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Giuliani leaves hospital after COVID treatment
Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani returned home Wednesday evening after treatment for COVID-19.Mandel Ngan | AFP via Getty ImagesRudy Giuliani has left the hospital following treatment for CO...
Dec 10, 2020
ACLU sues Waseca federal women’s prison over COVID-19 response
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is suing the federal prison in Waseca, Minn., over its handling of COVID-19.The low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca houses 635 women...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. hits highest 1-day toll from coronavirus with 3,054 deaths
People wait in line for coronavirus tests in Los Angeles this week. The United States one-day death toll from the virus topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday.Jae C. Hong | APThe coronavirus pan...
Dec 10, 2020
McConnell signals no GOP backing of emerging COVID deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hitting the brakes on emerging COVID-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers, saying Republican senators won't support $160 billion in state ...
Dec 10, 2020
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister charged over massive Beirut blast
Shattered containers remain in front of towering grain silos gutted in the August explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people.Hussein Malla/APUpdated at 9:40 a.m. ETLeb...
Dec 10, 2020
Supreme Court says Muslim men can sue FBI agents in no-fly list case
Alex Brandon/APThe U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, ruled Thursday that Muslims put on the no-fly list after refusing to act as informants can sue federal officials for monetary damages und...
Dec 09, 2020
Wisconsin courts to consider Trump's election lawsuits
President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Thursday, with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate...
Dec 09, 2020
Unemployment claims jump before aid set to expire
As the number coronavirus cases rises across the country, so too does the number of consumers reluctant to head out.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesUnemployment claims jumped sharply last week a...
Dec 09, 2020
Biden taps McDonough for VA, Rice as domestic policy adviser
Updated: 9:25 a.m.President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Minnesota native Denis McDonough, who was Obama's White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling ...
Dec 09, 2020
Watch live: FDA advisers weigh Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
The stunning toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is why there's so much attention focused Thursday on a meeting of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration who will be considering the vaccine devel...
Dec 09, 2020