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The coronavirus is shaping a generation of incoming doctors, as their residency training inside U.S. hospitals brings them face to face with a mystifying disease and frequent death.

The flamboyant and populist former U.K. prime minister quit his parliamentary seat. He called the panel examining whether he lied to fellow lawmakers about COVID social gatherings a "kangaroo court."

Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he will not seek re-election and has resigned as Cuba's president, after 49 years in power. Castro announced in Cuba's state-run newspaper that he is stepping down. At 81, he has been ailing and has not appeared in public in the past year and a half.

Voters in several western states will vote on new property rights initiatives on the ballot this November. The measures would mandate that the government compensate people if regulations are enacted that decrease property values.

Rep. Mark Foley has been brought down not by e-mails, but transcripts of instant message (IM) "chats" his underage correspondents saved. Many people haven't thought much about where their IM messages go, and who can read them.

The U.S. is reviewing its aid to Pakistan, about $10 billion in overt funding since 2001. Yet the Bush administration may push for continuing military aid for the Pakistani army's counterinsurgency operations, says analyst Steve Coll of the New America Foundation.

WXXI News' Alex Crichton is retiring Friday, after 42 years at the station and hosting All Things Considered in Rochester, N.Y.

Pakistan faces a bind as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran widens. It is trying to straddle warring sides, while managing public frustration at home.

The bodies of all the skiers who died in Tuesday's avalanche near Lake Tahoe have been recovered, authorities said Saturday. Intense winter storm conditions delayed search and recovery efforts.

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says she expects many people will stay through the winter.