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This simple Gullah Geechee dish emphasizes the freshness of its ingredients -- representing at least four continents and five spiritual traditions.

Travel restrictions have crushed a global airline industry that says preflight tests would be better than quarantines.

President Trump said Cindy McCain, the widow of GOP Sen. John McCain, “can have Sleepy Joe,” following her endorsement of Joe Biden for president. “I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committe...

A 53-year-old Queens woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly throwing a glass bottle at a passing jogger and using a racial epithet last month, the Queens County district attorney announced Tuesday.

The widow of Senator John McCain praised Joe Biden's "character and integrity" and noted that both he and her family had children who had served in the military.

The bird hit one of the engines of the aircraft, which was carrying the vice president. It then returned safely to Manchester Airport.       

Even as he presses ahead, some Republicans wonder whether it would be better to hold a confirmation vote before the election or start hearings but leave the final vote until afterward.

The November election may be 41 days away, but Senate Republicans appear ready to hustle to get their Supreme Court pick on the bench. While Senate GOP leaders have made no official comments on scheduling for President T...

Sweden has a high COVID-19 death toll because fewer people were killed off by the flu this year, according to its top infectious disease expert. Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist at Sweden's Public Health Agency, argu...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was to lay in repose outside the Supreme Court Wednesday for an unprecedented public viewing.

"Foreign actors ... could exploit the time required to certify and announce elections' results by disseminating disinformation ... the public of the elections' illegitimacy."       

During a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Trump went after Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), echoing comments he made previously about her not being American. In July 2019, Trump tweeted in reference to Omar and thre...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker puts Illinois National Guard 'in a state of readiness' ahead of Kentucky announcement in Breonna Taylor case

One of the cops who shot the Black woman in her home emailed fellow officers: "We did the moral and ethical thing that night." None has been charged.

The measure would stave off a government shutdown, providing funding until Dec. 11.

Including Ginsburg, there have been 16 vacancies on the Supreme Court that have occurred during an election year.

President Trump on Tuesday slammed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for changing his positions on fracking and trade during a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania. Trump told a Pittsburgh crowd that Biden flip-fl...

A Chicago man known as the Dreadhead Cowboy has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after galloping down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday afternoon.

It's one of several secondary outbreaks linked to an Aug. 7 wedding responsible for about 180 cases of COVID-19.

Posts online have questioned whether climate change has worsened fires on the West Coast by citing maps that show no fires in Canada or Mexico.       

Cindy McCain joins The Lead.

Facebook is being sued for allowing "white racist militias" to make the call to arms that allegedly led to the deadly shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin.