Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A woman was killed and at least 17 were injured, including children, when a hayrack ride overturned in rural Illinois on Saturday night.

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pointed to the importance of developing vaccines and therapeutics for COVID-19 Sunday as he said the United States is "not going to control" the contagious virus.

After pummeling portions of the northern Rockies and the Plains with heavy snow, the storm system responsible for the wintry weather will begin to spread cold and snowy conditions to areas farther south that are not as a

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The Senate voted 51-48, mostly along party lines, to break a Democratic filibuster of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court on Sunday.

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris said that the Trump administration "is admitting defeat" after White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said the United States "is not going to control" the virus.

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Pope Francis plans to elevate 13 men as cardinals, including Wilton Gregory, 72, of Washington, D.C., becoming the first Black prelate to wear the red hat.

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Vice President Mike Pence plans to continue campaigning for President Donald Trump though Marc Short, his chief of staff tested positive for coronavirus, the White House said Saturday night.

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic while campaigning in Miami Saturday.

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A slow-moving tropical depression will cause heavy rainfall in the Caribbean and southern Florida, and may strengthen to a hurricane near the southern Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday, weather experts said.

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- France has withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey for "consultations" after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insulted President Emmanuel Macron in television remarks over the treatment of Muslims in France.