Richard Hopkins, a United States Postal Service worker in the must-win swing state, denied taking back his statements when speaking to authorities.

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled Delaware to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his win, then defended her jaunt as "necessary."

A former gym teacher in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student over a seven-month span, according to reports. Rochelle Cressman, 33, who previously taught at Titusville Middle School, appeared Tuesday in Crawford County Court on three counts of statutory sexual assault involving the teen who was one of her students, the...

A former Louisville police detective involved in the botched raid that ended in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor has been accused by a woman of sexual assault after offering her a ride home from a bar in 2018, according to a report. Margo Borders, an attorney, accused Brett Hankison of “willfully, intentionally, painfully and...

Pennsylvania’s top election official said that around 10,000 ballots were received between Election Day and Nov. 6 – a total too small to alter President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the swing state, according to a report. Biden has an edge of 45,673 votes in the Keystone State, surpassing the 44,292 votes won in...

Vice President Mike Pence canceled plans for a Florida getaway this week to stay in Washington as President Trump continues to challenge election results, according to a report. Pence, who appealed to GOP senators on Capitol Hill to stick by Trump on Tuesday, was expected to travel to Sanibel, Fla. until Saturday, but dumped those plans,...

An Oklahoma state senator has been charged with manslaughter in a fatal car crash after authorities said she was speeding and driving recklessly in dangerous weather. Sen. Allison Ikley-Freeman, 29, was driving about 90 mph in heavy rain and high winds when she crashed into 44-year-old Enrique Lopez’s car on the Turner Turnpike on May...

Tropical Storm Eta re-strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday morning as it continues barreling toward the west coast of Florida.

An Indianapolis officer will not face charges for fatally shooting Dreasjon Reed, a 21-year-old who live streamed part of the police chase leading up to his death back in May.

Hospitals in northwestern Wisconsin are at 100 percent capacity, officials said, as the state continues to battle a record number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. The Mayo Clinic Health System, which operates hospitals in the region encompassing Barron, Bloomer, Eau Claire, Osseo and Menomonie, said all of their beds were full as of Tuesday afternoon,...

Pope Francis vowed to "uproot evil" in the church after an explosive report detailed its mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

President Trump was projected to win Alaska by NBC News and CNN on Wednesday, but the three electoral votes he collected still put him far behind President-elect Joe Biden. Trump leads Biden 56.9 to 39.1 percent with 75 percent of the vote in Alaska, which Trump was long expected to carry. The president still trails...

A President Trump supporter has filed a restraining order against his California neighbors — for bullying his family about the election loss to Joe Biden, according to a report. Michael Mason told CBS13 that the left-leaning neighbors had already been taunting him over his conservative views, drawing Black Lives Matter and pro-LGBTQ chalk art outside...

A member of President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team wanted Democrats to grill Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith.

Orlando Cordia Hall, 49, was put to death via lethal injection late Thursday at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute.

A Virginia lawyer is facing a count of sex trafficking minors for allegedly showering underage girls with cash and expensive gifts in exchange for sex and threesomes.

A Louisiana state trooper and the driver of a tanker truck are “lucky to be alive” after the 18-wheeler crashed into the officer’s parked vehicle Friday morning, causing a fiery explosion that rocked a community near Baton Rouge early Friday morning, authorities said.

As he wrestles with those issues, Biden will be attempting to accomplish another feat: demonstrate to Americans that age is but a number and he’s up to the job.

Many of the earlier stimulus provisions expired or ran out of funds, raising questions about additional assistance for Americans as COVID-19 continues to wreak economic havoc from coast to coast.

The planned six-day lockdown will end early on Saturday.

China is using a new study about the early, hidden spread of coronavirus in Italy to cast doubt on the firmly held assumption that it was the birthplace of the pandemic, according to reports. Officials in Beijing are pushing a new study that suggests that the contagion may have been spreading in the European nation...

The New York Times reported Friday that Environmental Protection Administrator Andrew Wheeler plans to visit the island, and Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang confirmed a visit was in the works.

A Florida sheriff’s agency has a secret list of students it believes could “fall into a life of crime” based on their grades and discipline histories, according to media reports. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office uses data from the Pasco County Schools district and the state Department of Children and Families to compile a list of...

Florida Sen. Rick Scott has tested positive for COVID-19, he said Friday, as he advised Americans to "wear a mask."

Santa will be spreading lots of joy — not COVID-19 — when he visits millions of homes this Christmas. That’s because Kris Kringle is immune to coronavirus, according to the nation’s top infectious disease expert. “Santa is exempt from this because Santa, of all the good qualities, has a lot of good innate immunity,” Dr....

Johnny Dwight Whited, 53, told a Decatur police detective Wednesday that he was responsible for the 1995 slaying of Christopher Alvin Dailey.

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow progressive Democratic lawmakers openly declared at a Thursday rally they would fight to push President-elect Joe Biden to the left — and vowed they would secure a Green New Deal. Speaking outside the party’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, the growing group formerly known as “the Squad” said they weren’t...

It was not immediately clear if Giuliani has recently been in contact with his 76-year-old father.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott is the latest member of Congress to contract COVID-19, he revealed Friday — just days after a fellow GOP senator tested positive for the virus.

Black Friday is far from canceled .It’s getting staggered and spread-out like never before, with almost all the best deals served up online, experts said.