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2 workers dead, 1 person missing in veterans hospital blast

WEST HAVEN, Conn. - An apparent steam pipe explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missin...

Nov 13, 2020

Q&A: Teen 'black-ish' star Miles Brown releases debut album

LOS ANGELES - Miles Brown says playing Jack Johnson on the hit comedy series "black-ish" inspired him to speak out about equality and social justice through his art. He does just that on his debut hip...

Nov 13, 2020

UK's "Yorkshire Ripper" serial killer Peter Sutcliffe dies

LONDON - Britain's Prison Service says that serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who was widely known as the "Yorkshire Ripper," has died in the hospital. The 74-year-old had tested positive for COVID-19 an...

Nov 13, 2020

Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history

WASHINGTON - A coalition of federal and state officials said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week's presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated ...

Nov 12, 2020

Virus surge: Schools abandon classes, states retreat

School systems in Detroit, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and suburban Minneapolis are giving up on in-person classes, and some governors are reimposing restrictions on bars and restaurants or getting mor...

Nov 12, 2020

White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82

LOS ANGELES - Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82. Riverside Coun...

Nov 12, 2020

Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts

BOSTON - Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed f...

Nov 12, 2020

US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits. The Treasury Department reported Thursday that the federal government ran up a record October ...

Nov 12, 2020

Justice Dept.: 'Poor judgment' used in Epstein plea deal

WASHINGTON - A Justice Department report has found former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top fe...

Nov 12, 2020

Georgia secretary of state isolates after wife's virus test

ATLANTA - After his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to get tested and to quarantine just as the state is preparing for a hand tally of the...

Nov 12, 2020