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There has been a nationwide surge in respiratory illnesses, especially in children.

In a 1974 speech, US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart put down some famous markers involving the rights of the press. "So far as the Constitution goes," he said, "the autonomous press may publish what it knows, and may seek to learn what it can."

Former US Capitol Police officer Michael Riley was found guilty of obstruction on Friday for deleting his own Facebook message telling a friend to remove portions of a post that person made about entering the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

• Police briefing on attack on Paul Pelosi soon • St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say

McDonald's stock hit an all time high Friday as Wall Street cheered the company's third quarter results.

The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Last Friday, the IRS announced major changes to tax rules for next year. In 2023, workers will be able to contribute more of their earnings to retirement and health flexible spending accounts, which allow them to pay for medical expenses with pre-tax dollars. But the agency failed to make a change that would make a huge difference for working parents: making child care a legitimate, tax-deductible work expense.

Amid the heights of a mountain range in southwestern China, thousands of different species of rhododendrons mysteriously live together in harmony, without fighting as they do in other areas for the pollinators that are crucial to their continued survival.

Earlier this week Adidas ended its partnership with rapper and fashion designer Ye (who previously went by Kanye West). Its decision came around the same time that a flurry of other companies also cut ties with the artist — but weeks after Ye began making offensive remarks.

The increase in threats to US lawmakers over the last two years has also extended to family members, according to federal law enforcement officials, but a lack of federal protection for families is frustrating some members of Congress.

Next week, job seekers will start to get a much better grasp on what many employers are willing to pay -- and so will a company's existing employees.

Stocks rallied heading into the weekend, despite lousy results from Amazon. Solid earnings from Apple and oil giants Chevron and Exxon Mobil were enough to counter the weak outlook from the retail and cloud giant.

The Pininfarina Battista is an astonishing car. Its base price, $2.2 million, is shocking, but so are its capabilities. With a maximum output of 1,900 horsepower from four electric motors, Automobili Pininfarina claims it can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds. It probably took you longer just to read that sentence.

The Nevada secretary of state's office has ordered the hand counting of mail-in ballots in Nye County, Nevada to stop, after the state Supreme Court said the method violates state law.

CNN talks to eight-year-old climber Sam Baker, along with his dad Joe Baker, as they are on the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in their journey to reach the summit and make the eight-year-old the youngest person to make the climb.

The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was searching for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, according to a source briefed on the attack.