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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, reaching record lows for the 13th time this year amid fresh signs of weakness in the pandemic-ravaged economy. Mortgage buyer Freddie Ma...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory is shifting toward election boards that certify the vote. In Michigan, two Republican elec...

The NFL is placing all teams in intensive protocol starting Saturday to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 as the number of cases rises around the country.Use of masks will be mandatory at all times at tea...

NEW YORK (AP) - The "Great Pumpkin" never showed on broadcast television this year, but after a deal with PBS, the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Christmas specials will return to the air.Last month, ...

ATLANTA (AP) - Election officials across Georgia are staring down a Wednesday deadline to complete a hand tally of the presidential race in the state.The hand recount of nearly 5 million votes stems f...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. scho...

After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing's 737 Max for flight. The nation's air safety agency announced the move early Wednesday...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump's campaign has paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, saying Wednesday that they were the sight of the "worst irregular...

Pfizer said Wednesday that new test results show its coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, is safe and also protects older people most at risk of dying - the last data needed to seek emergency use of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday as the speaker to lead them, but she'd be guiding a smaller and ideologically divided majority as she tries shepherding his agenda...