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Barrett was confirmed Monday by the Senate in a 52-48 virtual party line vote. She is expected to begin work as a justice on Tuesday.

With about a week left, Americans have already cast 62 million early ballots, putting the 2020 election on track for historic levels of voter turnout.

Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country.

On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests.

People who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, shed virus particles through their poop when they go to the bathroom.

This year, election projections and unofficial tabulations from the states themselves may take a little longer. That doesn't necessarily mean there's an issue.

Uniformed police are generally not allowed around polling places, and the Pentagon doesn't want to get involved. Still, they're getting ready if things get out of control.

The home stretch of a presidential campaign is anxiety-producing. But there are clues for how the race might be going, from where the candidates travel to early vote totals.

State entomologists found the nest in a tree near the Canadian border. They were led there by an Asian giant hornet to which they had attached a radio tracker.

The study suggests that if 95% of Americans wore masks in public it could drastically reduce the amount of COVID-19 deaths by February.

The conservative judge picked up the crucial backing Saturday from Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of the last GOP holdouts against filling the seat.

Pence chief of staff Marc Short and “a couple of key staff surrounding the vice president” have tested positive for the virus, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said.

On election night, state-based analysts and editors in Washington at AP's Decision Desk also use that vote count to “call races," or declare the winners.

Cases of the virus have been rising in the U.S. since mid-September.

Attorneys for the Republicans and the Democrats are already clashing in courts across the U.S. over mailed-in ballot deadlines and other issues brought on by the pandemic.