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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivered about 40,000 ballots on Thursday as it continues to conduct courtordered twicedaily sweeps before various state deadlines to receive ballots, a lawyer said Friday.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker selfisolated Friday and was awaiting test results after learning that he may have been exposed to the coronavirus during a meeting earlier this week, the third time during the pandemic that the Democratic governor has taken the...

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOMES Chart. This digital embed shows weekly figures for COVID-19 infections in nursing homes in 20 states since the end of May. This chart is current as of Nov. 6, 2020 and will not update. Source: Rebecca Gorges & Tamara Konetzka...

Severe disruptions caused by the COVID19 pandemic to immunisation campaigns against measles and polio are putting millions of vulnerable children at risk from deadly and debilitating diseases, United Nations agencies said on Friday.

Britain faces widespread disruption at its borders when it finally leaves the European Union on Jan. 1, particularly in Northern Ireland where a mechanism to maintain trade is not ready, an official report said on Friday.

German police said on Friday they were conducting searches in several German towns in connection with four people believed to have ties to the suspected Vienna attacker who killed four people when he opened fire on bystanders and bars on Monday.

Backers of President Donald Trump ramped up demonstrations on Thursday night against an election they believe was rigged or being stolen, clashing with counterprotesters as vote counting continued in battleground states.

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesdays election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nations largest minority group...

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is selfisolating after coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID19, the foreign office said on Thursday.

This would mark the first armed drone export since the Trump administration reinterpreted a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations to allow US defense contractors to sell more drones to allies.

Police say an 18yearold man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of actor Eddie Hassell during a random robbery at a suburban Dallas apartment complex parking lot over the weekend.

Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the race for the 270 electoral votes that will put one of them over the top, with the Democrat's campaign asserting they believe he has enough votes to win in key battleground states.

Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos has pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking and money laundering charges.

The coronavirus pandemic is having a knockon effect on other vital health services in Africa as countries are forced to redirect already stretched resources, a regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Ukraine registered a record 9,850 new COVID19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health minister said on Thursday, up from a high of 9,524 reported a day earlier.

Perhaps only in Florida is a loss by fewer than 4 percentages points considered a public drubbing.