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Democrats promised last week to file a legal challenge if the president acted through executive order to circumvent Congress, which has the constitutional authority to determine federal spending.

U.S. health officials are monitoring for cases in the United States.

A 7-year-old boy in Georgia who had no underlying health conditions had a seizure in the shower and was rushed to an emergency room. He later died at the hospital.

"She returned to work, did her best to handle all the roles," the mock obituary says, "educator, COVID-security guard, human shield ... but the workload weakened her, and the virus took hold."

Experts say antigen tests could be used by businesses and universities where there is a demand for frequent, rapid testing.

The presumptive Democratic nominee could announce a final decision by the middle of next week or sooner, although sources say his only real deadline is the convention, which starts Aug. 17.

La’Kendra Tillmon, 31, was gunned down as she drove on Butler Avenue in Buffalo, New York, on August 2, 2018. Her boyfriend, his son and two of her kids were also in the car. They were not injured. No one has been arrested in her death. The Buffalo Police…

The staggering devastation from the explosion this week came on top of an economic and financial crisis.

A total of eight Marines and a Navy sailor died after the amphibious assault vehicle they were in sank off San Clemente Island in California last week.

The man for whom my institution is named promoted individual liberties and advocated for the enslavement of humans. It's a legacy with which we must deal.

UNC-Chapel Hill recently launched a COVID-19 dashboard to report tests and cases. But critics fear it won’t be able to prevent an outbreak.

Undercounting populations like Black Americans and Native tribes could skew the balance of power in the U.S. for years to come.

“The mindset that people have is that it’s not real until it gets close to home."

"There's a decided push for us to really begin to re-examine our own biases and how we approach things in our classroom," one educator said.

Celebrate International Cat Day by treating your feline friend with the best cat food to keep them healthy and satisfied in 2020.

They say the information must be released soon so voters can protect themselves ahead of an election just three months away.

Doctors aren't infallible, but our commitment and ability to constantly learn and update our findings highlights precisely why science is so valuable.

"I am not in politics for power. I am in it for justice," said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who is running against Belarusian president Alexander Lukaschenko.

A new study that monitored the subtle movements of huge ripples of sand on the Martian surface suggests that Mars may actually be windier than researchers thought.

Advocacy groups and trial attorneys in the state said the business liability protections will make it harder for workers to hold employers accountable.

According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies.

COVID-19 has made it impossible to ignore the ways that discrimination drives health disparities among Black Americans. It’s an issue that Former First Lady Michelle Obama even acknowledged publicly. In the final episode of “Positive Spin,” host Liz…

The urgency of the pandemic means vaccine researchers are shortening downtime between trial phases and collaborating in ways rarely seen in what can be a competitive field.

Many colleges and universities left themselves exposed to the coronavirus crisis through decisions made well before the pandemic, experts say.

Social distancing, self-isolation and quarantining. Share your anonymous stories in the time of COVID-19.