Nation
October 17, 2020
Kevin Mathewson was once a Kenosha city alderman and a wedding photographer. Two protesters were killed and one seriously injured after he issued a ca

A few keystrokes summon vigilantes to Kenosha, Wisconsin

That night, the Kenosha Guard sprang to life — and then dissolved.
Nation
October 17, 2020
White House puts 'politicals' at CDC to try to control info

White House puts 'politicals' at CDC to try to control info

The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation's top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus pandemic.
Nation
October 16, 2020
Chris Lacombe looks over the remains of his home, which was destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex, in Spanish Flat, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2020.

No relief from wildfires in West

Drought, high temps could last throughout winter.
Nation
October 16, 2020
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former adviser to the first lady.

Justice Department sues ex-aide over her book about Melania Trump

It's the third lawsuit in recent months where the department has taken on a White House antagonist.
Nation
October 16, 2020
Tourists avoid Hawaii quarantine with COVID test

Tourists avoid Hawaii quarantine with COVID test

Tourists heading to Hawaii can now avoid the island's 14-day quarantine if they take a state-approved COVID-19 test before arrival.
Nation
October 15, 2020
Stolen Nazi painting returned to family

Stolen Nazi painting returned to family

The picture, of two young, 19th-century skaters, was looted by Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933. It was recently discovered at a small museum in upstate New York.
Nation
October 15, 2020
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders focus on inequality

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders focus on inequality

Founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive.
Nation
October 15, 2020
West Coast fires expose millions to pollution

West Coast fires expose millions to pollution

Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels
Coronavirus
October 14, 2020
Nursing assistant Monica Brodsky, left, and nurse Taylor Mathisen worked at a drive-through testing site for COVID-19 at the UW Health Administrative

Wisconsin sees record hospitalizations

The 1,017 people hospitalized beat the previous high of 950 set just a day before.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Caitlin Harjes, left, and Angel Santiago, place their ballots inside an official Orange County Registrar of Voters ballot Drop Box for the 2020 Presid

California GOP says it won't remove unofficial ballot boxes

With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from counties with competitive U.S. House races.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Trump: Son 'fine' after testing positive for COVID

Trump: Son 'fine' after testing positive for COVID

President Donald Trump said his son 14-year-old son, Barron, is "fine" after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Wisconsin opens field hospital due to virus spike

Wisconsin opens field hospital due to virus spike

A field hospital in Wisconsin opened Wednesday at the state fairgrounds near Milwaukee as a surge in COVID-19 cases hits the state.
Nation
October 13, 2020
3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Mich. governor

3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Mich. governor

Five Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer had a hearing.
Outdoors
October 13, 2020
Bike commuters and recreational riders cruised through a stop sign on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis in 2010. Bicyclists in Washington state can

Bicyclists in Washington state can now slowly roll through stop signs

The new law went into effect Oct. 1, legalizing a practice frequently used already by cyclists.
National
October 12, 2020

California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes

California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the "vote tampering" could face prosecution.
Business
October 11, 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari, seen in 2015, EMAIL
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The U.S. economic recovery has "flattened out" and is in v

Kashkari says economy needs more fiscal support to aid recovery

Nation
October 10, 2020
A truck drive through floodwaters in a neighborhood in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, after Hurricane Delta moved through on Friday. (AP

Hurricane Delta brings flooding to Lake Charles

Nearly every home and building in the Louisiana city already been damaged in late August by a city where Hurricane Laura.
Coronavirus
October 10, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Washington.

Trump delivers remarks to the public at White House

Trump on Saturday said he was "feeling great" in his recovery from the coronavirus.
Nation
October 9, 2020
Hurricane Delta weakens to Category 1 storm

Hurricane Delta weakens to Category 1 storm

Delta blew ashore in an area where devastation remains widely evident from Hurricane Laura.
Nation
October 9, 2020
Storm-ravaged Lake Charles prepares for Hurricane Delta

Storm-ravaged Lake Charles prepares for Hurricane Delta

Residents in south Louisiana braced to relive a nightmare.

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