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Indiana Health Commissioner Positive For COVID-19; Governor To Be Tested

Indiana’s State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box is in quarantine after she and members of her family tested positive for COVID-19.Box said she, her…

Patient groups on social media are fighting COVID-19 misinformation.

When False Information Goes Viral, COVID-19 Patient Groups Fight Back

Health communication experts say that misinformation spread through support groups can undermine trust in medicine and science. But some patients work to counter falsehoods with facts.

Democratic vice presidential nominee and California Sen. Kamala Harris, seen here during the Oct. 7 vice presidential debate, is postponing in-person campaign events after two people traveling with her tested positive for the coronavirus.

Kamala Harris' Travel Suspended After 2 People Near Her Test Positive For Coronavirus

The Biden campaign has canceled Harris' travel through Sunday. Harris has tested negative a few times this week.

From left: Sawsan al-Ramemi of Amman, Jordan, is a mom of two — and expecting her third child. Her husband is working in the U.S. Nienke Pastoor of the Netherlands has been juggling her job as a dairy farmer and helping her four teenagers with their online schoolwork. Jessica Barrera of Eau Claire, Wis., is finding ways to spread joy with her son, Niko, who's a virtual student these days.

Being A Mom Is Tough. Being A Mom In A Pandemic Is Even Tougher

Being a mom is challenging enough. Add the pressures of a pandemic — and how do you cope? Mothers in Jordan, the Netherlands and Wisconsin share their stories and strategies.

COVID Claims Six More Lives in Southwest IN, Western KY

The COVID death toll continues to rise in southwest Indiana and western Kentucky. The Indiana State Department of Health reported two new deaths in…

Some 4 in 10 voters are expected to cast their ballots by mail this year, according to one survey.

Postal Service Agrees To Reverse Service Cutbacks Ahead Of Election

The U.S. Postal Service said it agreed to the settlement with Montana because "it has always been our goal to ensure that anyone who chooses to utilize the mail to vote can do so successfully."

Filmmaker Craig Foster says extracting yourself from an octopus' tentacles can be tricky: "You'd be surprised how incredibly powerful the suction is. ... You have to gently twist and turn if you need to go up to have a breath of air because you don't want to pull too hard." His new Netflix film is called <em>My Octopus Teacher.</em>

Filmmaker Finds An Unlikely Underwater Friend In 'My Octopus Teacher'

Craig Foster spent a year diving — without oxygen or a wetsuit — into the frigid sea near Cape Town, South Africa. One octopus began coming out of her den to hunt or explore while Foster watched.

Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees whom it says personally defrauded a pandemic relief program from the Small Business Administration.

Wells Fargo Fires More Than 100 Employees Accused Of Coronavirus Relief Fraud

The employees' alleged actions were outside of their work responsibilities and do not involve Wells Fargo's customers, the company said. The bank says it's cooperating with law enforcement.

Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam at a speech by President Trump during the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas.

Adelsons Pump $75 Million Into Pro-Trump Super PAC In Election's Final Stretch

The funding from the casino magnate and his wife provided a late cash infusion for President Trump's reelection effort as his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, raked in record-breaking sums.

For eight years, a box of Twinkies sat in Colin Purrington's basement until last week when he finally opened them. Varying levels of mold had developed on the snack cakes, and he eventually sent them to two West Virginia University scientists to study the kind of fungus growing on them.

A Disturbing Twinkie That Has, So Far, Defied Science

A Twinkie stored in a basement for eight years has been transformed by fungi, giving scientists something unusual to ponder and probe.

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