Are you in a NY COVID cluster zone? Find out here and what the rules are

The areas of New York where there are spikes of COVID-19 resulting in newly imposed restrictions have been color-coded by the governor's office on maps.

Layoffs continue as 840,000 seek unemployment aid

The government will provide its latest picture Thursday of the pace of layoffs in the United States, which have remained high since the viral pandemic erupted in March while federal aid for the jobless has lapsed.

Trump gets third 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nomination

President Trump received his third 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nomination in September, this time from a group of Australian law professors.

VP debate ends with poignant question from 8th grader on uniting a divided nation

The final question of the 2020 vice presidential debate was from a Utah middle school student who asked how the candidates plan to unite a sharply divided nation in crisis.

VP debate: Pence, Harris clash on coronavirus, taxes, climate, health care

Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris faced off Wednesday for the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.

Watch the vice presidential debate in full

The 90-minute faceoff appeared more cordial than President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s first presidential debate, but Pence and Harris still clashed on key issues, including the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundreds protest in Brooklyn over new COVID restrictions

Hundreds of members of the Jewish Orthodox community took to the streets of Brooklyn late Tuesday in a protest against new COVID-19 restrictions announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day.

Fly on Mike Pence’s head sets social media abuzz during VP debate

The internet got distracted by a fly during the 2020 VP debate after it landed on top of Vice President Mike Pence’s head.

Trump says COVID-19 diagnosis was 'blessing in disguise,' touts experimental antibody drug

President Donald Trump said his COVID-19 diagnosis was “a blessing in disguise” and promised to make an experimental antibody drug “free” for all Americans that he credited for his improved condition.

Trump must turn over taxes to prosecutor, appeals court says

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump's accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor.

NYC mayor warns of bleak days ahead with coronavirus outbreak

The New York City mayor warned that there are dark days ahead as a new outbreak of the coronavirus affects the city.