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November 24, 2020

Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic

The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that holiday sales could actually exceed ...

November 24, 2020

Biden signals sharp shift from Trump with Cabinet picks

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama-era officials for top national security and economic roles, signaling a ...

November 24, 2020

The Latest: Los Angeles on brink of another stay-home order

LOS ANGELES — The largest county in the United States is on the brink of a stay-home order after a coronavirus surge ...

November 24, 2020

States impose new rules, plead with public to stop spread

State and local officials nationwide are imposing new coronavirus restrictions and pleading with the public in an ...

November 24, 2020

AP source: Biden taps ex-Fed chair Yellen to lead treasury

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to serve as treasury secretary, a pivotal role ...

November 24, 2020

US agency ascertains Biden as winner, lets transition begin

The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov.

November 24, 2020

SEC shuffles games, pushing back Arkansas-Missouri, UT-Vandy

The Southeastern Conference has shuffled its schedule, including pushing back the Arkansas-Missouri and Tennessee-Vanderbilt ...

November 24, 2020

Federal prisons to prioritize staff to receive virus vaccine

The federal prison system will be among the first government agencies to receive the coronavirus vaccine, though initial ...

November 24, 2020

Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics — ...

November 23, 2020

Ex-Homeland Security official Mayorkas returns under Biden

President-elect Joe Biden is turning to a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security to lead the agency created after the ...

November 23, 2020

White House still planning holiday parties, despite warnings

All those warnings from public health officials begging Americans to limit gatherings this holiday season amid a surge in ...

November 23, 2020

Toy safety group releases annual list of top 10 'worst' toys

Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to ...

November 23, 2020

Pandemic has taken a bite out of seafood trade, consumption

The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in ...

November 23, 2020

DC boosts limits on restaurants, gatherings amid virus spike

The nation's capital is tightening its public COVID-19 restrictions in the face of spiraling virus numbers locally and around ...

November 23, 2020

Browns star Garrett to miss second game with COVID-19 virus

The Cleveland Browns not only managed without star Myles Garrett for one game, they won. They'll have to try to do it again.

November 23, 2020

EU, UK still have 'fundamental' differences in trade talks

With the European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier in quarantine, trade talks with the United Kingdom continued by ...

November 23, 2020

Greek military setting up field hospital for COVID-19 cases

Greece’s armed forces are setting up a field hospital with more than 50 beds in the northern city of Thessaloniki as part of ...

November 23, 2020

Cut off: School closings leave rural students isolated

The midday arrival of a school bus at Cyliss Castillo's home on the remote edge of a mesa breaks up the long days of boredom ...

November 23, 2020

Son, father farm to feed neighbors during lockdown in India

The garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted was a desperate measure in response to the pandemic. But it became so ...

November 23, 2020

UN: COVID-19 lockdowns slashed pollutants, not CO2 levels

A slowdown in industrial activity linked to the coronavirus pandemic has cut emissions of pollutants and heat-trapping ...