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In a rare departure from tradition, Saturday's presidential address was delivered not by President Obama but by Francine Wheeler, whose son Ben, 6, died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Wheeler urged the Senate to pass gun control legislation it has scheduled for debate.

More than 6 inches of rain in less than three hours created a torrent that swept through downtown Ellicott City over the weekend. At least two people were killed.

The 83,000 surpasses the previous record from mid-July by about 6,000. In addition, 943 people died from COVID-19 on Friday. Cases of the virus have been rising in the U.S. since mid-September.

The pace of growth in the second quarter was its slowest since 1992. The National Bureau of Statistics attributed the change to a complicated international environment.

Between 6 and 7 a.m. Pacific time, some people west of the Mississippi have a chance to see a red, fully eclipsed moon setting in the west as the sun rises in the east. It's a rare selenelion.

Authorities now say that all the missing from the collapse in Changsha had been accounted for, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

After receiving over 6,000 entries this year, we've picked a winner of the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the gifted songwriter who captivated our panel of judges.

The winner, whose name is not yet known, overcame steep odds of 1 in 302.6 million, which led to three months of drawings without a claim on the jackpot.

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region around Herat, which was devastated by a previous temblor on October 7.

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Hageman after Cheney broke with fellow Republicans to impeach Trump and criticize his handling of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.