What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
February 26 2020 - 03:02AM
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Federal health authorities said they now expect a wider spread
of the coronavirus in the U.S. and are preparing for a potential
pandemic, though they remain unsure how severe the health threat
could be.
Sanders bore the brunt of the attacks from his presidential
rivals during a cacophonous Democratic debate in South
Carolina.
Barr urged lawmakers to reauthorize the government's expiring
surveillance powers, promising new quality-control mechanisms.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Border Patrol agents can't be
held liable for damages for shooting people on the Mexico side of
the U.S. border.
Trump criticized Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg, saying they
should recuse themselves from cases involving him.
Afghanistan's president agreed to postpone the start of his
second term, as the U.S. warned that fraud concerns had undermined
the vote.
A new NLRB rule is expected to limit the ability of employees at
fast-food restaurants and staffing firms to organize unions.
Died: Hosni Mubarak, 91, former Egyptian leader.
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February 26, 2020 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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