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U.S. Supreme Court decision may influence fate of Michigan tribe's land claim

A legal dispute between Michigan and a Native American tribe might be affected by a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week. The nation’s highest court…

Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin's Charité hospital, is pictured after a news conference in Berlin on March 26, to comment on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany.

'Das Coronavirus' Podcast Captivates Germany With Scientific Info On The Pandemic

Produced by the public broadcaster NDR, the program features scientist Christian Drosten giving clear information about COVID-19, but so far it's in German only.

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia raises a fist during a Nov. 5 voting rights rally. President Trump's campaign unsuccessfully used spurious claims of voter fraud to invalidate votes in Philadelphia and other largely Black cities.

Trump Push To Invalidate Votes In Heavily Black Cities Alarms Civil Rights Groups

Black voters in Detroit, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Atlanta were crucial to Joe Biden's victory. Those are also the places where President Trump's campaign has targeted its legal efforts.

The service sector cut 16 million jobs — including 8.6 million in leisure and hospitality — between March and April, ADP said.

20.2 Million Private-Sector Jobs Are Gone

The record job losses are a preview of the Labor Department's employment report for April coming Friday. ADP's new numbers are not surprising, given the more than 30 million jobless claims filed.

An 1883 illustration of the Grim Reaper draped in a cloth labeled "cholera," arriving in America on a British ship.

Little Demons, Death And Biting Dogs: How We Picture Disease

Today's cartoonists are depicting the novel coronavirus as an angry, spiky ball — reflecting our knowledge of viruses. But before we knew what they looked like, we imagined disease differently.

Police brutality protest in Detroit turns violent; 21-year-old killed

Update: May 30, 2020 4:20 p.m.Detroit Police Chief James Craig says 60 people were arrested during Friday night’s melee. Thirty-seven of them were from…

sign marking poll distance banning campaigning at polling places

Judge stops Election Day gun ban near Michigan polling sites

A judge has blocked a ban on the open display of guns near Michigan polling places on Election Day. Judge Christopher Murray acted Tuesday, just a few…

An aerial view of Little Caesar's Arena.

Kaffer: New HBO report, old questions about Ilitches' unfinished plans near Little Caesar's Arena

Little Caesar’s Arena in downtown Detroit gets high marks as a venue for watching both NHL hockey and NBA basketball and has attracted a string of high…

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases.

Government Model Suggests U.S. COVID-19 Cases Could Be Approaching 100 Million

Government scientists estimate that the true number of coronavirus infections is eight times the reported number of 12.5 million, meaning "most of the country remains at risk," the team reports.

"COVID is the world's new normal," New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, in announcing a delay in national elections.

New Zealand Postpones Elections As It Scrambles To Contain New Coronavirus Outbreak

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said elections would be delayed from Sept. 19 to Oct. 17. After 102 days without community spread, a new COVID-19 cluster in Auckland has grown to 58 cases.

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