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The Trump administration has finalized new fuel efficiency standards, lowering expectations from 54 miles per gallon by...

A 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship, the Comfort, docked in Manhattan. Federal guidelines warning against travel and gatherings...

Lonnie D. Franklin Jr., 67, was found unresponsive in his cell at a California prison on Saturday and later pronounced...

Facing ire at home, the e-cigarette giant counted on international expansion to offset losses in the U.S., but the...

Jonesboro, Ark., came through a devastating tornado without any deaths, partly because businesses were closed and people...

In the era of big data, memes and disinformation, the Democrats are trying to regain their digital edge as the president...

The decision by the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., to partly reopen his evangelical university enraged residents of...

The automaker and its partner, Ventec, had spent more than a week figuring out how to make thousands of the lifesaving...

As Asian-Americans face racist attacks and President Trump has tied the virus to China, community and political leaders...

Three religious leaders in the area died in the past few days as Michigan becomes one of the top states with over 5,000...

When ambulances were backlogged due to the coronavirus outbreak Sunday, two New York City police officers helped a pregnant...

While most churches have closed their doors in compliance with government recommendations to stop the spread of...

Two British airlines who have slashed flights during a worldwide travel slump are now asking their staff to help the United...

The U.S. Navy hospital ship sent to Los Angeles to help relieve the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on area hospitals...

The president, facing grim figures from his health advisers, starkly reversed an earlier upbeat assessment that the country...

Many restaurants had been planning for a future in which delivery made up a sizable share of their business. They just...

Officials in Washington State worry that their gains are precarious, but they see evidence that containment strategies have...

Josef Neumann, the most gravely wounded victim from a Hanukkah machete attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, died...

A police officer for the Phoenix Police Department died Sunday night and two others injured while responding to a domestic...

An auto mechanic for the FDNY died Sunday from coronavirus -- the first death involving a staffer since the outbreak...

The USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms and a full medical staff, is scheduled to arrive...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Friday that the city could shut down certain places of worship if people...

Alabama has reported at least eight patients spread across six nursing homes who have tested positive for the novel...

The convicted serial killer known as the “Grim Sleeper” who preyed on South Los Angeles women with little means for more...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott updated an executive order Sunday aimed at reducing the amount of travel into his state from...

For a leader who has embraced the language of a wartime president, it is as if the Pentagon asked for missiles and bombers...

The FDNY has been swamped with thousands of calls in the last four days making it the busiest streak in the history of...

The man accused of paying $200,000 to have his allegedly mobbed-up father whacked in the drive-thru of a Bronx McDonalds —...

The 2020 race, publicly at least, has largely halted as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic. Former Vice President...

“The threat of irreparable injury to their health and safety is palpable,” said lawyers seeking the release of thousands of...

This month, New York University, like many colleges and universities across the country, announced it would transfer to...

At least four "older guests" have died on the Holland America cruise ship Zaandam, where two individuals have tested...

US automakers have come to the rescue when the nation has faced supply shortages during wartime in the past. Ford built...

When you think of a social network, you probably imagine news feeds, birthday reminders and baby photos. But the social...

The campaign rallies are a distant memory. The final chapter of the primary calendar is awash in uncertainty. The summer...