Health officials in Washington state said on Saturday a coronavirus patient has died. The death is the first from coronavirus illness COVID-19 in the United States. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and…

Potter’s group has hired canvassers, bringing some in from out of state, to target five counties in South Carolina with large black populations to share more information about Medicare for All. As the group has…

This story about working moms was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ameykay Stocks, a mail carrier and a mother of…

DOHA, Qatar — The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan started nearly 7,000 miles away on a sunny September morning that saw hijacked planes slam into the iconic twin towers of the World Trade Center in New…

The 2020 primary race is heading to South Carolina for the nation's First in the South nominating contest. The South Carolina primary tests candidates' strength with black voters, who made up nearly two-thirds of the…

Three new confirmed or presumptive cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 contracted from an unknown source were reported Friday, bringing the total number of what could be "community spread" cases in the United States to…

SAN DIEGO — A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted unanimously Friday to suspend an order it issued earlier in the day to block a central pillar of the Trump administration’s policy requiring…

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “politicizing” the deadly coronavirus during a campaign rally here on Friday, claiming that the outbreak is “their new hoax” as he continued to downplay the…