TOP STORIES
Tuesday, February 25
HARVEY WEINSTEIN GUILTY IN RAPE TRIAL Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty on two charges of sexual assault. A jury affirmed that Weinstein forced a sexual act on former production assistant Miriam “Mimi” Haleyi in 2006, and that he raped the once-aspiring actor Jessica Mann in 2013. The panel found him not guilty on the two most serious charges of predatory sexual assault, which carry a maximum penalty of life behind bars. [HuffPost]
EGYPT'S HOSNI MUBARAK DIES AT 91 Former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, whose decades-long grip on the presidency was pried loose by the Arab Spring protests in 2011, died in a Cairo hospital. [HuffPost]
TRUMP ASSURES THAT CORONAVIRUS IS 'UNDER CONTROL' President Donald Trump tweeted that the coronavirus is “very much under control” in the U.S. and that the stock market looks “very good” — on the day the market plunged 3.5% over fears about the spread of the illness, its biggest drop in two years. The World Health Organization warned all nations to prepare for a pandemic of the virus, officially labeled COVID-19. [HuffPost]
IRAN STRUGGLES TO CONTAIN VIRUS OUTBREAK The coronavirus death toll has risen to 2,698 worldwide, with the vast majority in mainland China. The total number of global cases stands at over 80,000. South Korea now has more than 890 coronavirus cases. Europe's biggest outbreak is in Italy, where seven people have died and there are over 220 infections, with restrictions imposed on some municipalities. Iran has reported at least 60 cases and 12 deaths. [CNN]
BLADES OUT FOR BERNIE Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), now the clear front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination, has continued to make gains with voters in South Carolina, especially among Black voters who make up nearly two-thirds of the party there. His Democratic rivals are expected to focus on Sanders at Tuesday’s primary debate in Charleston amid growing angst from the party establishment about a self-described democratic socialist being the nominee. [HuffPost]
PLACIDO DOMINGO ABUSED HIS POWER, HARRASSED WOMEN An investigation into legendary singer Placido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by the superstar when he held senior management positions at Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera. [AP]
INDIA GREETS TRUMP WITH PAGENTRY, PRAISE AND PROTEST Basking in adulation from a massive, colorful crowd, Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished each other with praise in a reaffirmation of U.S.-India ties as the subcontinent poured on the pageantry in a joyful welcome for the U.S. president. More than 100,000 people packed the world’s largest cricket stadium in Modi’s home state to give Trump the biggest rally crowd of his political career. [AP] | 
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