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California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is "pulling an emergency brake" to roll back business reopenings. The state has seen a major surge in new coronavirus cases in recent days.

President-elect Joe Biden could be the first Democrat since 1885 to enter office without his party controlling both houses of Congress. That creates challenges for his ambitious agenda.

During the flight, the soft doll floated and tumbled freely through the cabin. The crew used it as their zero-gravity indicator. The capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station.

There are so many appointees the government publishes a book to help keep track of them and that might not be enough.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, about promising results for vaccine candidates and his advice for staying safe during the holidays.

Shoppers kept buying electronics and home improvement supplies, but sales overall rose only 0.3% in October.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien said Tuesday the U.S. will reduce numbers in both Iraq and Afghanistan to 2,500 troops by Jan. 15.

The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey over how they handle false and misleading claims about the election, including from President Donald Trump.

President Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was accused of working on behalf of one of Mexico's deadliest cartels. On Tuesday, Attorney General Barr said the former general will be investigated by Mexican authorities.

The Lucira COVID-19 All-In-One Test Kit is expected to provide results in 30 minutes or less. Its approval could help alleviate the strain on the nation's precarious coronavirus testing system.

President Trump has fired election security czar Christopher Krebs. Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

Experience the mayhem of what it means to create something new. Three Southern rap experts revisit the 20-year-old classic.

President Trump is trailing Joe Biden in Georgia by roughly 14,000 votes but he refuses to concede. A similar dynamic occurred in 2018 when Stacey Abrams lost her gubernatorial campaign.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a powerful agency policing predatory or unfair practices. Trump hobbled it. But a court ruling allows Biden to appoint a new sheriff at the bureau.

The record numbers of new cases of Covid-19 being reported in many cities and states has many people reconsidering plans to travel for the holiday.

President-elect Joe Biden's science advisers say they need to be able to talk to federal scientists and get access to data so there's no hold-up in vaccines and other COVID-19 response.

In a couple of tweets, President Trump announced that he has fired Christopher Krebs, head of the agency in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees election security.

The controversial deal hashed out between the Department of Justice and the maker of Oxycontin provides hundreds of millions of dollars of relief for communities hit hard by the opioid epidemic.