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September 22, 2020

Debunked COVID story prompts differing responses on Fox News

Fox News Channel's Steve Doocy apologized on Monday “for any confusion” in reporting a now-debunked story about the mayor of ...

September 22, 2020

Trump's Ohio suburb slide signals peril in industrial north

Peggy Lehner, a Republican state senator in Ohio, doesn't sugarcoat what she has seen happen to support for President Donald ...

September 21, 2020

Ohio, GOP defend limit on ballot drop boxes to 1 per county

Ohio and Republican groups including the Trump campaign are fighting to uphold a GOP election chief's directive limiting ...

September 21, 2020

Lake Charles gearing up for Tropical Storm Beta

Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter says the city is bracing for Tropical Storm Beta as it churns towards Louisiana. The city is ...

September 21, 2020

Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest

The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal ...

September 21, 2020

Florida governor seeks new penalties for violent protesters

The state of Florida is going to get tough on people who engage in violence during protests, Florida's Republican governor ...

September 20, 2020

Deadly party shooting adds new layer to Rochester's grief

Already roiled by this month's revelation of Daniel Prude's police suffocation death, the city of Rochester, New York, was ...

September 19, 2020

Minneapolis to name stretch of street for George Floyd

A stretch of a Minneapolis street that includes the place where George Floyd was killed will soon be named in his honor.

September 19, 2020

After wildfire smoke clears, protests resume in Portland

Protesters returned to the streets of Portland, Oregon, following a dayslong pause largely due to poor air quality from ...

September 19, 2020

NYC mayor 'very confident' in new school reopening timeline

Mayor Bill de Blasio is confident that New York City will meet a revised timeline to bring public school students back to ...

September 18, 2020

People line up in Minnesota as early voting begins

The battleground state of Minnesota has begun voting in the presidential election. Polling stations opened in every county ...

September 18, 2020

Big wedding in fictional home of 'The Godfather' fuels virus

The Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the fictional Mafia clan in “The Godfather,” has ordered schools closed and a ...

September 18, 2020

At town hall, Biden blasts Trump's 'criminal' virus response

Joe Biden went after President Donald Trump again and again over his handling of COVID-19, calling Trump's downplaying of the ...

September 18, 2020

Michigan again expected to be a key battleground

Michigan represented one of President Donald Trump’s closest victories in 2016. And one of his most important. The Great ...

September 18, 2020

Infection rates soar in college towns as students return

Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become ...

September 18, 2020

Justice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violence

In a memo to U.S. attorneys Thursday obtained by The Associated Press, the Justice Department emphasized that federal ...

September 18, 2020

Feds explored possibly charging Portland officials in unrest

The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in ...

September 17, 2020

NYC delays in-person learning for most students

New York City has again delayed the start of in-person learning for most of the more than 1 million students in its public ...

September 17, 2020

Mexico sees discrimination in stores' coronavirus measures

A Mexican government body warned grocery stores Thursday about complaints it has received alleging discrimination against the ...