Nation
October 23, 2020
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention

Migrant parents could face fateful choice: Be separated from their children or stay together in jail

A federal judge ordered the federal government to finalize procedures, which could transform family migration dynamics.
Nation
October 22, 2020
Wisconsin sees 'high levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations'

Wisconsin sees 'high levels of COVID-19 hospitalizations'

The coronavirus is still hitting Wisconsin hard, with intensive care units filling up.
Nation
October 22, 2020
Residents leave homes near Colorado wildfires

Residents leave homes near Colorado wildfires

Residents in and around a gateway town to Rocky Mountain National Park have evacuated.
Nation
October 22, 2020
Maxwell denies procuring underage girls for Prince Andrew

Maxwell denies procuring underage girls for Prince Andrew

Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain's Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday, calling the prince's accuser an "awful fantasist."
Coronavirus
October 21, 2020
CDC redefines COVID-19 close contact

CDC redefines COVID-19 close contact

Shorter but repeated contacts that add up to 15 minutes over a 24-hour period now count.
Nation
October 21, 2020
U.S. officials: Russia, Iran have obtained voter info

U.S. officials: Russia, Iran have obtained voter info

John Ratcliffe, the intelligence director, and FBI Director Chris Wray say the U.S. will impose costs on any foreign countries interfering in voting.
Nation
October 21, 2020
Trump rape accuser in court

Trump rape accuser in court

Seconds after E. Jean Carroll walked into the Manhattan federal courthouse Wednesday, a Justice Department lawyer told the judge that the government's lawyer was denied access to the courthouse
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.

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