A construction foreman in Missouri plunged 75 feet to his death when his forklift fell off a bridge, officials said. Alan Jackson, 59, of Pevely, died Tuesday while working on the Blanchette Memorial Bridge. He was found unconscious inside the construction machinery, Missouri Highway Patrol officials told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “He was in this...

Joe Biden’s popular vote lead over President Trump continues to grow, hitting a milestone of more than 5 million on Wednesday as the commander-in-chief continues to press allegations of widespread voter fraud. With 96 percent of the popular vote counted, Biden extended his lead to 5,071,218 votes, according to the Associated Press — far more...

The mayor of a Japanese town is basking in the glow of President-elect Joe Biden’s win — and that’s no malarkey because his name can be pronounced as “Jo Baiden,” according to a report. Yamato Mayor Yutaka Umeda, 73, became an overnight sensation when his family told him that an alternate reading of his name...

Nebraska State Sen. Mike Groene is celebrating receiving positive COVID-19 test results, saying he "finally got my wish."

For the first time in 30 years, a Los Angeles Sheriff Department shooting death will undergo an official, independent inquest, the coroner’s office announced Tuesday.

State law requires Georgia to certify its election results by Nov. 20, meaning poll workers will likely have to count ballots around the clock.

Election Commission President Francisco Rosado said some of the suitcases contained up to 500 ballots while others held less than a handful.

“I have seen the most fantastical things on social media, making completely ridiculous allegations that have no basis in fact at all,” GOP City Commissioner Al Schmidt told CNN on Wednesday.

A Los Angeles cop who allegedly stole a $29,000 pickup truck from a dealership last year has been arrested.

An investigation was underway on Wednesday after police pulled the body of a naked man from a large storage container, found floating in a Florida pond.

With millions of ballots still to be counted, Biden leads with about 77 million votes nationwide, according to the Associated Press — the most any American presidential candidate has ever won.

The conservative veep has mostly stayed out of the public eye since his boss signaled that he has no intention of conceding the election.

A Florida corrections officer who allegedly beat a handcuffed prisoner to death has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Republicans are on track to hold 50 Senate seats going into the Georgia run-offs while Democrats have 48.

Trump has remained holed up in the White House since last Thursday, using Twitter instead to cast doubt on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

The heart was also dropped by a medical official after being recovered from the crash by a firefighter.

A Minnesota deer hunter had an opening day to remember, bagging a 10-point buck — and an alligator. Cory Klocek described the odd chain of the events from Saturday’s firearm hunting opener on Facebook, declaring, “only in 2020 can you go out to sit for deer gun season opener in Minnesota and shoot an alligator.”...

Individuals approached Lucerne residents with offers of food or money if they'd sign papers saying they want to move out, according to new affidavits.

A 26-year-old Las Vegas woman has been accused of killing her two daughters – allegedly telling their father that the infants’ organs would be “worth a lot of money,” according to a report. Amanda Sharp-Jefferson, 26, was arrested Friday on murder charges after her boyfriend, Jaykwon Singleton, said he came home to find her with...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Bahrain’s state-run news agency announced his death, saying...

The Oxford English Dictionary has rewritten its definition of "woman" to purge it and related terms of sexism.

The murder trial of a man accused of killing his son nearly eight years ago and then hiding his body in the Colorado wilderness was declared a mistrial after members of the defense team started showing symptoms of coronavirus.

Wearing a face mask also can help protect you — not just others from you — from the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s new guidance updated its previous assertion that the main benefit of wearing a mask was to help prevent those infected from spreading the bug to...

Volunteers who received the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during trials say it left them feeling like they had a “severe hangover,” according to reports. The more than 43,500 people in six countries who took part in phase three trials by the pharmaceutical giant were never told whether they were injected with the vaccine or a placebo...

Three Siberian health-care workers who received Russia’s so-called Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine have tested positive for the deadly bug, according to reports. Officials in the Altai region reported that the three were among 42 medical workers who received the two-dose vaccine, which Russian health officials say is 92 percent effective, the Moscow Times reported. “The...

The British bodybuilder and porn star Joanna Thomas, 43, had a toxic cocktail of drugs in her system when she died earlier this year, an inquest found.

President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force member Ezekiel Emanuel recently co-authored a paper that advocates against “vaccine nationalism.” The paper, published in September by Science Magazine, calls for pharmaceutical companies and governments involved in vaccine production to engage in the “Fair Priority Model,” as opposed to giving priority distribution t...

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition announced members of agency review teams that will begin the process of transferring power across the federal government – even as the Trump administration has put up roadblocks and challenged election results. “Our nation is grappling with a pandemic, an economic crisis, urgent calls for racial justice, and the existential threat...

South Carolina GOP lawmakers are backing Bill Barr's authorization of federal prosecutors to investigate "substantial allegations" of voter fraud.

Florida’s governor has drafted “anti-mob” legislation to expand already controversial Stand Your Ground laws — to allow people to shoot looters, according to a report. A draft of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed bill expands the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense law to include criminal mischief causing “interruption or impairment” of a business, according...