Nation
Nevada facing double-bind of rising cases, limping economy
As the coronavirus surges to record levels in Nevada, the governor has implored residents to stay home. But Democrat Steve Sisolak has also encouraged out-of-state visitors, the lifeblood of Nevada's limping economy, to come to his state and spend money in Las Vegas.
Nation
Skates (and masks) on! Rockefeller Center ice rink opens
The Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink is opening in a limited way but on time for the holidays.
Politics
Biden to work to end executions as government sets 3 more
President-elect Joe Biden is against the death penalty and will work to end its use, his spokesman said Saturday, as the Justice Department scheduled three more federal executions during before the Jan. 20 inauguration, including two shortly before he is set to take office.
Business
Retailers brace as virus bears down on consumers and economy
LaTonya Story is every retailer's worst fear.
Business
Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs
Trying to close out major unfinished business, the Trump administration issued regulations Friday that could lower the prices Americans pay for many prescription drugs.
Politics
Trump tweets Don Jr doing well after coronavirus infection
President Donald Trump said Saturday his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is doing "very well" in quarantine after becoming infected with the coronavirus.
Local
Sanford Health CEO says he had virus, won't wear mask
The head of one of the largest regional health systems in the Midwest has told his employees that he has recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office — without a mask.
Local
Wisconsin jobless claims rise as state's system woes persist
As Wisconsin businesses shuttered this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staffers to keep up. But DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman remained optimistic.
Nation
The Latest: China starts mass testing 3 million in Tianjin
China is starting mass testing on 3 million people in a section of the northern city of Tianjin and has tested 4,015 others in a hospital in Shanghai after the discovery of a pair of cases there.
Nation
US Rep. Mike Garcia claims win in swing district north of LA
Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia claimed victory Friday in his back-and-forth contest with Democrat Christy Smith in the 25th District north of Los Angeles, a Southern California battleground that Democrats had captured just two years ago.
Local
Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots
The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump's campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted.
Local
Fewer Minn. children receiving mental health care during pandemic
More therapy is moving to telehealth visits.
Nation
Court: Tennessee can enforce Down syndrome abortion ban
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Tennessee can begin outlawing abortions because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, as well as prohibit the procedure if it's based on the race or gender of the fetus.
National
California pub tries to keep calm, carry on with virus rules
By most measures of what keeps a pub afloat, the coronavirus pandemic should already have Ye Olde King's Head on its last kegs.
Politics
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president
President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice.
Nation
NY's Cuomo to receive International Emmy for virus briefings
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to soon receive an International Emmy award for his once-daily televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that killed tens of thousands of New Yorkers this spring.
Politics
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
Nation
California imposes curfew to curb skyrocketing COVID cases
California is imposing an overnight curfew for nearly all residents as the most populous state tries to head off a surge of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm its health care system, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.
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