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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted back Democrats' skeptical questions on abortion, gun rights and election disputes in lively Senate confirmation testimony Tuesday, insisting she would bring no personal agenda to the court but would decide cases as they come.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says racism persists in the United States and tackling it is a matter of policy.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to put on hold an appeals court ruling that Trump's accountant must immediately turn over tax records to a New York state prosecutor, setting up a decision from the high court that could come before Election Day.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced her first day's worth of questions Tuesday from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and it was a calmer affair than other recent confirmation hearings.
The nursing home in Austin, Minn., reported two dozen positive cases of the respiratory virus among its residents and staff as well as two resident deaths.
Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court and his response to the coronavirus pandemic at an outdoor rally Tuesday in a conservative Milwaukee suburb before a crowd of supporters, most of whom were not wearing masks or socially distancing even as COVID-19 cases spike in Wisconsin.
The driver was not wearing a seat belt, the State Patrol said.
It cost a whole lot more to buy a used SUV, car, truck or van last month than it did before the coronavirus hit, and that almost singlehandedly caused September's modest consumer price increase.
The third-year Gophers coach has a lot to like about her team.
Defense claims Floyd has been falsely portrayed as a "law-abiding" victim in fear for his life.
Presidents can't revive industries that are in structural decline.
Neighbors have said they worry about increasing crime and drug activity.
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Eight imaginary turning points from the last four years.
Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.
Democrats and their allies said Tuesday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election can be counted — a move being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the country to expand voting.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is vowing to bring no "agenda" to the court, batting back senators' questions Tuesday on abortion, gun rights and the November election, insisting she would take a conservative approach to the law but decide cases as they come.
Haunted houses across the US have revamped their attractions and turned them into drive-through spook shows.
A severed fiber optic cable shut down Virginia's online voter registration system Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election.
The Minnesota State High School League, citing travel concerns and player safety, upheld its Oct. 1 decision to end the fall sports season at the section level.
U researchers hope to start a larger study next year.
Sunday's match was postponed after two positive tests, but Wednesday's match is slated to proceed as planned.
The angst over what happened on Seattle's 6-yard line has distracted us from entertaining sporting contest. A lesser version of what took place in Metrodome in January 1999, actually.