Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. MARCH 4, 2020

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The race for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination has narrowed significantly after Super Tuesday voting, with resurgent former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist, appearing as the two clear front runners.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On March 4, 2005, billionaire lifestyle guru Martha Stewart is released from federal prison after serving five months for lying about selling shares of ImClone, a pharmaceutical company, in 2001. Stewart sold around 4,000 shares of the stock just before the stock tanked. ImClone was run by her friend Sam Waskal. Waskal was convicted of insider training and sentenced to seven years in prison. After Stewart’s release, she remained under house arrest for five more months in her 153-acre estate outside New York City.

Taiwan sits near Japan, China and South Korea, three countries with some of the world’s worst outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus, but the island itself has just 42 cases.

The U.S. military carried out what it called a “defensive strike” against Taliban fighters Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, hours after President Donald Trump spoke by phone with a top Taliban leader about a peace deal the two sides signed aimed at ending the nearly 19-year war in Afghanistan.

VIDEO: Triathlete Julie Moss is a portrait of the power of human spirit and true dedication, even in the face of pain and exhaustion. VOA met with the sportswoman and learned more about the Ironman World Championship legend.

U.S. voters who headed to the polls to cast ballots in Super Tuesday primaries encountered scattered problems, some causing long lines or delays, but nothing that could be attributed to foreign interference, U.S. officials said.