Georgia public school teachers who test positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 no longer have to isolate before returning to school, according to a letter from Gov. Brian Kemp and Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey to school leaders that was released Thursday.
An Albany City Court judge on Friday dismissed a forcible touching complaint against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who briefly appeared virtually in court in his first public appearance since stepping down as governor.
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is urging the Supreme Court to take up former President Donald Trump's case aiming to keep secret records from his presidency about efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection -- as he, like Trump, tries to evade a House select committee's investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
President Joe Biden on Friday toured the damage left by the wildfires that swept through Colorado last week, meeting with families who lost their homes and businesses in the blaze and making clear his horror.
In a tense hearing Friday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals signaled that -- for now -- it was likely to keep the Texas abortion case out of the hands of a federal judge who in the past had blocked the state's six-week ban on abortion.
A North Carolina man was arrested Thursday in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 4-year-old girl in Lexington County, South Carolina, more than three decades ago, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Office.
Citigroup staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the month unless they are granted an exemption, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The jobs recovery may be losing steam. But the unemployment rate continued to fall, and workers are still bringing home bigger paychecks. Investors seem to be pleased by that.
A ransomware attack on software provider Finalsite has affected the websites of about 5,000 schools, most of them in the US, a Finalsite spokesperson told CNN Friday.
In a turbulent year when the pandemic continued to upend the business of movie-going and streaming blockbusters at home became commonplace, one thing returned to normal: Disney topped the box office.
A teen accused of killing four fellow students at a Michigan high school in November waived his right to a preliminary examination Friday, nudging the case toward trial without prosecutors needing to first persuade a judge they have probable cause to accuse him.
Republicans are growing bullish that Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson will launch his reelection campaign in 2022, setting the stage for a bruising race that could determine control of the Senate and whether former President Donald Trump will continue to have one of his staunchest allies in the chamber.
