milo, Sicily. The spectacular explosions of Mount Etna were continuing Sunday.
  3. Where Islamic State ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Pope Francis arrives Sunday in the popemobile to celebrate Mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Irbil, the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
  5. Harry, Meghan to delve into tough royal split with Oprah
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Prince Harry, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, record a conversation with Orah Winfrey for a primetime broadcast at 8 p.m. EST Sunday on CBS.
  6. U.S. gives hope to previously denied asylum seekers in camp
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Honduran boys whose family wants to seek asylum in the U.S., play Monday on the sidewalk in Tijuana, Mexico. Thousands of people are waiting to claim asylum and more come each day, falsely believing they will be able to enter the U.S. now that former President Donald Trump is out of office. While President Joe Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers.
  7. ‘Pharmacy deserts’ leave rural Americans without vaccine options
    Yesterday• Health
    Debbie Monahan, a school nurse, pulls down Charles Robbins' sleeve after giving him his second shot of the coronavirus vaccine at Surry County High School in Dendron, Va., on Saturday. Getting the coronavirus vaccine has been a challenge for rural counties in the U.S. that lack medical facilities such as a pharmacy or a well-equipped doctor's office.
  8. Protests, tear gas in Myanmar after U.N. envoy urges action
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    A protester carries a fire extinguisher during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar, Saturday. The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar on Friday called for urgent Security Council action, saying about 50 peaceful protesters were killed and scores were injured in the military's worst crackdowns this week.
  9. What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex | PolitiFact
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Ketaki Deo, right, and Charlie Whittington, students at George Washington University, arrive for an event supporting The Equality Act, a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill for LGBT rights, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 1, 2019.
  10. Senate works through night with virus aid on path to passage
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, head to the chamber Friday as the Senate steers toward a voting marathon on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that's expected to end with the chamber's approval of the measure.
  11. Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    Pope Francis, right, meets with Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. The closed-door meeting was expected to touch on issues plaguing Iraq's Christian minority.
  12. Senate Democrats strike jobless aid deal, relief bill approval in sight
    Yesterday• Nation & World
    The Capitol is seen at dusk as work in the Senate continued Friday on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in Washington. Senators plan to continue to vote on amendments through the night.
  13. Tampa man charged in Boston-area summer camp scheme
    Mar. 5• Crime
    A Tampa man was charged Friday with stealing tuition and deposit payments from hundreds of families who planned to send their children to sports camps in the Boston area in the summer of 2019, the U.S. attorney's office in Boston said.
  14. Case of reporter arrested while covering protests seen as attack on press rights
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a protest she was covering on May 31 in Des Moines, Iowa.
  15. House impeachment manager Eric Swalwell sues Trump, allies over riot
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
  16. Trump State Department aide charged with assault at Capitol
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    U.S. Capitol Police push back rioters trying to enter the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. A former State Department aide in President Donald Trump’s administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege.
  17. Dallas cop suspected in 2 murders kept on job to not tip him off to probe, ex-chief says
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    This photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Bryan Riser. Authorities say Riser, a Dallas police officer, has been arrested on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer’s instruction in 2017.
  18. Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    Pope Francis is flanked by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi upon his arrival at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, on Friday.
  19. Officers maced, trampled: Docs expose depth of Jan. 6 chaos
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    Police stand guard after holding off rioters who tried to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Hundreds of emails, texts, photos and documents obtained by the Associated Press show how a patchwork of law enforcement agencies from all directions tried to give support as protesters poured into town, but a lack of coordination and adequate planning left the Capitol vulnerable and resulted in a deadly breach.
  20. Dems trim jobless benefits, Senate debates virus relief bill
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to break the tie on a procedural vote as the Senate works on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID relief package on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  21. Officer was on George Floyd’s neck for about 9 minutes, prosecutors say
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    This May 31, 2020 photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested May 29, 2020, in the death that Memorial Day of George Floyd.
  22. Dallas police officer charged with 2 counts of capital murder
    Mar. 5• Nation & World
    Chief Eddie García, center, speaks with media during a press conference regarding the arrest and capital murder charges against Officer Bryan Riser at the Dallas Police Department headquarters on Thursday.
  23. Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind
    Mar. 4• Nation & World
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  24. Alabama governor extends mask order, bucking GOP trend
    Mar. 4• Health
    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey gives a COVID-19 update during a news conference at the Alabama Capitol Building in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday.
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