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Despite Coronavirus Worries, Poll Workers Greet Voters In Wisconsin

Katherine Wilson says many voters at her polling place requested absentee ballots that never came. National guardsmen made voters stand at a proper distance and poll workers got some protective gear.

Kansas City Fans Celebrate Chiefs Super Bowl Victory

Kansas City Chiefs fans basked in the glory of their first Super Bowl win in half a century with a parade and victory rally.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is among nine Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who signed a letter accusing the Trump administration of politicizing the immigration courts.

Senate Democrats Accuse Justice Department Of Politicizing Immigration Courts

In a bluntly worded letter to the Justice Department on Thursday, Democratic senators accuse the administration of deliberately eroding the independence of U.S. immigration courts.

Antibody test cartridges used in diagnosing the coronavirus move along on a production line at Boditech Med in Chuncheon, South Korea. By Friday, authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery.

In South Korea, A Growing Number Of COVID-19 Patients Test Positive After Recovery

By Friday, South Korean authorities had identified 163 patients who tested positive again after a full recovery. The number more than doubled in about a week, up from 74 cases on April 9.

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speak during a news conference in 2017.

NIH Launches Effort To Speed Up Development Of COVID-19 Treatments

Federal agencies and 16 big pharma companies will collaborate on drugs and vaccines, says Dr. Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health.

State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol.

Democrats Launch Probe Into Trump's Firing Of State Department Inspector General

Steve Linick is the fourth government watchdog President Trump has fired or sought to remove in the last six weeks.

Fred Willard, Scene Stealer Extraordinaire, Dies At 86

The actor best known for roles in mockumentaries such as Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman died Friday, according to his daughter. The daytime Emmy winner had a knack for improvisation.

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at half their normal height to honor those lost to the pandemic.

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24.

77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant

In a letter sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, these U.S. scientists said they were "gravely concerned" about the abrupt termination of a federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance.

Nearing Anniversary Of Devastating Fire, Notre Dame To Host A Good Friday Service

April 15 will mark the first anniversary of the fire that ripped through the cathedral. The Paris archbishop says he wants to send a "message of hope" through a small Good Friday service.

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