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Analysis: How Arizona complicates Trump's re-election bid

Electoral analysts like myself have been pumping up the importance of the Great Lake (Rust Belt) battleground states. The math is pretty easy. Under any reasonable scenario, President Donald Trump needs to win at least Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin to take the presidency. This assumes he carries North Carolina and Florida, where he is trailing.

2020 BET Hip Hop Awards: See who won and which politician made a surprise appearance

The 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards aired Tuesday night, and the evening was owned by one of the hottest female rappers in the game.

Trailblazing climber Sasha DiGiulian was told 'little girls don't belong.' She didn't listen.

Sasha DiGiulian is used to proving people wrong. She has done so throughout her life.

How Trump compares with prior presidents: His economy in 10 charts

Zeta strengthens into a hurricane as it barrels toward the US

Zeta strengthened back into a hurricane early Wednesday as it approaches the Gulf Coast, bringing life-threatening storm surge with it.

McDonald's new pastries are here. Here's how to get them for free

McDonald's finds itself struggling at breakfast, a part of the day it once dominated. So the chain is rolling out new bakery items Wednesday for the first time in nearly a decade.

Bugatti unveils a super light hypercar that can top 300 miles an hour

Bugatti unveiled an 1,800-horsepower hypercar Wednesday that's even less practical than the powerful multimillion-dollar two-seaters the brand usually makes.

This is the biggest election in 160 years

The 2020 presidential election is one of the most crucial in American history.

Some Pennsylvania counties will count mail-in ballots last

Pennsylvania's counties have starkly different plans for when they will begin processing their pre-Election Day ballots, with Democratic strongholds moving to get them counted as quickly as possible while other areas plan to tally in-person votes first.

Why deaths aren't rising as fast in Covid-19's second wave, despite big spikes in new infections

Europe is drowning in the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic. Infection rates are skyrocketing across the continent. Governments are imposing strict lockdowns. Economies are shutting down again. But there is a glimmer of hope: The virus, while still deadly, appears to be killing fewer people on average.

Seniors are forming pandemic pods to ward off winter isolation (and you can, too)

Over the past month, Dr. Richard Besdine and his wife have been discussing whether to see family and friends indoors this fall and winter.

Southern California fires force nearly 70,000 people to evacuate

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for approximately 70,000 residents in Orange County, California, as firefighters continue to battle two new wildfires -- the Silverado Fire and Blue Ridge Fire -- which grew to nearly 30,000 acres combined in less than 48 hours.

More than half of US states reported their highest day of cases this month

The fall surge has ushered in daunting rates of Covid-19 spread, with 29 states reporting at least one record high day of new cases since October began, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Philadelphia police ask residents to stay indoors during protests over fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

The Philadelphia Police Department requested that residents in seven districts stay indoors as demonstrators took to the streets for a second night following the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

Hong Kong teenage activist detained after reportedly planning to claim asylum at US consulate

A 19-year-old Hong Kong activist facing secession charges under the city's national security law was detained Tuesday amid reports he planned to attempt to claim asylum at the United States consulate.

Qatar 'regrets any distress' after women from 10 flights subjected to medical exams at Doha airport

The government of Qatar has said it "regrets any distress or infringement on the personal freedom of any traveler" after it was revealed that at least 18 women from 10 different flights were subjected to compulsory intimate medical examinations following the discovery of an abandoned infant at Doha international airport.

Antarctic fossil could have been the biggest flying bird ever, study finds

In the 1980s, paleontologists at the University of California Riverside visited Seymour Island, part of an island chain in the Antarctic Peninsula. They brought home a number of fossils -- including the foot bone and partial jaw bone of two prehistoric birds.

Wisconsin faces 'urgent' Covid-19 crisis as coronavirus cases continue to rise

Wisconsin's governor on Tuesday warned of an impending crisis as the state continues to see coronavirus cases rise and its hospitals overwhelmed.

Los Angeles Dodgers win World Series for the first time since 1988, defeat Tampa Bay Rays in six games

After a Major League Baseball season unlike any other, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 to win the best-of-seven series four games to two.

Vanessa Guillen's sister says 'we still don't know the truth' about her death

Months after the remains of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found in Texas, her family says there are still many things they don't know about her killing.