Nation
October 21, 2020
Pandemic threatens urban renewal efforts

Pandemic threatens urban renewal efforts

As office workers continue to stay home during the pandemic, cities that were in the middle of bustling downtown comebacks are feeling a lot of uncertainty.
Nation
October 21, 2020
Early in-person voting starts in Wisconsin

Early in-person voting starts in Wisconsin

Voters across Wisconsin lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state.
Nation
October 20, 2020
Bystanders, police pull NY couple from sinking car

Bystanders, police pull NY couple from sinking car

Bystanders helped rescue an elderly couple from a sinking car Monday after it careened into a Long Island canal, police said.
Nation
October 20, 2020
North Colorado wildfire destroys at least 26 homes

North Colorado wildfire destroys at least 26 homes

At least 26 homes were destroyed by a wind-whipped wildfire in north-central Colorado that has scorched nearly 14 square miles and forced thousands of residents to flee.
Nation
October 20, 2020
US to collect, return asteroid sample for 1st time

US to collect, return asteroid sample for 1st time

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will attempt to descend to the boulder-packed surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday and snatch a handful of rubble.
Nation
October 19, 2020

Justice Dept. says Trump's denial of rape accusation was an official act

Nation
October 18, 2020
FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, people congregate at One-Eyed Jack's Saloon during the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, S.D.

How Sturgis might have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest

Experts say they will never be able to determine how many cases exactly originated at the 10-day motorcycle rally.
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.

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