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WASHINGTON (AP) - In response to rising COVID-19 infection numbers, the Smithsonian Institution is indefinitely shutting down operations at all its facilities, effective Monday and affecting seven mus...

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The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency's abili...

DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's largest county can't revoke its certification of election results, officials said Thursday after two Republicans who approved Joe Biden's local win wanted to revert to their ...

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...