6 hours agoLockdowns are fading, but GOP outrage isn’t in campaignsIt's not just Democrats who want voters thinking about the pandemic on Election Day.
6 hours agoTrump vows quick court vote, Biden urges delay for Nov. 3 President Donald Trump says Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and the fact that he’d already put two male justices on the high court meant “it was definit...
10 hours agoTribes see ballot collection as a lifeline in Indian CountryTribes see ballot collection as a critical way to boost historically low Native American turnout, but it's become a flashpoint in the November election.
11 hours agoNearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatmentThe nearly 1 million people who have lost their lives to COVID-19 also have given the world some gifts: A better understanding of how to treat the disease.
11 hours agoBarrett could be Ginsburg's polar opposite on Supreme CourtAmy Coney Barrett's replacement of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court would represent the most dramatic ideological change on the Supreme Court in nearly 30 years a...
11 hours agoMilitary suicides up as much as 20% in COVID eraMilitary suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked.
12 hours agoHomespun BLM products include cookie kits, garden gnomesSome white merchants on the craft marketplace Etsy are offering homespun products with a Black Lives Matter theme, including wine stoppers and garden gnomes.
12 hours agoNew rule may strip pollution protections from popular lakesEnvironmental activists say a little-noticed provision in a Trump administration rule could lead to pollution of some man-made lakes.
2 days agoKentucky lawmaker arrested during protests in Taylor caseA Kentucky lawmaker spent a night in jail after her arrest during protests demanding justice for Breonna Taylor.
2 days agoFormer exam administrator pleads guilty in college scamA former college entrance exam administrator has pleaded guilty to taking bribes to help wealthy parents rig their kids’ test scores as part of the college admissions bri...
2 days agoTrooper quietly buried amid scrutiny over Black man's deathA Louisiana state trooper killed in a car crash hours after he was told he would be fired for his role in the death of a Black man was buried with honors Friday at a cere...
2 days agoWoman accused in QAnon kidnapping plot pleads not guiltyA Colorado woman accused of plotting with supporters of QAnon to have her son kidnapped from foster care has pleaded not guilty to second-degree kidnapping.
2 days agoLandlords suing to push back against eviction banLandlords are going to courts around the country, claiming that a national eviction moratorium unfairly strains their finances and infringes on their rights as property o...
2 days agoTrump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior votersPresident Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his ass...
2 days agoFlorida reopens state's economy despite ongoing pandemicGov. Ron DeSantis lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida on Friday in a move to reopen the state’s economy despite the spread of the coron...
2 days agoWhite House again criticizes FBI director for voting remarksFBI Director Christopher Wray was the target of White House criticism for the second time in a week Friday as Chief of Staff Mark Meadows criticized remarks he made a day...
3 days agoInnocent Madoff investors must pay back profits, court rulesA federal appeals court says investors who profited from Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme must pay back their profits even if they knew nothing of it.
3 days agoSan Francisco sues 28 alleged dealers to stop flow of drugsSan Francisco has sued 28 alleged drug dealers who frequent a downtown neighborhood where broad daylight drug dealing and drug use is common.
3 days agoAP Explains: Powerful grand juries stay shrouded in secrecyThe announcement that no police officers would be charged in the death of Breonna Taylor throws a spotlight on the role of grand juries, which are shrouded in secrecy yet...
3 days agoAt UN, China, Russia and US clash over pandemic responsesChina, Russia and the United States have clashed at the United Nations over responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic.
3 days agoPatriots owner Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex chargeNew England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not face trial on charges he paid for massage parlor sex.
3 days agoPost office defends on claims that cuts threaten electionOfficials from six states and the District of Columbia have asked a federal judge to halt what they say are slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service that threaten the upcomin...
3 days agoTrump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millionsPresident Donald Trump's niece has followed up her best selling tell-all book with a lawsuit alleging that Trump and two of his siblings cheated her out of tens of millio...
3 days agoOrder forces Census to do more visits, rely less on recordsEven as the U.S. Census Bureau aims to finish the 2020 census by the end of the month, about a half dozen areas of the country have seen slight declines this week in the ...
3 days agoUS parents delaying preschool and kindergarten amid pandemicChildren who had preschool cut short in the spring are now being held out of kindergarten at higher than normal rates as many school districts begin the year online.
3 days agoFor North Korea, UN membership is a key link to larger worldTo pay close attention to North Korean diplomacy is to notice the many ways it upends the stereotype of the isolated, nuclear-armed wildcard of Northeast Asia.
3 days agoRecords: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nearsData obtained by The Associated Press shows Postal Service districts across the nation are missing the agency’s own standards for on-time delivery as millions of American...
3 days agoIn Taylor case, limits of law overcome calls for justiceThe outcome in the case of Breonna Taylor demonstrates the vast disconnect between the public’s perception of what justice should look like and the limits of the law when...
