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A senior administration official confirmed the White House had approved the plan, which undercuts President Donald Trump’s hopes of getting a vaccine before voters go to polls.

With absentee voting already underway, attorneys for civil rights groups urged the Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday to ease requirements for those concerned about the coronavirus by allowing anyone to vote remotely without needing to notarize their ballo...

Nearly 40 mainly Western countries criticized Chinas treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, on Tuesday and expressed grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.

The U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff have gone into selfquarantine after the Coast Guard's No. 2 tested positive for the novel coronavirus following a toplevel meeting at the Pentagon last week, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Vermont's top public health official said Tuesday the outbreak of COVID-19 among apple pickers in Addison County has been contained and there is no threat to the public.

The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other top military leaders are under quarantine after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for the coronavirus, two U.S. officials said.

Associated Press staff from around the world who contributed to the AP/"FRONTLINE" investigation into the failure of medical supply chains and its effect on America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic included:

An independent report said Tuesday that the Church of England allegedly failed to protect children and young people from sexual predators for decades, preferring instead to safeguard its own reputation, and created a culture where abusers were able to hid...

Human rights groups said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint in Germany asking prosecutors to investigate two chemical weapons attacks in Syria that stand out as among the worst atrocities in the country's longrunning conflict.

His press secretary once described President Donald Trump as the most tested man in America when it came to COVID19. And variations on that message were the White House ready response any time critics questioned the president's lax approach to following g...

A strengthening Hurricane Delta was on a course to pass by the Cayman Islands early Tuesday before hitting Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major storm and continuing on to strike the U.S. Gulf coast later in the week.

We know that Trump had a high fever on Friday and that he was given supplemental oxygen before being transported to Walter Reed hospital.

Charles Kolean, a Dallas investment industry worker, was thrilled to take a photo with President Donald Trump last week after the 25yearold won a Republican fundraising contest.

Its eyebrow-raising pick of US rock legend Bob Dylan in 2016 was followed by a rape scandal close to its members that erupted in 2017 and tore the Academy apart, forcing it to postpone the 2018 prize -- a first in 70 years.

Mali announced a new government on Monday, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on Aug. 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

The Australian government Tuesday will reveal a big spending financial blueprint for the next few years that will drive business investment and job creation while repairing pandemic damage to the economy, the treasurer said.