World May 19

Germany's highest court has ruled that regulations allowing the foreign intelligence service to monitor the communications of reporters working abroad and others violate the constitution and must be changed.

Nation May 19

Vice President Mike Pence hosted a preview of the U.S. program that will launch next week to return astronauts to space.

Health May 19

Online schooling will continue through the summer for some 177,700 New York City public school students, officials announced Tuesday.

Nation May 18

The governor sternly warned that he could close the beaches again if his new rules aren’t followed.

Politics May 18

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been officially disbarred. The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Monday that it revoked Blagojevich's law license.

Nation May 18

Florida is entering the full Phase 1 of its step-by-step plan for recovery, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in a news conference on Monday.

World May 18

Italy has registered its lowest daily increases in both deaths and new cases of COVID-19 since before the national lockdown began in early March.

Health May 18

Western New York, including the city of Buffalo, has met coronavirus containment goals and can begin to reopen its economy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.

Nation May 18

Life-threatening surf and rip currents will spread along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead.

World May 18

Investors appear to be looking past the outbreak to a recovery despite rising infection numbers in the United States, Brazil and some other countries.