EXPLAINER: Italy faces a political crisis amid a pandemic
Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is testing his already low popularity by provoking a political crisis that could bring down Italy’s…
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China expands lockdowns, local political conference delayed
Lockdowns have been expanded and a major political conference postponed in a province next to Beijing that is the scene of China’s most…
Head-on crash kills 7 kids, 2 adults in central California
Investigators are asking for the public’s help to determine what led up to a head-on crash that killed seven children and two adults….
US airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings
More than 1 million people have passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints in each of the past two days in a sign that public…
Congress returns with virus aid, federal funding unresolved
After months of shadowboxing amid a tense and toxic campaign, Capitol Hill’s main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile…
Los Angeles to discuss stay-home order as COVID cases rise
Officials in the nation’s largest county will discuss a possible stay-home order just days before Thanksgiving after a spike…
Kenosha prepares for election, two months after unrest
Early voters waiting in line at Kenosha’s municipal offices couldn’t miss the dozens of buildings still boarded up in this little…
Florida, butt of election jokes, believes system is ready
Even if the presidential election hinges on a Florida recount like 20 years ago, hanging chads and butterfly ballots won’t be around…
Stocks have their worst day in a month as virus cases surge
U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday as a troubling increase in coronavirus counts put investors in a selling mood.
Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return
After almost two years circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week…
