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Connecticut mayor slaps back at John Oliver with sewage plant renaming announcement

It doesn't sound like he would anyway, but John Oliver may not want to visit Danbury, Connecticut, anytime soon.

Covid-19 deaths have dropped below 1,000 a day as summer surge tails off

Declines in the average number of daily Covid-19 deaths and in new cases indicate that the virus' summer surge through the US is waning.

Oil and gas prices: What the one-two tropical storm punch in the Gulf means

Two tropical storms -- Laura and Marco -- could hit America's Gulf Coast this week. In years past, that would send both oil and gas prices soaring. Not this year.

The psychology behind why some college students break Covid-19 rules

Going off to college is, for many young adults, their first real plunge into freedom and adulthood. It's where they're encouraged to take risks and find new connections in dining halls and laundry rooms.

Invisible rogue planets without stars? NASA's new space telescope could find hundreds of them

NASA is on the hunt for rogue planets. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's upcoming observatory expected to launch in the mid-2020s, could reveal a multitude of rogue planets that don't orbit stars in our Milky Way galaxy, according …

What to watch on the first night of the Republican convention

Republicans will kick off night one of the Republican National Convention Monday with a theme focused around the "Land of Promise."

From a sister to advisers: The litany of people once close to Trump questioning his fitness for office

His sister described him as a liar and fake. A former senior official at the Department of Homeland Security deemed him a woeful danger to the country. A prominent friend with a prime-time slot on Fox News has called him …

Acute anxiety: Internet searches for key words spiked to all-time high early in pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic gained traction in the United States, internet searches for key words related to panic attacks and acute anxiety spiked.

Belarus' leader helicopters over Minsk with a rifle as protesters below demand his resignation

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko responded to huge anti-government protests and calls for his resignation by posting video of himself flying over Minsk in riot gear, with a rifle hanging from his shoulder.

TikTok says it will sue Trump administration Monday over looming US ban

TikTok says it is filing suit against the Trump administration Monday in response to what it says is a "highly politicized" executive order that seeks to ban the short-form video app from the United States.

Dow jumps after Trump pushes plasma treatments

Stocks rallied on Monday after the Trump administration approved a potential Covid-19 treatment. With Wall Street in the green, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite could reach new all-time highs.

At Fox News, 'the inmates are running the asylum'

This article is adapted from "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth," published by Simon & Schuster's One Signal Publishers.

Kellyanne Conway announces she's leaving the White House and George Conway is stepping away from Lincoln Project

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway announced Sunday evening she will leave her post at the end of the month while her husband, George Conway, said he was withdrawing from The Lincoln Project, both citing a need to focus on their …

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned, Berlin hospital says

The hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned.

DeJoy defends USPS changes as Democrats attack 'disaster' facing mail delivery

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the US Postal Service's mail service Monday, arguing that the recent delays in service were temporary and would not impact the ability to deliver mail-in ballots in November.