President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some… Read more
DETROIT — Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating… Read more
PHOENIX — Fears about possible coronavirus infections from hard-hit Arizona mixed together with local politics south of the U.S.-Mexico border… Read more
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s niece offered a devastating portrayal of him in a book that credits a “perfect storm of catastrophes” for … Read more
The heat is on. And for most of America it’ll stay on through the rest of the month and maybe longer, meteorologists say. Read more
NEW YORK — Most of Wall Street is slipping in midday trading on Tuesday, giving back some of the big gains made the past couple weeks, but a h… Read more
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request for an emergency order to delay the process of shutting down the Dakota Acces… Read more
Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 189th day of 2020. There are 177 days left in the year. Read more
International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fal… Read more
MIAMI — Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sun Belt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again because of the surging… Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Charlie Daniels, who went from being an in-demand session musician to a staple of Southern rock with his hit “Devil Went Do… Read more
President Donald Trump has repeatedly credited his February ban on travelers from mainland China as his signature move against the advance of … Read more
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Some statues of figures from America’s slave-owning past have been yanked down by protesters, others dismantled by order… Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee he… Read more
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. — Speaking to a largely maskless crowd at Mount Rushmore, President Donald Trump said Friday that prote… Read more
AURORA, Colo. — Three officers were fired Friday over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black ma… Read more
The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authori… Read more
SELMA, Ala. — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederat… Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four U.S. states — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases… Read more
NEW YORK — Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 … Read more
O’FALLON, Mo. — The white St. Louis couple who became internationally famous for standing guard with guns outside their mansion during a prote… Read more
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday on charges she helped lure at least three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexuall… Read more
A congressional committee criticized President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday for a series of problems in distributing personal pro… Read more
AUSTIN — Vanilla Ice has indefinitely postponed a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
BOSTON — When Mahdi Hashemian was looking for a bicycle for his 7-year-old daughter Zeynab last week, the Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident d… Read more
Does wearing a mask pose any health risks? Read more
WASHINGTON — After long resisting wearing a mask in public, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he thinks it makes him look like the Lone Ra… Read more
PHOENIX — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona’s outbr… Read more
WASHINGTON — Criticized for inaction, President Donald Trump and top officials on Wednesday stepped up their defense of the administration’s r… Read more
NEW YORK — There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd’s death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronaviru… Read more
BOSTON — America’s nightclubs are largely closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that isn’t stopping an interfaith coalition from lau… Read more
JACKSON, Miss. — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle embl… Read more
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida and other states across the Sunbelt are thinning out the deck chairs, turning over the barstools and rushing to… Read more
The government’s top experts in infectious diseases on Tuesday criticized American Airlines’ decision to pack flights full while the coronavir… Read more
Wall Street capped its best quarter since 1998 Tuesday with more gains, a fitting end to a stunning three months for investors as the market s… Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville’s city government has announced plans to review the handling by the mayor’s administration of the fatal poli… Read more
NEW YORK — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose t… Read more
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida appellate judges on Tuesday questioned the legality of search warrants that let police secretly video record N… Read more
NEW YORK — Something still bothers Barry Larkin about his Most Valuable Player award. Read more
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion r… Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen pe… Read more
For many states and counties in the U.S., the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic in April unfolded on their television screens, not on thei… Read more
HOUSTON — The din of conversation and music that normally fills The Cottonmouth Club in downtown Houston fell silent last Friday when the owne… Read more
LAS VEGAS — As Nevada prepared to start reopening parts of its economy last month, a team of medical experts recommended to Gov. Steve Sisolak… Read more
Forgive the American people if they’re in a fog about face masks. President Donald Trump and the federal government have done a number on them. Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military constru… Read more
Stocks on Wall Street fell sharply Friday as confirmed new coronavirus infections in the U.S. hit an all-time high, prompting Texas and Florid… Read more
AUSTIN — Texas and Florida reversed course and clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation’s biggest retreat yet as the number of confirme… Read more
OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook said Friday that it will flag all “newsworthy” posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from Pr… Read more
DALLAS — American Airlines will start booking flights to full capacity next week, ending any effort to promote social distancing on its planes… Read more
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