WASHINGTON — Many of Amy Coney Barrett’s dodges before the Senate this week have followed in the tradition of Supreme Court nominees declining to prejudge issues that could come before them. But some raised eyebrows…

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez canceled all of her engagements on Wednesday as a precaution after learning that Health Secretary Lorenzo González had tested positive for Covid-19. Vázquez met with González on Tuesday to discuss…

The concert promoters responsible for a charity event featuring The Chainsmokers in July have been fined $20,000 for violating New York state public health policies amid the coronavirus pandemic. Videos shared on social media from…

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters marching on their private street pleaded not guilty to two felony charges at a brief…

PARIS — France will impose a nightly curfew on almost one third of the country's 67 million people to tackle a resurgent coronavirus, but a new national lockdown is not envisaged, President Emmanuel Macron said…

Rebecca Shabad 8m ago / 1:48 PM UTC Barrett says she can't say whether Medicare or Social Security are constitutional Barrett refused to say during an exchange with Feinstein whether the government's Medicare program is…

Is there an agreement or isn’t there? When it comes to the extension of the last nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia, it depends who you ask. Russia denied U.S. claims on Tuesday that…

This article about gifted education was produced in partnership with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This is part 1 of the series “Gifted Education’s Race…