AP Exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery

An Associated Press review of medical records for four detained immigrant women and interviews with lawyers have revealed growing allegations that a gynecologist performed surgeries and other procedures that the women never sought or didn’t...

Push is underway to test COVID-19 vaccines in diverse groups

Companies are struggling to recruit diverse volunteers in final U.S. tests of possible COVID-19 vaccines

Forest Service: Firefighter died in California wildfire

The U.S. Forest Service says a firefighter died battling a wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest in California

First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17

The first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day

Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats

Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats

U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide

Gulf between White House's words, Trump's actions on masks

The gulf between President Donald Trump and public health experts over wearing face masks keeps getting wider

Vaccine leaders make trial plans public in transparency push

The moves by Moderna Inc., as well as Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE, follow increasing worry that the effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is becoming politicized, and that an inoculation could be rushed to market before it is proven safe and...

Justice Dept.: Sedition charge may apply to protest violence

The Justice Department has sent a memo to U.S. attorneys emphasizing that federal prosecutors should aggressively go after demonstrators who cause violence — and even sedition charges could potentially apply

Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane

Rescuers with high-water vehicles have been rescuing people on the Gulf Coast cut off by floodwaters after Hurricane Sally

Giuliani associates face new federal fraud charges

Federal prosecutors have brought new wire fraud charges against two associates of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who previously had been accused of using foreign money to make illegal campaign contributions to U.S. politicians

Navalny team alleges Novichok found in hotel water bottle

Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk after he fell ill on a flight to Moscow last month

Infection rates soar in college towns as students return

College towns across the U.S. have emerged as virus hot spots in recent weeks as schools struggle to contain the virus

COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak

Mayors vow to launch guaranteed income programs across U.S.

A growing number of mayors across the country support giving cash to low-income families with no restrictions on how they can spend it

Experts worry as U.S. virus restrictions are eased or violated

State and local officials around the U.S. are rolling back social-distancing rules again after an abortive effort over the summer, allowing bars, restaurants and gyms to open

After Sally: Rescue, recovery and a wary eye on rivers

The mayor of a coastal Alabama city says one person is dead and one is missing as a result of Hurricane Sally

CDC director says coronavirus vaccines won't be widely available till the middle of next year

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted Wednesday that most of the American public will not have access to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus until late spring or summer of next year.