12 hours 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.
10 hours 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...
16 hours 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...
15 hours 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.
12 hours 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.
8 hours 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.
11 hours agoTrump may be coming to terms with loss he won't acknowledgePresident Donald Trump still won’t bring himself to concede the election he decisively lost to President-elect Joe Biden.
1 day agoThanksgiving travelers try to reach destinations, miss virusThanksgiving travel is especially dicey this year as people fearful of rising coronavirus cases and deaths in some parts of the U.S. attempt to social distance while navi...
2 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...
2 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.
2 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.
3 days agoFox 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.
3 days agoCalifornia OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killersProsecutors 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.
3 days agoBruce 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.
3 days ago2 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...
3 days agoPunishing hurricanes to spur more Central American migrationFlooded out Honduran and Guatemalan families stranded on rooftops in the most marginalized neighborhoods after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota this month have rais...
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...
Michigan certifies Biden win despite Trump’s GOP overturesThe federal government has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Trump election challenges sound alarm among voters of colorPresident-elect Joe Biden was in part powered to victory in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia by Black voters, many of them concentrated in cities such as Det...
Charleston weighs wall as seas rise and storms strengthenCharleston, South Carolina has remained relatively unscathed this hurricane season.
