Pres. Trump has announced the shipment of millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week. He is urging governors to use them to reopen schools.
Pres. Trump acknowledges that confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett may not go "smoothly," while Joe Biden implores the Senate to delay voting until after the Nov. 3 election.
ighting erupted anew Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and a top territorial official said 16 people were killed and more than 100 wounded, while Azerbaijan's president said his military has suffered losses.
Pres. Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to sit the U.S. Supreme Court. She is 48 years old and would be among the youngest justices to assume a high-court seat.
London police clashed with demonstrators on Saturday as they broke up a protest in Trafalgar Square against COVID-19 restrictions amid rising tensions over limits on everyday life as the government tries to stem a sharp rise in infections.
An Irish tourist has been accused of vandalizing Rome's Colosseum after security staff spotted him allegedly carving his initials into the ancient Italian structure.
upreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the first woman in American history to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol, capping days of commemorations of her life.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell & House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are pushing back after President Donald Trump declined to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Doctors say a Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of whack and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop
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CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral pandemic is still squeezing restaurants, airlines, hotels and many other businesses six months after it first erupted.
Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they’re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out.
“Criminal law is not meant to respond to every sorrow and grief," Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the first African American elected to the job in Kentucky, told reporters after the grand jury announced its decision on Wednesday. “And that is, that is true here. But my heart breaks for the loss of Miss Taylor."
Authorities have rescued 88 pilot whales and are attempting to free 20 others that survived Australia’s worst mass stranding, as crews prepare to remove 380 decomposing carcasses from the shallows of Tasmania state.
Authorities say an officer has been shot hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for the killing of Breonna Taylor.
Carole Baskin of “Tiger King” fame is being sued for defamation by a former assistant. Daughters of Baskin’s former husband are seeking more information.
