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Many employers, especially small retailers, hotels, restaurants, airlines and entertainment venues, are still struggling.
Former President Jimmy Carter marks his 96th birthday Thursday, the latest milestone for the longest lived of the 44 men to hold the highest American office.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday.
The presidential debate committee says they'll be making some changes to the debate format after the disastrous event Tuesday night.
The action makes final a deal announced earlier this month and settles dozens of lawsuits on the eve of the third anniversary of the shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 850.
The Embassy confirmed the woman was a U.S. citizen in a statement and said they were “heartbroken” to report her death.
The Aurora police officer was fired over the incident but is fighting to win his job back.
Parscale was hospitalized under Florida's Baker Act after his wife called police to say that he had multiple firearms and was threatening to hurt himself.
The temporary extension will set the stage for a lame-duck session of Congress later this year, where the agenda will be largely determined by the outcome of the presidential election.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new tuition-assistance program for adults.
Investigators have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies earlier this month as they sat in a squad car, authorities said Wednesday.
Deputizing Portland officers gives federal prosecutors the option to charge those they arrest with federal crimes, which often have more severe penalties.
A wealthy benefactor of the disgraced leader of an upstate New York self-improvement group has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison in a federal sex slave case.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. It wasn't immediately clear whether the planes were on a routine mission or a training exercise.
American Airlines will begin furloughing 19,000 employees on Thursday after lawmakers and the White House failed to agree on a broad pandemic-relief package that includes more federal aid for airlines.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have wrapped up an “extensive conversation” on a huge COVID-19 rescue package.
Biden headed out on his most aggressive day on the campaign trail all year. Trump was to address voters and donors in Minnesota late in the day.
The withhold release order will be effective immediately following a yearlong investigation.
A water safety advocacy group says drownings in Lake Michigan have reached record levels with at least 53 people dead so far this year.
The race is already regarded as the most litigated in American history, due in large part to the massive expansion of mail and absentee voting.
The lifetime ban from receiving food benefits for those with more than one drug-related felony conviction could be lifted under a bill that passed the Michigan Senate on Wednesday.
Eleven Democratic governors have issued a joint statement defending American democracy, vowing that every valid ballot will be counted in the election after President Donald Trump sowed distrust during the first presidential debate.
The U.S. is averaging more than 40,000 new confirmed cases a day.
Mayor Tom Barrett says there were no fatalities Wednesday, and all of the injured were taken to local hospitals.
Last week, when Barrett again emerged as a front-runner for the court, more articles, blog posts and photos disappeared.
The Glass and Zogg fires are among nearly 30 wildfires burning in California.
A study by European scientists published Wednesday by the journal Nature identifies a cluster of genes that are linked to a higher risk of hospitalization and respiratory failure in patients who are infected with the new coronavirus.
Investigators say a 12-year-old Georgia girl may have died as an indirect result of a severe lice infestation that may have gone on for years.
Brown died Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs, California, according to a social media post by his partner, Tim Hoeffgen.
Ford is recalling more than 700,000 vehicles in North America because the backup cameras can show distorted images or suddenly go dark.
A state lawmaker from the western Upper Peninsula says he tested positive for the coronavirus and is isolating at home.
Serena Williams pulled out of the French Open on Wednesday because of an Achilles injury.
As temperatures start to slide in many parts of the country, restaurants will have to coax patrons to come back inside, and it’s anyone’s guess how many actually will.
Last week, Washington honored the Justice Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, with two days where the public could view her casket at the top of the Supreme Court’s steps and pay their respects
Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida.
Zoo officials say no visitors had complained about the parrots, but they were moved to different areas of the park to save children’s ears.
Michigan’s Democratic secretary of state was sued Tuesday by her two Republican predecessors after failing to challenge a major court decision that orders the state to count absentee ballots days after the Nov. 3 election.
The suspect is charged with felony counts of attempted kidnapping and burglary. She could get eight years in prison if convicted as charged.
The sheriff's office says no deputies were hurt and there's no reason to believe there's further danger to the community.
The debate will offer a massive platform for Trump and Biden to outline their starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises, including racial justice protests and a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs.
Voters will be called back to the polls for the Dec. 1 runoff, deciding whether Kwanza Hall or Robert Franklin will get only a month in Congress representing the Atlanta-centered district.
The Australian-born singer enjoyed a prolific career, with hits that included “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Ain’t No Way To Treat a Lady,” “Delta Dawn,” “Angie Baby” and “You and Me Against the World.”
It came Tuesday in response to a new book by Andrew Weissmann that suggests the team did not aggressively pursue line of inquiries out of concern that President Donald Trump could fire them and close down the operation.
The bill makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, have released more of their personal tax returns ahead of the first presidential debate.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says he will subpoena the Department of Homeland Security after a department whistleblower said he wasn’t allowed access to documents and clearance he needs to testify.
A study shows children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April.
A small air leak at the International Space Station finally has been traced to the Russian side, following a middle-of-the-night search by astronauts.
Federal investigators examining the 2018 crash of a stretch limousine that killed 20 people said Tuesday that state regulators repeatedly failed to oversee a poorly maintained vehicle with corroded brakes.
The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, France’s counterterrorism prosecutor said Tuesday.