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Drone footage captures the moment a more-than-6-foot shark circles a surfer, coming only inches away from him. It's possible that the drone noise scared the animal away.

Illinois has now recorded more than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic first arrived in the state.The Illinois Department of Public Health…

The $3.7 billion NBA franchise and a handful of businesses are returning money they received from a federal program that was intended to help small companies hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.

The death toll from the storm stands at 23, with victims ranging in age from 6 to 93. One family, connected by marriage and living in two homes along the same road, lost seven members.

President Trump's 2020 budget proposal, released on Monday, calls for $8.6 billion in new border wall funding, along with increased military spending and deep cuts to domestic programs.

Officially the country reports more than 268,000 cases and more than 6,300 deaths. But some doctors doubt the government's statistics, and say they're overwhelmed by the number of sick people.

Homelessness fell overall, despite large increases in cities such as Los Angeles and Seattle, according to a new HUD report. There were declines among veterans, families and the chronically homeless.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion, ruled that New York's restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms in public violates the Second Amendment.

NPR's Joseph Shapiro recently got a first hand look at what it means to be disabled when he broke his ankle and had to use a four-wheeled scooter to move around. He found that even on the streets of Washington, D.C., where improvements have been made to accommodate the disabled, life can be difficult. He takes a tour of downtown with disability advocate Lisa Iezzoni. Read excerpts from Iezzoni's book, When Walking Fails.

Don Siegelman wants the Alabama governorship back. First, he has to get by a tough opponent, Lucy Baxley, in the June 6 Democratic primary. And there's one more thing: He faces trial on corruption charges.