Associated Press

A man barricaded himself in a room at Episcopal Hospital and then lit bedroom sheets on fire, police say.

While the Census Bureau is restarting that work, leaders in rural America worry it will be difficult to catch up in communities that are already among the toughest to count.

A judge ordered the U.S. government to better explain why it hasn’t released some of the approximate 350 parents and children in three family detention centers.

The day was Friday — Pennsylvania’s second annual 1-4-3 Day, an occasion when state officials encourage people to share their acts of kindness and gratitude.

That hesitancy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak could muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest economic downturn in U.S. history

President Trump on Friday said he has deemed churches and other houses of worship “essential" and called on governors to allow them to reopen this weekend despite the virus.

Twice this week, Trump has not only dismissed the findings of studies but suggested — without evidence — that their authors were motivated by politics and out to undermine him

Meanwhile, payrolls fell by more than 1 million to the lowest level in at least three decades.

Mayor Wasim Akhtar, at the site of the crash, said the plane went down in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the airport.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 50-year-old William “Roddie” Bryan was arrested on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

As government officials and individuals design their own “Is it worth it?” calculus, Americans are subjectively measuring the stakes, helping frame a referendum on risk.

President Trump is putting forth a false “Choice" when he boasts about a program aimed at improving veterans' health care by steering more patients to the private sector.