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Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 28, the 148th day of 2021. There are 217 days left in the year. Today’s...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 06:51 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 8 The Washington Post on...

This 2020 photo provided by Centre ValBio shows people working in a community-based conservation program in Madagascar to help regrow forests and protect the country's many species of lemurs that live only on the island. COVID-19 has drastically reduced global travel, cutting into conservation budgets that depend on eco-tourism. (Jessie Jordan/Centre ValBio via AP)
Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species

By Christina Larson Jun. 06, 2020 09:48 AM EDT

In this April 2014 photo provided by the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, a researcher holds a ferret at their facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2020, the lab is working with 300 ferrets developing a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate and testing other vaccine candidates and therapeutics. (VIDO-InterVac at the University of Saskatchewan via AP)
Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in COVID-19 vaccine race

By Lauran Neergaard Jun. 02, 2020 05:29 AM EDT

In this Monday, April 6, 2020, photo, monkeys wait for food at Pashupatinath temple, the country's most revered Hindu temple, during the lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal. Guards, staff and volunteers are making sure animals and birds on the temple grounds don't starve during the country's lockdown, which halted temple visits and stopped the crowds that used to line up to feed the animals. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Volunteers feed hungry animals at Nepal's revered shrine

By Binaj Gurubacharya Apr. 13, 2020 12:48 AM EDT