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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.

City In China Tests 10 Million People After 13 COVID-19 Cases Are Found

Qingdao city officials say no new infections were identified. The extraordinary testing effort followed the appearance of a small cluster of COVID-19 cases centered in a city hospital.

Experts Say Attack On Hunter Biden's Addiction Deepens Stigma For Millions

President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. called Biden "a crackhead." Researchers say that kind of humiliation puts many Americans with addiction at risk. Most people never get help because of shame.

A memorial stands where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 while in police custody.

Judge In George Floyd Case Allows Video Of Prior Arrest To Be Made Public

The prosecution had sought a 48-hour seal on court filings, which include a submission from the defense of footage of the 2019 encounter, in hopes of discussing what information to release.

More than 700 Americans die each day of COVID-19. If case counts continue to rise into the winter, that number could nearly triple, one forecast projects.

What's Coming This Winter? Here's How Many More Could Die In The Pandemic

Cases are surging in many places around the country. As we head into winter here's what public health forecasters think we can expect.

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