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Duke University is sometimes referred to as a pretty good knock-off of fancier schools farther north. But while those ivy-clad universities with smart students, prestigious medical schools and big endowments stayed closed ...Read more

A vain, angry man who is refusing to accept reality has his finger on the button.

A sulking, bitter man who is refusing to accept the will of the people leads the world's most powerful democracy.

A man who dwells in the ...Read more

"Someone like Rahm Emanuel would be a pretty divisive pick," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently said about the former Chicago mayor possibly joining President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet. "And it would signal, I...Read more

DETROIT — The state of Michigan has added a new feature to its regular pandemic updates that now shows the turnaround time of coronavirus tests in labs across the state.

The chart specifically tracks the estimated ...Read more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has escalated its warning for cruise travel to the highest level and continued to recommend avoiding any trips on cruise ships worldwide.

The agency raised its warning ...Read more

A modified stay-at-home order went into effect for much of California Saturday morning, part of a new effort to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

Here are the details of the order:

_Prohibits most nonessential ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than 1 million people flew through U.S. domestic airports on Friday, the second-highest daily total since the coronavirus pandemic hit last spring, even as officials warn against travel around the ...Read more

More than 12 million people in the U.S. have now been infected with coronavirus.

The virus has spread rapidly in recent weeks, as the country hit 10 million cases Nov. 9 and the 11 million mark Nov. 15.

More than 255,000...Read more

NEW YORK — New York recorded a seven-month statewide high of 5,972 new coronavirus cases as numbers continue to soar in hotspots and upstate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday.

The shocking state caseload recorded ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County commissioners again are taking the controversial step of giving away taxpayer money to charities and social movements — with this year's list of beneficiaries including Black ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Biden transition team is weighing attorney general contenders led by Lisa Monaco, who held key national security posts in the Obama administration, and Sally Yates, who gained fame when she was fired by ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Despite a major surge in coronavirus cases, many Southern California policing agencies say they're taking an education-first approach to the new curfew that took effect for much of the state Saturday rather...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reiterated his unproven claim that there was "massive voter fraud" in Michigan's election on Saturday, a day after he met with Republican lawmakers from the state at the White House.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After South Florida's killer clown slipped away three decades ago, witnesses told investigators the culprit wearing white makeup and an orange wig looked like a man.

But finally it's been ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is lining up support for a bid to lead the powerful Appropriations Committee, a position that could bring significant federal aid to ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan now has more than 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

That is just fifteen days after surpassing 200,000 cases on Nov. 6.

Michigan first reached over 50,000 confirmed cases on May 15. In the late ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Recalling his grandmother, the Rev. Mycal Brickhouse sorts through the treasure box in his memory: how she never let him miss Sunday school, how she cheered his becoming a pastor, how she made him fetch ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In a last-ditch legal effort to halt certification of Pennsylvania's election results next week, one of President Donald Trump's biggest boosters in the state filed a long-shot lawsuit Saturday seeking to ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida on Saturday added 8,410 new cases of COVID-19 to its pandemic tally, ending its worst week for infections since Aug. 1.

Department of Health records show 56,732 people tested positive for...Read more

Hard times have returned to the nation's toilet paper aisles.

With coronavirus cases and lockdowns once again on the rise, shoppers are reverting to the panic-buying patterns of the early days of the pandemic. In response...Read more