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Tentative settlements have been reached in several civil lawsuits filed on behalf of the families of veterans who died at a West Virginia hospital where a former nursing assistant admitted to intentionally killing seven people with fatal doses of insulin.

Coastal Louisianans on Saturday surveyed the damage left by the wind and water that Hurricane Delta raked across their already stormbattered homes even as it weakened quickly after coming ashore and moved rapidly toward the northeast.

With more than 4,200 votes, Republicans in one New Hampshire county nominated an unconventional candidate for sheriff: a self-described satanist whose campaign slogan disparages the police.

A shaky ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in NagornoKarabakh entered into force on Saturday after a deal was struck in Moscow between Baku and Armenia to allow prisoners and the bodies of the dead to be exchanged.

Europes second wave of coronavirus infections has struck well before flu season even started, with intensive care wards filling up again and bars shutting down. Making matters worse, authorities say, is a widespread case of COVIDfatigue.

Pakistan blocked the Chinese social media app TikTok, saying the company failed to fully comply with the instructions to develop an effective mechanism to control unlawful content.

The southeastern state of Victoria reported 14 new cases, taking the two-week average up slightly to 9.5, double the target of fewer than five set for easing curbs in its capital of Melbourne.

A federal appeals court has ruled against the U.S. State Department in its quest to deny the citizenship of one of two twins born abroad to a gay married couple.

All Houston resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her familys flooddamaged home so her 85yearold mother can feel safe and settled again.

Whitey Ford, the streetsmart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseballs perennial champions in the 1950s and 60s, has died. He was 91.

The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, recognition that shines light on vulnerable communities across the Middle East and Africa that the U.N. agency seeks to help, those...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said a video that shows a Black jogger being questioned by immigration agents is disturbing and unacceptable.

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), which won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and promote peace, was founded in 1961 at the request of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

Heres whats happening Friday in Election 2020, 25 days until Election Day:

In Virginia, the gerrymander goes all the way back to the first congressional elections, when thenGov. Patrick Henry drew up a district to try to keep James Madison, father of the Constitution that Henry opposed, out of the House of Representatives.

Mainers are getting their first opportunity to legally buy marijuana for adult recreational use, but a supply shortage is a potential buzzkill.