Politics

The Senate will reopen on Monday as the coronavirus crisis rages and the House stays shuttered, a risky strategy that leaves Congress as divided as the nation. It's a politically...

Around the world, lockdowns are starting to ease as some places get coronavirus outbreaks under control and others decide the economic pain of keeping businesses closed is too much to...

The General Assembly on Saturday finalized a relief package to address the new coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina, agreeing to send money to schools, hospitals, local governments and researchers. A...

A furniture manufacturing plant in Mississippi, open since 1985, is headed for closure. In a news release Wednesday, Flexsteel Industries, Inc. said its Starkville plant, along with a second facility...

Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a congressional personnel office that did not...

As restaurants in many Florida cities prepare to re-open on Monday under new pandemic rules set by Gov. Ron DeSantis, officials in some counties say a patchwork of state regulations...

Kansas law enforcement agencies seized more than $3.35 million in property during a six-month period last year, disproportionately from young black and Hispanic male drivers. Counties reporting significant currency seizures...

The highest rate of coronavirus cases in Washington state is in Yakima County, an agricultural giant that has more than double the state average of cases. In fact, the county...

As many Kansas shops and restaurants prepare to reopen for the first time since the coronavirus shutdown, the owners of bars, salons and some other types of businesses are wondering...

Conner Brown, a 25-year-old law student at Stanford University, spent the early days of the pandemic following his brother as he spotted and collected characters in the Pokemon Go mobile...

When hotels reopen, they won't look or operate the same as they did pre-COVID-19. The virus has led most properties to adopt new practices aimed at reducing touch points and...

The moment in the virtual sun has arrived for simulated racing and the thousands of gamers who always wanted to race like Dale Earnhardt Jr. or Jeff Gordon at NASCAR...

The Latest on the effects of the new coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Cologne's players are continuing to train despite the three positive tests for coronavirus at...

Six months from Election Day, President Donald Trump's prospects for winning a second term have been jolted by a historic pandemic and a cratering economy, rattling some of his Republican...

The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction and sowed doubts about major projects on the drawing board. As many as 120,000...

The coronavirus has infected residents in nearly 80 nursing homes and assisted care facilities in Missouri, according to new information released by the state. The Missouri Department of Health and...

The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction, put thousands of skilled laborers out of work and sowed doubts about solar and...

The inclusivity experiment has failed and it's time to admit that gatekeeping served a purpose. Let's bring it back! If you missed the online discourse surrounding ‘fantasy racism' this week,...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending...

A federal judge is releasing a southwest Georgia school system from a racial desegregation order, ruling its overwhelmingly African American enrollment isn't its fault. U.S. District Judge Louis Sands Sr....

The number of Metra trains rolling in and out of Chicago every day is about to drop dramatically. According to the Chicago Tribune, the commuter rail agency, in response to...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will use a $2 million federal grant to expand access to private land for hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation and help landowners improve...

May 1 marked 100 days since Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin took over the Russian government – and the job he now faces has grown a magnitude harder than the one...

In the middle of the 17th minute of the Facebook Live video, Mark Miller reached for his guitar. The park ranger, fully clad in green and gray, had been laying...

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...

At one Coral Gables salon, getting a manicure will mean sticking your hand through a plexiglass hole. A visit to Zoo Miami could mean more walking as the monorail would...

Miami-Dade residents might soon be able to dine out or visit a hotel when local authorities begin an expected gradual lifting of business lockdown orders. But when they go out,...

A doctor who had been treating crew members with respiratory illnesses died on board the Norwegian Gem on Thursday. According to an email from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings' chief medical...

The stated mission of The Greater New York Hospital Association is simple enough: to help members deliver “the finest patient care in the most cost-effective way.” But it's more complicated...

They are known as “the invisibles": Undocumented African migrants who, even before the coronavirus outbreak plunged Italy into crisis, barely scraped by as day laborers, prostitutes, freelance hairdressers and seasonal...

Sometimes, people recognize Patrick Spikes out in public and stop to ask, “Aren't you that guy who stole stuff from Disney?” Spikes' legal troubles were an internet sensation after the...

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has taught us one lesson: that a no-deal Brexit, despite the last four years of scaremongering, abuse and threats, is genuinely nothing to...

Air travel to Israel has come to a near standstill due to coronavirus restrictions, but one type of voyage still endures: the final journey of Jews wishing to be buried...

When Dan Sutton was learning contractor skills at his father Chet's side in Whiteside County, he took his advice to heart. “He told me, ‘Danny, save this lumber. They don't...

Defiance came with biscuits and gravy as a remote California county became the first to buck Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order. Modoc County moved Friday to reopen hair salons, churches,...

A beleaguered Saudi Arabia is taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that...

Russia reported its highest one-day jump in new coronavirus infections as some other countries and U.S. states where numbers of cases are stabilizing allowed businesses and public activities to reopen....

For a dozen years, Johnny Gyergyou has sold meat, poultry and eggs from his Berlin Township livestock farm at Eastern Market in Detroit. Lately, he's been staying home as fear...

In the late 1990s, the Greenville Bluesmen played minor league baseball at Legion Field, on the site of the fairgrounds. While the franchise did not last forever, or even as...

When restaurants and festivals have unused food, Flori Pate, co-founder of Food Connection, knows where to put it. Pate and her crew rescue food that would otherwise be wasted, delivering...