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At least two people were killed after a tornado touched down in Bertie County, N.C., and two others in the United States were killed by falling trees.

Representative Rashida Tlaib faces a rematch in Michigan. And some Republicans aren’t thrilled about Kris Kobach’s Senate campaign in Kansas.

Dozens are dead and thousands hurt. The cause is unclear but the government said “highly explosive materials” had been stored at the blast scene in the Lebanese capital.

The resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner since 2018, came after Mayor Bill de Blasio stripped her agency of a key virus-tracing program.

Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, is becoming a case study in handling a second wave of infections. There are lots of unanswered questions.

Studies of patients with severe cases of Covid-19 show the immune system lacks its usual coordinated response.

Many islands are open to American travelers. Going could mean bringing coronavirus to places ill prepared to deal with it. Not going could mean deepening economic woes. How do you choose?

As countries consider back-to-school strategies for the fall, a coronavirus outbreak at a Jerusalem high school offers a cautionary tale.

Isaias regained strength into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday night, bringing heavy winds and rain to the East Coast. Flash flooding and tornadoes are possible.

Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year. Lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions threaten progress against the disease as well as H.I.V. and malaria.

The president said he did not object to a potential acquisition of the Chinese-owned app, retreating from comments about banning the service.

Unable to use his right hand, he performed pieces written for left hand only, conducted and taught. Years later, he made a triumphant two-handed comeback.

The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump’s accountants should turn over his tax returns.

As the influenza pandemic swept across the United States in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars.

For weeks, I have been trying to understand my own tears in the presence of a dying creature I did not love.