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The U.S. is seeing a summer COVID-19 surge, but hospitalizations remain low

By Associated Press

COVID-19 is showing up in a lot of wastewater samples, but doctors' offices aren't seeing an outsized share of people with symptoms of respiratory illness.

Woman arrested for trying to sell iconic Graceland estate

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a scheme defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his iconic Graceland property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the Justice Department said Friday.

WATCH: Biden designates 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Ill.

By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

In August 1908, mobs of white residents tore through Illinois' capital city under the pretext of meting out judgment against two Black men. Two innocent Black men were hanged, dozens of homes and businesses in Springfield's majority-Black neighborhoods were burned…

Biden administration strikes deal to cut prices on some of Medicare’s costliest drugs

By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Murrey Jacobson, Jackson Hudgins, Ian Couzens, Alexa Gold

Medicare reached agreements with major pharmaceutical companies to cut the cost the government pays for ten prescription drugs used by millions of Americans. It marks the first time the government has been able to negotiate directly with drugmakers, a result…

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Harris zeroes in on high food prices as inflation dominates the presidential race

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Harris is putting particular emphasis on rising meat prices, which she says account for a large part of rising bills at checkout.

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and the smoke is threatening farmworkers, new study says

By Dorany Pineda, Associated Press

A new study shows that farmworkers are paying a heavy price by being exposed to high levels of air pollution.

Peter Marshall, ‘Hollywood Squares’ host and Broadway star, dies at 98

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Marshall helped define the form of the smooth, professional, but never-too-serious modern game show host on more than 5,000 episodes of the series that ran on NBC from 1966 to 1981.

5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry’s death

By Andrew Dalton, Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press

Perry died in October due to a ketamine overdose and received several injections of the drug on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant.

WATCH: ‘The Election’ — the 2024 Hutchins Forum

By News Desk

Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. will host the 2024 Hutchins Forum, focused on the 2024 election.

How schools in Oklahoma are responding to a new Bible mandate

By Adam Kemp

Oklahoma’s top education official issued a mandate over the summer that Oklahoma classrooms must now incorporate the Bible in lesson plans. As the school year begins, several of the state’s largest school districts say they determine what is taught.