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November 26, 2020

Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022

National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next ...

November 26, 2020

College basketball begins strange season in empty arenas

The strangest, most anticipated season in college basketball history kicked off Wednesday with dozens of games at arenas ...

November 26, 2020

Ravens-Steelers game moved from Thursday night to Sunday

The Thanksgiving night game between the Ravens and Steelers has been switched to Sunday afternoon because of coronavirus ...

November 26, 2020

Congress braces for Biden's national coronavirus strategy

Congress is bracing for President-elect Joe Biden to move beyond the Trump administration’s state-by-state approach to the ...

November 26, 2020

Pandemic gave locals fleeting taste of a tourist-free Hawaii

Line-Noue Memea Kruse lives on Oahu's famed North Shore, where marveling at sea turtles, epic waves and sunsets that paint ...

November 26, 2020

Garza, McCaffery help No. 5 Iowa rout NC Central in opener

Luka Garza had 26 points and 10 rebounds and No. 5 Iowa opened the season with a 97-67 victory over North Carolina Central ...

November 25, 2020

US mortgage rates stay at record low 2.72% for 30 years

U.S. long-term mortgage rates remained at record lows this week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the economy

November 25, 2020

Rationales shift as Nevada considers future of vote by-mail

Nevada's decision to send all active voters mail-in ballots ahead of the election put the swing state at the center of the ...

November 25, 2020

Tide's Saban tests positive for virus, will miss Iron Bowl

The Iron Bowl will be without its biggest star. Nick Saban, the coach at No. 1 Alabama, tested positive for COVID-19 ...

November 25, 2020

Hospitals can care for Medicare patients at home in pandemic

Hospitals will be allowed to care for Medicare patients in their own homes during the pandemic under a government program ...

November 25, 2020

US long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 2.84%

U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week. They remain at historically low levels, now around a percentage point below a ...

November 25, 2020

The Latest: Biden urges Americans to forgo big Thanksgiving

The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A big Biden family Thanksgiving is off the table for ...

November 25, 2020

As economy struggles, Fed weighs boosting bond purchases

At their meeting earlier this month, Federal Reserve officials discussed possible future adjustments to the central bank's ...

November 25, 2020

Delta won't furlough pilots; job cuts possible at Southwest

Delta Air Lines on Wednesday dropped a threat to furlough more than 1,700 pilots after they ratified a cost-cutting agreement ...

November 25, 2020

Stocks move mostly lower even as Nasdaq edges toward record

Stocks are mostly lower on Wall Street in afternoon trading Wednesday, giving back some of their gains from a record-setting ...

November 25, 2020

Global push to end domestic violence, worse amid COVID-19

In a global push to end violence against women, activists held rallies Wednesday and world leaders called for action to stop ...

November 25, 2020

Some California counties winding down hotels for homeless

Some California counties are pushing ahead with plans to wind down a program that's moved homeless people into hotel rooms ...

November 25, 2020

Sen. Alexander nears finish line of decades in public office

More than four decades ago, Lamar Alexander won a ticket to the governor's mansion after he walked more than 1,000 miles ...