LA County on brink of additional restrictions with more than 4,500 new coronavirus cases
LOS ANGELES — Another round of distressing case numbers has Los Angeles teetering on the brink of further restrictions ... Read More
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Duke University schools the country on how to stay open during the COVID-19 pandemic
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
Editorial: Trump's effort to steal the election is a step toward fascism in America. If you call yourself a patriot, you can't support it
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
Editorial: Rahm Emanuel in President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet? We could see it
"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
Michigan releases COVID-19 testing turnaround data; current estimated time is nearly 3 days
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
CDC escalates warning for cruise travel, urging avoidance
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
California's new stay-at-home order now in effect: What you need to know
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
US air travelers surge more than 1 million in holiday-season uptick
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
US soars past 12 million coronavirus cases
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
Cuomo: New York records 5,972 new COVID-19 cases in high since April as numbers rise in city
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
'Willy-nilly' spending: Critics slam plan to use taxpayer money to back Black Lives Matter and charities
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
Biden considering Lisa Monaco, Sally Yates for Attorney General
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
Coronavirus curfew: Here's how law enforcement agencies will — or won't — enforce it
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
Trump maintains unproven 'massive' fraud claim as Michigan lawmakers depart his hotel
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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New details in notorious 1990 'killer clown' case show why prosecutors are so sure who was under the wig
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
Rep. Rosa DeLauro aims to take over chair of powerful House Appropriations Committee in next Congress
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
Michigan surpasses 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, just 15 days after passing 200,000
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
'People need to know it is real': North Carolina passes 5,000 COVID-19 deaths as pandemic worsens.
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
Republican Pa. congressman seeks court order throwing out all mail ballots in long-shot suit
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
COVID-19 in Florida: Cases up 49% compared to prior week
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
Grocery store rationing is back, but relax: The supply chain is doing fine
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
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