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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Several college students in an Alabama city organized "COVID-19" parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. intelligence chiefs conducted classified briefings Thursday for congressional leaders who have demanded more answers about intelligence assessments that Russia offered bounties f...

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire, the FBI said.Maxwell, who liv...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month.The nation has now recovered r...

NEW YORK (AP) - Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new politic...

One of the world’s most famous Covid-19 survivors has reportedly made his feelings known about those who don’t wear masks.Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress/singer Rita Wilson, were two...

WASHINGTON - The federal agency that was created to improve the nation's response to terrorism announced Wednesday that it will be adding the protection of statues and monuments to its mission.Acting ...

SALT LAKE CITY - After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping "Dixie" from its name in another example of the nation's reexamination of the Confederacy and sl...

WASHINGTON - A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number...

NEW YORK - There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd's death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronavirus infections, according to public health experts. If the p...