Politics

North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped markedly in August, according to state figures, falling to nearly half the record rate during the spring at the height of business and movement restrictions...

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility of next season beginning after the tentatively planned Dec. 1 start date, even while the plan remains for each team to play 82...

President Donald Trump said Saturday he's given his “blessing” to a proposed deal between Oracle and Walmart for the U.S. operations of TikTok, the Chinese-owned app he's targeted for national...

Commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday he wouldn't be surprised if the next NHL season begins after the tentatively planned Dec. 1 start date. In his annual pre-Stanley Cup Final news...

Demonstrators took the streets of London, Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions, decrying how the measures have affected daily life even with infection rates rising...

A southwest Missouri landowner who built a creek crossing that was blamed for three paddler drownings is in trouble with the Army Corps of Engineers over his effort to replace...

Across television and streaming services, the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was already front and center Saturday, a day after her death at 87. A...

A steel fabricator is closing in southwest Georgia, laying off 128 employees. Alpharetta-based Cives Corp. is closing its Thomasville location, leaving it with seven nationwide. Cives President Greg Orff told...

A look at developments related to the coronavirus in New England on Saturday. MASSACHUSETTS Retired Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz says he's recovering after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Ortiz...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death sets in motion a battle for the future of the Supreme Court, the rule of law and the concept of an independent judiciary. It will be...

Another two individuals who had been living their lives as black people were recently outed as non-black. But if — as we're often told — ‘race is social construct', what...

A school district in eastern Mississippi is setting up Wi-Fi hotspots on campuses to help students who don't have internet access at home. The hotspots in Lauderdale County will be...

Oktoberfest celebrations got underway Saturday in Munich with the traditional tapping of a keg and the cry of “O'zapft is!” — “It's tapped!” — but this year's festival is very...

The national Mi Familia Vota organization has long been involved in voting rights issues and other matters of civic engagement, but this year it's added a new initiative: Recruiting bilingual...

In May 2018, Yellowstone National Park's superintendent was ordered by then-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to manage the park's bison “more actively like cattle on a ranch,” according to...

Walmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to a Tennessee state lawmaker's reelection campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to...

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died, which means the US election is going to revolve around abortion and other civil rights for the foreseeable future. Which won't...

As they brainstorm ways to revamp the South Beach entertainment district, Miami Beach's elected officials agree on one thing: A stronger police presence will play a critical role in “regaining...

Under the pretense of ‘systemic racism', black racial justice groups in the United States are advocating on behalf of radical measures that threaten to tear apart the colorful fabric of...

Democrat Joe Biden leaves little doubt that if elected he would try to scale back President Donald Trump's buildup in nuclear weapons spending. And although the former vice president has...

With the furlough scheme set to end, London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to cap rents to stop a wave of evictions. But he's more interested in protecting the city's gilded...

India has maintained its surge in coronavirus cases, adding 93,337 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours. The Health Ministry on Saturday raised the nation's caseload to more than...

Efforts to fashion a temporary spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month ran aground Friday amid a fight over farm bailout funding that's...

NEW DELHI —India has maintained its surge in coronavirus cases, adding 93,337 new confirmed infections in the past 24 hours. The Health Ministry on Saturday raised the nation's caseload to...

The Latest on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local): 12:05 a.m. Saturday Former President Barack Obama is calling Ruth Bader Ginsburg “a relentless litigator...

Armed only with a paintball gun, and a Park Service badge, Brandon Garcia knew he was all that stood between a black bear, a horde of tourists, and something going...

The community is in danger of losing one of its historic buildings. One group remains determined to save it. Located at 915 N. Oak St., the John Nelson Deming House...

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra easily survived an impeachment vote Friday night after opposition lawmakers failed to amass enough support to oust the leader as the country copes with one of...

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra easily survived an impeachment vote Friday night after opposition lawmakers failed to amass enough support to oust the leader as the country copes with one of...

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra easily survived an impeachment vote Friday night after opposition lawmakers failed to amass enough support to oust the leader as the country copes with one of...

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra easily survived an impeachment vote Friday night after opposition lawmakers failed to amass enough support to oust the leader as the country copes with one of...

Nevada has been largely spared from the blazes roaring through the West; the state is currently experiencing no active wildfires. But wildfire smoke — full of particulate matter and metals...

Nevada has been largely spared from the blazes roaring through the West; the state is currently experiencing no active wildfires. But wildfire smoke — full of particulate matter and metals...

Amal Clooney has become the highest profile lawyer to quit an official job over her opposition to the British government's suggestion that it could break international law in the event...

Efforts to fashion a temporary spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month ran aground Friday amid a fight over farm bailout funding that's...

A Mississippi Department of Corrections employee has been arrested on charges of embezzlement after officials say he stole prison property and sold it for personal profit. Corrections Commander Carl Arnold,...

A Mississippi Department of Corrections employee has been arrested on charges of embezzlement after officials say he stole prison property and sold it for personal profit. Corrections Commander Carl Arnold,...

A Mississippi Department of Corrections employee has been arrested on charges of embezzlement after officials say he stole prison property and sold it for personal profit. Corrections Commander Carl Arnold,...

More than 3,978 new cases were reported Friday of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as well as 123 new COVID-19 deaths, according to Texas health officials. Hospitalizations from COVID-19 also...

More than 3,978 new cases were reported Friday of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as well as 123 new COVID-19 deaths, according to Texas health officials. Hospitalizations from COVID-19 also...