Alex Johnson

“We still have a problem with Covid,” the president said on CBS. “We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.”

The helicopter went down northwest of Sacramento in Colusa County, authorities said.

Florida reported 21,683 new cases Friday, its highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.

The viral video of New York police kneeling with demonstrators Sunday dramatically documented the cracks that have formed in the thin blue line of America’s law enforcement agencies as some officers denounced the death of George Floyd and sometimes joined the protests. A white former Minneapolis police officer is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after Floyd, an African American man, died pleading for his life as the officer pinned his neck to the ground for more t…

Governor transfers investigation after Minneapolis legislators said they lacked confidence in local prosecutors.

Carla Provost, one of the longer-serving members of President Donald Trump’s administration, is stepping down as chief of U.S. Border Patrol, a spokesperson for the agency said Tuesday. There was no immediate indication who will replace Provost, a 25-year veteran who is the first woman to lead the agency, officials said. Her departure was first reported by the Washington Examiner. Border Patrol, the law enforcement arm of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is part of the Department of Homeland…

LSU and its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Joe Burrow, comfortably beat defending champions Clemson, 42-25, on Monday night to win the College Football Playoff national championship and cap off one of the more remarkable transformations in the sport’s recent history. No. 1 LSU’s victory — in a Battle of the Tigers played in LSU’s backyard at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans — was no small feat. No. 3 Clemson came in having won 29 straight games — which included a 44-16 trouncing o…

“This is what dangerous people do to get away, and this is what people will do to avoid capture,” the police chief says.

D.C. Fontana, the pioneering TV writer who significantly shaped the “Star Trek” universe, in particular the character of Spock and his home planet, Vulcan, has died at 80. Fontana died Monday night after a brief illness, the American Film Institute, where Fontana was a senior lecturer, said in a statement. CBS Studios and the “Star Trek” production company confirmed the announcement. No further details were made public. Dorothy Catherine Fontana — she used her initials, “D.C.,” so producers dur…

The ugly winter weather already blamed for at least seven deaths across the country continued Monday, bringing the first snow accumulations of the season to major cities such as Philadelphia and Boston and delaying millions of travelers. The National Weather Service forecast heavy snow for the Northeast and freezing rain over the region through Tuesday, especially in the northernmost areas of New England. Fifty-three million people are facing winter weather alerts from West Virginia up thorough…