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Florida is one of a handful of states that's seeing a surge of record daily high cases. The governor says the jump is because of increased testing for the coronavirus.

View NPR's graphics to see where COVID is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are under control and where cases are still spreading.

A new study finds rising temperatures and climate-driven disasters are helping transform the very makeup of the world's forests. This has major implications for biodiversity and more warming.

The popular theme parks will open their doors in the next few weeks and say they're planning to keep guests and employees as safe as possible.

A New Jersey woman is facing charges after five members of her patient's household got COVID-19. The aide went to work after taking a coronavirus test and being told to stay home, officials say.

Trump officials failed to turn over hundreds of files before going to trial over the now-blocked citizenship census question. "This was not DOJ's finest hour," a judge said.

Beginning on Sunday, each household will be allowed to host up to four other people as long as social distancing is maintained.

Under the new order, restaurants and retail stores can open. It does not extend to the three most populous counties, all in South Florida, which are home to most of the state's confirmed cases.

The coronavirus has hit restaurants hard, but President Trump's proposal to let businesses write off meals is not the answer, critics say. Plus, Trump's own tax law eliminated the tax break.

There were no fatalities on commercial passenger jets anywhere in the world in 2017, according to two groups that track airplane crash data. Air travel has grown steadily safer in the past decades.

Interior Department Sec. Ryan Zinke announced the promotion of Paul Daniel Smith, who was reprimanded in 2006 for inappropriately using his position on behalf of Dan Snyder, who wanted a better view.

Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, the former vice president said the Senate majority leader "wanted no part" of a statement condemning Russian interference in the 2016 election.

In 2015, an NSA contractor may have taken highly classified cybertools home to a personal computer — from which they were compromised, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Citing legal precedents, Bolton said that while a pardon removes the threat of punishment, it does not "blot out guilt."

Marking one month since the Las Vegas mass shooting, more than 50 buildings were lit up in orange. The Helmsley Building in Manhattan will stay lighted for 58 days to represent each victim.

One month after large and destructive storms disrupted the U.S. economy, job creation rebounded somewhat and the unemployment rate fell again.

It's not the first time Trump has claimed widespread fraud in California, or nationally. "It's sad the president continues to recycle his same old lies," said California's top elections official.

James Long, one of three officers involved in the incident, is also suing his former employer, the Chicago Department of Aviation and its commissioner, saying he wasn't adequately trained.

A lawyer for the National Rifle Association said the gun rights group had only one Russian contributor, but new documents suggest the number is higher.

Colleges including Amherst, Williams and Middlebury are said to have received letters asking them to retain communications with other schools about admitted students, as part of an antitrust probe.