Nation
Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again
With coronavirus cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving, long lines to get tested have reappeared across the U.S. — a reminder that the nation's testing system remains unable to keep pace with the virus.
Nation
Kansas man accused of illegal autopsies faces fraud charges
A Kansas man accused of performing illegal autopsies has been indicted on 10 counts of federal wire fraud and the government wants to recover more than $1 million in fees paid to him by clients.
Business
Nom Wah at 100: a cookbook about a restaurant and community
Wilson Tang was getting ready to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his restaurant, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, last winter and launch his first-ever cookbook. Then COVID-19 arrived, and Chinatown's lively restaurant scene shut down, along with bars and eateries across New York City.
Nation
Rolls-Royce settles discrimination allegations, to pay $135K
Aircraft components manufacturer Rolls-Royce has agreed to pay $135,000 to 26 women who were not selected for machine operating roles at the its factory in Virginia.
Nation
More than 3 million people in U.S. are estimated to be contagious with coronavirus
That number is close to 1% of the population, and significantly larger than the official case count.
Business
Coalition seizes on pandemic to boost 'Obamacare' sign-ups
As COVID-19 spreads uncontrolled in many places, a coalition of states, health care groups and activists is striving to drum up "Obamacare" sign-ups among a growing number of Americans uninsured in perilous times.
Politics
Georgia Gov. Kemp stays on sidelines of GOP election fight
When Gov. Brian Kemp won election two years ago, he pushed back forcefully against an outcry from Democrats who accused him of suppressing voter turnout to improve his odds of winning.
Politics
GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat — but not in public
When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her with a fist bump.
Nation
Charles Yu novel, Malcolm X bio win National Book Awards
Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown," a satirical, cinematic novel written in the form of a screenplay, has won the National Book Award for fiction.
National
California's Newsom still on hot seat for dinner party
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week he made a "bad mistake" by attending a friend's birthday dinner during a spike in coronavirus cases and promised to "own it" and move forward. But there was more to the story than he revealed.
Nation
The Latest: S Korea begins stronger limits in some areas
South Korea has reported more than 300 new coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day as authorities begin enforcing toughened social distancing rules in some areas to fight a resurgence of small-scale clusters of infections.
Nation
Los Angeles virus surge raises specter of stay-home order
Los Angeles County's coronavirus cases are rising so fast they could average more than 4,000 a day within three weeks and leave the nation's most populous county on the cusp of a lockdown and curfew, a public health official said Wednesday.
Nation
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
Former President Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history.
Politics
GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat — but not in public
When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her with a fist bump.
Nation
South Carolina schedules execution but doesn't have drugs
The state of South Carolina has scheduled what could be its first execution in nearly a decade, but corrections officials say they don't have any lethal injection drugs to carry it out.
Nation
Empty desks: Coronavirus robs US classrooms of teachers
In July, fourth-grade teacher Susanne Michael was ecstatic as she celebrated the adoption of a former student from a troubled home and two of the girl's brothers. For the festivities, Michael dressed them and her other children in matching T-shirts that read "Gotcha FOREVER."
Nation
Paper on Texas border ceases publication after virus cutback
A West Texas newspaper with origins in the 19th century has ceased publishing.
Nation
'We're in trouble': Texas sending record help to hospitals
Texas is sending medical staff to overworked hospitals by the thousands — more now than at any point during the pandemic — as a worsening surge of cases leaves virus patients waiting for beds and large public buildings were ordered shut Wednesday in one West Texas city where fire officials are building shelves to store the dead.
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