Politics

Two firefighters in Georgia were fired after they were caught cheating in a fire instructor training class, authorities said. The Monroe County Emergency Services announced the terminations in a Facebook...

Suicide remains the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. The ‘house arrest' we're all under is leaving vulnerable, mentally unwell people alone with their demons. I start...

China began its most important political event of the year on Thursday after a two-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. The opening of the annual session of the Chinese...

Ken Mason is in the ninth generation of his family to run the Seaside Inn in Kennebunk Beach, Maine. He's worried he might be the last. What's got him concerned...

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

TV stations and newspapers who disagree with Scottish independence are doing their best to provoke Nicola Sturgeon during the Covid-19 crisis. But Scotland's first minister won't take the bait. Reporting...

A key booster of President Donald Trump's administration response to the new coronavirus and efforts to revive the national economy is visiting North Carolina. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary...

NASCAR DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin won NASCAR's first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. The Daytona 500 winner...

China is convening its biggest political gathering of the year and President Donald Trump has said he is considering meeting with world leaders in June as doubts simmer over how...

Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street rose despite Chinese trade tensions with Washington and Australia. Investors were looking ahead to Friday's meeting of China's legislature for details...

As California moves through its methodical four-step process for reopening, some counties are pushing the boundaries by bypassing the state's orders or refusing to enforce rules against businesses that reopen...

President Donald Trump is running against himself. With his cries to “Reopen our country!” and his rebukes of the federal bureaucracy and health regulations amid the coronavirus pandemic, Trump has...

Decades before a security camera caught Michael Taylor coming off a jet that was carrying one of the world's most-wanted fugitives, the former Green Beret had a hard-earned reputation for...

Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants that were shuttered by the coronavirus have little enforcement muscle behind them, fueling anxiety that working conditions...

With face coverings becoming an increasingly common accessory during the coronavirus pandemic, Apple is making it easier to unlock your phone without having to take them off, CNBC reported. The...

Alabama's solicitor general has been nominated to serve as a judge on the federal bench. President Donald Trump named Edmund G. LaCour Jr. to fill a vacancy on the U.S....

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus...

A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by federal regulators, who revoked the facility's license over safety violations...

Your daily look at nonvirus stories in the news: 1. ‘UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN' Rapidly rising water overtakes dams and forces the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan,...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering holding a meeting in the U.S. with the leaders of the world's major economies after all because it would be a “great...

When Miccosukee Resort & Gaming opened its doors on Sunday, close to 2,000 people flocked to the west Miami-Dade casino to try their luck at the poker tables or the...

Reversing course again in a 30-year-old battle over protection of a weasel-like mammal that eats porcupines, the U.S. government is declaring the Pacific fisher endangered in the southern Sierra Nevada...

Virgin Trains USA, formerly known as Brightline, announced Wednesday that it is suspending service between downtown Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach for “the coming months.” It did not...

The Trump administration has started giving energy companies temporary breaks on royalties they must pay for oil and gas extracted from federal lands because of the coronavirus pandemic, amid criticism...

Federal regulators are seeking a $5.9 million penalty against an Atlanta aviation company that they say operated illegal cargo flights that were “careless or reckless” and posed a safety risk....

Gov. Roy Cooper is letting North Carolina restaurants, barber shops and salons welcome patrons inside starting this holiday weekend, reporting on Wednesday that the state's COVID-19 trends remain largely stable....

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Wednesday related to national and global response, the work place and...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he is signing a bill that creates a $300 million grant program for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Legislators passed the...

Looking to deflate resistance to wearing masks in public, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called it “basic public health guidance" to combat the coronavirus that shouldn't become a political issue. The...

California's schools superintendent said Wednesday he expects classes for the state's 6 million students to resume as usual in late August or September, but with classes that look radically different...

Pennsylvania is working on guidelines to allow sporting events, exhibitions and leagues, both professional and amateur, to get back to “some semblance of normalcy” after practically everything shut down to...

Mexico City, one of the world's largest cities and the epicenter of the country's coronavirus epidemic, will begin a gradual reopening June 1, its mayor said Wednesday, even as daily...

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is targeting the coming weekend for its first attempt to launch a demonstration payload into space aboard a rocket released from beneath the wing of a...

Federal immigration officials wrongly denied a petition by the Buffalo Sabres to secure a green card for their British-born strength and conditioning coach, the team argued in a lawsuit. According...

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he is nominating a former warden of Louisiana's Angola prison to take charge of the Mississippi prison system that is under federal investigation...

Before COVID-19 killed thousands of nursing home residents, about 4 in 10 homes inspected were cited for infection control problems, according to a government watchdog report Wednesday that finds a...

An employee for a popular Texas ice cream maker has tested positive for COVID-19, the company announced on Wednesday. The employee, who works at Blue Bell Creameries' facility in Brenham,...

A self-driving shuttle service that was ordered to stop carrying passengers in February has been cleared to resume operations with new safety precautions. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

A Delaware judge has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the company that operates the Wilmington port from blocking access to an adjacent fuel storage terminal while he mulls a fee...

Farmers across the nation leaned more heavily upon the federal government last year to finance their agricultural operations amid low commodity prices and trade disputes, and more of the money...