U.S. & World

A mourning East Texas widow whose husband died of the COVID-19 late last month shared his obituary on social media where she blamed his death on a lack of response from President Donald Trump, Gov. Greg Abbott and the “selfish people” who refused to wear a mask.

Tormented by mind-scarring memories and questions without answers, Dion Green has dedicated his life after the death of his father and eight other people in a mass shooting to memorializing them and trying to bring helpful change

The CDC warned Tuesday that 2020 is likely to be a peak year for an uncommon but dangerous and potentially life-threatening neurological disease affecting children, acute flaccid myelitis. The illness, also known as AFM, is believed to be caused by a virus and peaks every two years between August and November. In 2018 there were 238 confirmed cases...

Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm after battering North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday night.

As the coronavirus pandemic has clouded hopes of reopening schools nationwide, parents who want more than remote instruction have been scrambling to hire tutors and private teachers for small groups of children

President Donald Trump said the deadly Tuesday explosion in Beirut looked “like a terrible attack.” “I’ve met with some of our great generals, and they just seemed to feel that it was. This was not some kind of manufacturing explosion,” he said. “They seem to think it was an attack.” Lebanese officials had not indicated the incident was premeditate...

Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday reported that its net income fell dramatically in the three-month period that ended in June when it most of its theme parks were shuttered and theatrical movie releases were postponed. Still, its bottom-line results were better than analysts expected, although its revenue fell short of forecasts. Disney has soared to succ...

Neil Young has sued President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, saying he doesn’t want his music used as a theme song for what he calls a divisive un-American campaign of ignorance and hate

In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump now is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail after months of criticizing the practice, and only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law. His encouragement follows a surge in Democratic requests to vote for mail in Florida. Democrats currently ...

Firefighters rescued a total of eight people from the parking lot and several more were evacuated from two business that were surrounded by floodwaters.

A former Michigan State University head gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for lying to police during an investigation into former Olympic and university sports doctor Larry Nassar

Misdemeanor assault charges have been filed against Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s husband for allegedly pointing a handgun out his front door and ordering a group of protesters to leave his Granada Hills property in March. David Allan Lacey, 66, was charged Monday with three misdemeanor counts of assault with a firearm i...

President Donald Trump’s demand that the U.S. government get a cut of Microsoft buying TikTok is the latest unprecedented scenario in an unprecedented situation