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Tributes paid to German Olympic silver medal bobsledder Richard Adjei who has died at 37

Tributes from the winter sports community have been paid to German Olympic silver medalist bobsledder Richard Adjei who has died at the age of 37.

US Women's National Team stars on equal pay: To win that fight is bigger than World Cup victory

When you have the chance to sign two star soccer players from the US Women's National Team, who happen to be winners of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, the decision would seem to be a no-brainer.

This is *exactly* how tone-deaf the Trump campaign is on Covid-19

Here's an exchange that happened between CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Trump campaign national press secretary Hogan Gidley on the same day that the United States reported its highest seven-day rolling average of cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic:

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Boeing will lay off another 7,000 workers as losses mount

Boeing announced it will cut an additional 7,000 jobs as its losses continue to mount following a plunge in revenue.

How Arizona complicates Trump's re-election bid

Electoral analysts like myself have been pumping up the importance of the Great Lake (Rust Belt) battleground states. The math is pretty easy. Under any reasonable scenario, President Donald Trump needs to win at least Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin to take the presidency. This assumes he carries North Carolina and Florida, where he is trailing.

Activist attempts to steal artwork from Louvre in campaign for return of artifacts

European cultural institutions are under mounting pressure to return colonial artifacts to their countries of origin, and one Congolese activist has taken matters into his own hands.

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Philadelphia police ask residents to stay indoors as spurts of violence erupt during protests over the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

The Philadelphia Police Department requested that residents in seven districts to stay indoors as demonstrators took to the streets for a second night following the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

POLICE: Officer fires at fleeing road rage suspect accused of brandishing weapon during crash

Police have arrested a man after he allegedly caused a crash and then pointed a gun at the other driver involved.

A deep recession should hurt Trump's reelection bid, but this isn't a usual downturn

With less than a week until the election, it's not clear whether news from the economy and stock market will help or hurt President Donald Trump. But Wednesday's massive drop in the Dow can't be helping.

Scientists used a 3D printer to create the world's smallest boat

Researchers have created the world's smallest boat, measuring just 30 micrometers in length, so small it could sail down a human hair.

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Department of Labor & Industry warns of phone scam with people posing as employees

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is warning residents of a phone scam where fraudsters are posing as employees of the Department.

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More than half of US states broke records in daily Covid-19 cases this month. Now hospitals brace for an onslaught

The fall Covid-19 surge keeps growing, with 29 states setting new records this month for the most new daily cases since the pandemic began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

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A 200-pound tortoise named Sparkplug broke out of his enclosure and wound up 30 miles away from his Alabama home

A 200-pound tortoise broke out of his enclosure, evaded capture for two days and wound up over 30 miles away from his Alabama home. It's fitting that his name is Sparkplug.

Federal grant for human trafficking victims

One-hundred million dollars from the federal government is on the way for anti-trafficking programs.

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Hundreds stranded in the cold waiting for buses in chaotic post-Trump rally scene

When President Donald Trump left Omaha on Tuesday, thousands watched and cheered in the frigid air as Air Force One took off into the night sky. But for these loyal supporters, their experience at the Trump rally was far from over.

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White House lists ending Covid-19 pandemic as an accomplishment despite cases spiking to record levels

The White House included ending the coronavirus pandemic on a list of the Trump administration's science and technology accomplishments, despite nearly half a million Americans tested positive for Covid-19 in just the last week.

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CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook grilled in Senate hearing

A Senate Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter is underway on Wednesday amid cries of conservative bias and threats to change a crucial law, known as Section 230, that protects the companies' ability to moderate content as they see fit. The tech CEOs appeared via video.

Trump's unhappy warrior pitch to voters includes insults and highly specific grievances

President Donald Trump is ending his reelection bid in a frenzied cross-country push for votes in states he won -- some handily -- four years ago. But he is not pretending to be happy about it.

Khloe Kardashian reveals she had coronavirus

A sneak peek of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" has confirmed that Khloe Kardashian suffered from Covid-19. In a clip released on Wednesday, Kardashian is shown self recording the news in a hoarse voice.

Protesters demand DC police release video in the death of 20-year-old man riding a moped

Protests at a Washington, DC, police station over the death of a 20-year-old man left four officers injured, police tell CNN affiliate WJLA.

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