WASHINGTON — Members of the House on Tuesday pushed through a short-term increase to the nation’s debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fully paying i...
New case rate is lowest in U.S.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s coronavirus death toll reached another once-unfathomable milestone — 70,000 people — on Monday as the st...
Holiday brings up division
Monday’s federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus highlighted the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representati...
Patients could take anti-COVID pill at home
WASHINGTON — Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19.
If cleared by the Food ...
One of Jimmy Pitaro's top objectives when he became ESPN president was to get the National Hockey League back on the network. On Tuesday night, Pitaro's goal will be rea...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two men were charged Monday in connection with a weekend shootout at a busy St. Paul bar that left one woman dead and 14 people injured.
Police say Mar...
Granville Adams, who starred as inmate Zahir Arif on HBO’s prison show “Oz,” has died, 10 months after announcing he had been diagnosed with cancer.
He was 58.
“After a ...
LOS ANGELES — The afternoon sun shined bright over Huntington Beach. The water sparkled blue. And nearby businesses were bustling with activity.
If it weren’t for the hu...
SRBAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s not exactly on par with India’s Taj Mahal, but a family house in a small town in northern Bosnia is in its own way a monument to love.
T...
Why it's replacing Columbus Day
Columbus Day celebrations in the United States — meant to honor the legacy of the man credited with “discovering” the New World — are almo...
