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A woman walks past a wrecked van near the northwestern Syrian village of Barisha. Local residents and medical staff told NPR that noncombatant civilians who were in the van were injured and killed last year the night of the U.S. raid on the compound of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The military says the men were combatants but found no weapons.

Pentagon Says 2 Men Killed In Baghdadi Raid Were Combatants But Offers Little Evidence

After NPR reported claims of civilian deaths in the operation against the ISIS chief, Central Command says the men showed "hostile intent," but it found no weapons or signs they fired at U.S. forces.

Democrats Take Campaign Fundraising To New Levels In 2020

Democratic candidates have outraised Republicans in nearly every competitive congressional race in 2020, giving the party a financial edge in the homestretch.

New Haven Police Chief: No Officers Will Be Displined For Pepper Spraying Protesters In May

Police officials in New Haven, Connecticut, say no officers will be disciplined for pepper spraying people at a protest in May.The protest came after the…

SUNY Schools To COVID Test 140,000 Before Holiday Break

New York state colleges and universities will require all students who live in campus housing to test negative for COVID-19 before returning to home for…

C19: Connecticut Reaches 4.1%

Who’s voting absentee in Connecticut, long lines for early voting on Long Island. Also, what will happen to nursing home visits when it gets cold out.

20 Coronavirus Cases Linked To Hockey Rink

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont says no additional restrictions on winter high school sports are needed to handle a spike in cases linked to ice hockey.…

Left: Incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines speaks at a manufacturing facility under construction in Bozeman, Mont., in September. Right: Montana Senate candidate Gov. Steve Bullock in 2019.

A Flood Of Outside Money Is Pouring Into 2020 Races, Alarming Transparency Advocates

States such as Montana, Arizona and North Carolina are experiencing a flood of campaign contributions from groups that don't have to reveal where the money's coming from.

Pollution is a global problem. Above: Stockton Street in the Chinatown district of San Francisco on Sept. 9, a time when air quality was affected by wind and wildfires.

New Study Points To Invisible Killer Of Infants

The culprit is air pollution — a problem around the globe, from homes where people cook using coal and wood to the smoky streets of San Francisco when wildfires were raging.

Increasingly, many people in the U.S., like these teens in a Miami grocery story in August, now routinely wear face masks in public to help stop COVID-19's spread. But social distancing and other public health measures have been slower to catch on, especially among young adults, a national survey finds.

Mask-Wearing Is Up In The U.S., But Young People Are Still Too Lax, CDC Survey Finds

A general increase in mask-wearing has been encouraging, U.S. public health experts say. But too few young people, especially, are social distancing and taking other steps to slow coronavirus' spread.

E. Jean Carroll (left), who has accused President Trump of raping her in the 1990s, leaves federal court in New York City after a hearing last week in her defamation lawsuit.

E. Jean Carroll Suit Against Trump To Proceed After Judge Rules Against DOJ

A federal judge says the government may not substitute itself for President Trump as the defendant in the matter and accordingly neutralize the case. So the suit against the president can proceed.

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