New York City will reopen its school system to in-person learning and increase the number of days a week many children attend class even as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the city

The nation’s top infectious disease expert says that the U.S. may see a “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus over the coming weeks, and he does not expect current recommendations around social distancing to be relaxed before Christmas

Wisconsin has finished a recount of its presidential results, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state

A group of Hawaii leaders is launching a campaign Sunday to promote the islands as an appealing location for a remote office with a view

Governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small-business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the widening coronavirus outbreak

A group of Black firefighters in a North Carolina city has filed a grievance citing racism and discrimination they have endured for more than 30 years

Los Angeles County has announced a stay-home order as coronavirus cases surge out of control in the nation’s most populous county

Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots

A panel of U.S. advisers will meet next week to recommend who should be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine

The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so

The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way for other methods like firing squads and poison gas

President Donald Trump still won’t bring himself to concede the election he decisively lost to President-elect Joe Biden

The acting U.S. defense secretary has visited Somalia to meet with U.S. troops

As coronavirus cases are surging around the country, some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester

Republicans have picked up their 11th seat overall in the U.S. House and the third seat in California

Christmas tree growers who have faced increased interest in artificial trees in recent years say demand for real, fresh-cut evergreens is strong this season

Alabama ranks ninth in the country for the number of COVID-19 deaths per 10,000 inmates

Police say a woman has died after a speeding minivan crashed into a monument in downtown Buffalo

Americans are marking the Thanksgiving holiday amid an unrelenting pandemic that has upended traditions at dinner tables all around the country

Thanksgiving travel is especially dicey this year as people fearful of rising coronavirus cases and deaths in some parts of the U.S. attempt to social distance while navigating crowds