U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will hold duelling prime-time town halls instead of a second presidential debate on Thursday as Americans continue to swamp polling places in states allowing early in-person voting.
Michigan's attorney general charged an eighth person Thursday in what authorities have described as a foiled scheme to storm the state capitol building and kidnap officials, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter election campaign account was unblocked on Thursday after the social media site temporarily restricted it, saying a video posted by the account about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son violated its rules.
The Chinese ambassador to Canada warned the Trudeau government today not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing a widely criticized national security law imposed by Beijing.
NBC's decision to air U.S. President Donald Trump's town hall came after the president refused to participate in the second debate against Joe Biden, whose town hall event on ABC is scheduled to air at the same time.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple who took him in and protected him when he was a child, saving him from the Holocaust during the Second World War
Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Midwest are battling a surge in COVID-19 cases, with new infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels in an ominous sign of a nationwide resurgence as temperatures get colder.
Convicted killer Christopher Havens taught himself advanced math from behind bars. He's now sharing his love of numbers with other inmates and says prisoners need opportunities to better themselves so they can be rehabilitated.
The Senate's judiciary committee has set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm U.S. President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov. 3 election.
Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Thursday that vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for the coronavirus. The campaign said Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct. 8.
The European Union and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in an unexpectedly robust and swift response to the August poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, leaving a power vacuum after days of unrest following a disputed election.
Thailand's government banned protests and police arrested at least three protest leaders on Thursday in the face of escalating demonstrations targeting King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former junta leader.
After seven months of total blackout, cinemas reopened Thursday in several parts of India with few older titles on the marquee and shows limited to half the capacity.
