Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio repeatedly pressed the top health official on whether protests in Portland and other cities against police brutality and racial discrimination should be curbed to stop the virus spread.
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One Marine has died, two are injured and eight others were missing after an amphibious assault vehicle accident off the coast of Southern California, the Marines said early Friday.
Forecasters declared a hurricane watch for parts of the Florida coastline on Friday as Hurricane Isaias drenched the Bahamas on a track for the U.S. East Coast.
An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his demise in 1992.
John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered in the Los Angeles area shook Southern California on Thursday morning.
The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built blasted off Thursday as part of a long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a hospital there by the end of the week, the Supreme Court said Wednesday night.
Hawaii residents have voiced concerns about the effectiveness of a temporary quarantine for travelers to slow the coronavirus as the number of visitors to the state increases.
The phenomenon, unfolding largely on social media, escalated this week when President Donald Trump retweeted a false video about an anti-malaria drug being a cure for the virus and it was revealed that Russian intelligence is spreading disinformation about the crisis through English-language websites.
Federal agents will begin a “phased withdrawal” from Portland after weeks of violent clases with protesters, according to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
John Lewis will lie in repose at the Georgia capitol in his hometown of Atlanta in one of the last memorial services for the late Democratic congressman before he is buried.
Attorney General William Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday during a much-awaited face-off with Chairman Jerry Nadler, who launched the session late because he had been in a minor car accident.