Churches amid the pandemic: Some outbreaks, many challenges
From the earliest phases of the coronavirus pandemic, church services and other religious activities have been identified as sources of local outbreaks
Romney slams Trump for commuting aide's jail sentence
Republican Senator Mitt Romney has slammed President Donald Trump's decision to commute the prison sentence of his long-time political conf
2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting
Authorities say two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic
US posts new daily coronavirus case record of 66,528: Johns Hopkins
The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus, on Saturday posted 66,528 new cases, a record for a 24-hour period, accordin
Disney World reopens as US virus death toll surges
Disney World is known as The Most Magical Place on Earth but as the Florida theme park reopened Saturday, it was counting on a bit of scien
Covid-19: US town grows money from trees during pandemic downturn
Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived a
Okinawa governor wants tougher action as 61 Marines infected
The governor of Japans Okinawa is demanding a top U.S. military commander take tougher prevention measures and more transparency hours after officials were told that more
Authorities say shootout in south Texas border town leaves 2 police officers dead, suspect wounded
Authorities say shootout in south Texas border town leaves 2 police officers dead, suspect wounded
Protesters demand reopening of Delaware police shooting
Dozens of people call for reopening the shooting of a Black man in a wheelchair.
Child recovering after being shot 4 times during drive-by
9-year-old who was shot four times in Atlanta has had surgery, his mother said.
UN approves aid to Syria's rebel area through 1 crossing
The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution authorizing humanitarian aid deliveries to Syrias mainly rebel-held northwest from Turkey through just one crossing po
UN Security Council approves aid to Syrian rebel area through just one crossing from Turkey, in a victory for Russia
Pandemic leads 7-Eleven to forgo free Slurpees on 7-11
The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on Saturday July 11 to hail a date that do
UNC commission recommends re-naming 4 campus buildings
Names of four campus buildings have ties to slaveholders or white supremacists.
Police execute search warrant at home of gun-toting couple
White couple's armed defense of their home during a protest drew wide attention.
Supreme Court vacates 4 more sentences after Oklahoma ruling
A Native American man convicted in Oklahoma of first-degree murder and another who pleaded guilty to manslaughter had their convictions vacated
Trump move to free ally is 'historic corruption': Republican senator
US warns citizens of heightened detention risks in China
The US state department warned American citizens on Saturday to exercise increased caution in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law
Trump saves another convicted felon and long time supporter from prison
Johns Hopkins sues to block rule on international students
Johns Hopkins University has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administrations decision to make international students leave the U.S. if they intend to take clas
Q&A: US government not as prolific an executioner as states
President Donald Trump's administration wants to restart federal executions this month, 17 years after the last one
California to release 8,000 more prisoners over virus fears
The inmates could be eligible for early release by the end of August -- joining 10,000 prisoners already freed in similar initiatives since
Fay becomes post-tropical cyclone over eastern New York
Disney World to reopen as coronavirus cases surge in Florida
US appeals to proceed with 1st federal execution in 17 years
The family of the victims in the case had requested that it be called off because their fear of the coronavirus would keep them from attend
Fay downgraded to depression; expected to dissipate Sunday
Tropical Storm Fay has weakened into a tropical depression early Saturday morning
National Hurricane Center downgrades Fay to a tropical depression
National Hurricane Center downgrades Fay to a tropical depression
Trump commutes prison sentence of ally Roger Stone: White House
Slew of white nationalist Twitter accounts suspended
The accounts in question were suspended for violating our policies in relation to violent extremism, a Twitter spokesman told AFP, confirmi
Parents face dilemma as US schools seek to reopen
Trump says he will create path to citizenship for 'Dreamers'
President Donald Trump said Friday he would soon issue an executive order on immigration that includes a path to citizenship for people bro
In India-China crisis, an India-US bonanza in view
Experts say India could finally end equivocation about openly aligning itself with the long-eager United States, although there will still
US records 63,643 new virus cases in 24 hours
The United States recorded 63,643 new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
California couple agrees to guilty pleas in college scam
A California couple has agreed to plead guilty to paying $250,000 to get their daughter into the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit
Prosecutor: Marshals acted lawfully in Black man's death
The top prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee, says members of a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man after he pointed a rifle at
Army: Independent probe coming after Fort Hood soldier death
U.S. Army officials say they will begin an independent review of the command climate at Fort Hood following calls for a more thorough investigation into the killing of a
South Dakota teen gets 55-years for killing of Wyoming girl
A South Dakota teenager was sentenced to 55 years in prison after admitting he fatally shot a Wyoming girl last fall
Protesters swarm site where Detroit police fatally shoot man
Dozens of people protesting police brutality in Detroit confronted officers following the fatal shooting of a man who the citys police chief said fired at officers invest
Shipbuilder files complaint over union threats during strike
Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing its largest union of threatening workers who cross the picket lin
National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey
National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fay has made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey
3 Los Angeles officers accused of false gang identifications
Three Los Angeles police officers have been charged with falsifying records reporting that people they stopped were gang members or associates
Trump postpones New Hampshire rally over tropical storm
Donald Trump heads to Florida as coronavirus cases surge
US President Donald Trump headed to coronavirus-stricken Florida on Friday to attend a campaign fundraiser, ignoring health advice about th
Fauci says likely some degree of aerosol transmission of new coronavirus
The new coronavirus is likely spreading through the air to some degree, the top US infectious disease official said on Friday, one day afte
Trump undercuts health experts -- again -- in schools debate
President Donald Trump is ramping up his attacks on his governments top health professionals as he pushes the country to move past the coronavirus
Lawyer: Over 150 Minneapolis officers seeking disability
More than 150 Minneapolis police officers have started the process of filing for duty disability claims since the death of George Floyd and ensuing unrest in the city
Pair pleads guilty in plot to firebomb Nebraska pharmacy
Two men who plotted to firebomb a Nebraska pharmacy to benefit their own online black market drug dealing have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges