1 day agoLos Angeles orders more restrictions as coronavirus surgesLos Angeles County has announced a stay-home order as coronavirus cases surge out of control in the nation’s most populous county.
1 day agoTemporary US Pentagon chief makes rare visit to SomaliaThe acting U.S. defense secretary has visited Somalia to meet with U.S. troops.
1 day agoFormer House Republican flips central California seatRepublicans have picked up their 11th seat overall in the U.S. House and the third seat in California.
1 day agoNew rule could allow gas, firing squads for US executionsThe Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way...
1 day agoRocky, the owl found in the Rockefeller Christmas tree, has been returned to the wildA tiny Saw-whet owl was found stuck inside this year’s Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in 30 Rock last week, and thanks to some wonderful environmentalists, Rocky th...
1 day agoMany turn to real Christmas trees as bright spot amid virusChristmas tree growers who have faced increased interest in artificial trees in recent years say demand for real, fresh-cut evergreens is strong this season.
1 day agoUS colleges mull new virus protocols for students' return As coronavirus cases are surging around the country, some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester.
1 day agoVirus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift onlineAfter months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope.
3 days agoMoney promised to combat US overdose crisis sits unusedA $200 million account set aside as part of Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy case is going unused because attorneys involved in lawsuits against the OxyContin maker can't agree...
3 days agoNJ man charged in $1.7M theft of armored car outside casinoDescribing it as “something out of the 1930s,” authorities say a former guard and two others stole more than $1.7 million from an armored car parked outside an Atlantic C...
3 days agoBarack Obama to be honored next month by PEN AmericaFormer President Barack Obama is already a million-selling author and also a prize-winning author.
3 days agoChristmas traditions axed as pandemic sweeps rural KansasThe cancellation of the beloved Christmas Drawing in Norcatur, Kansas, is shining a spotlight on a global coronavirus pandemic that has reached deep into rural America.
Fox News, family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich settle suitFox News has reached a settlement with the parents of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee employee who was killed in 2016.
Prosecutor: Unemployment claim made in Scott Peterson’s nameProsecutors say California’s system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners.
Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer who inspired the “Freedom Rides," has died at the age of 83.
2 detained for speaking Spanish settle border patrol lawsuitTwo women who were detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for speaking Spanish while shopping at a convenience store have reached a mon...
States impose new rules, plead with public to stop spreadState and local officials nationwide are imposing new restrictions and pleading with the public in an increasingly desperate attempt to stop the explosive coronavirus spr...
Federal prisons to prioritize staff to receive virus vaccineThe federal prison system will be among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine, though initial allotments of the vaccine will be given to staff and not to inmates, ...
Millions stick to Thanksgiving travel plans despite warningsDespite emphatic warnings from public health authorities to stay home for Thanksgiving, millions of Americans are crowding the nation’s airports ahead of the holiday, man...
VIRUS TODAY: 3rd vaccine shows promise, death toll soarsPharmaceutical company AstraZeneca says late-stage trials showed its vaccine was up to 90% effective as it becomes the third major drug company to report late-stage resul...
Biden transition gets govt OK after Trump out of optionsThe federal government has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election.
Toy safety group releases annual list of top 10 ‘worst’ toysA toy safety advocacy group has released its annual list of potentially dangerous toys.
Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumptionThe coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in catch of some species.
Many Americans flying for holiday despite CDC pleasMillions of Americans bought tickets to fly somewhere for Thanksgiving before the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with them not to travel for the holiday.
China lashes out at US withdrawal from open skies treatyChina is lashing out at Washington over its withdrawal from the “Open Skies Treaty” with Russia, saying the move undermines military trust and transparency and imperils f...
Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolatedThe switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated — cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance.
In Wisconsin recount, Trump challenges pile up, slow tallyA large contingent of observers supporting President Donald Trump are making their presence felt in Wisconsin's partial election recount.
Inequality 'baked into' virus testing access as cases surgeThe lines for free COVID-19 tests stretch for blocks and hours in cities where people feel the dual strain of the coronavirus surge and holiday plans.
