Singer R Kelly has cited the novel coronavirus in asking a federal judge to free him from a federal jail in Chicago as he awaits trial on child pornography and other charges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed for the first time in its 258-year history because of coronavirus concerns.

Actor Jussie Smollett is facing new charges related to allegations he staged a hoax hate crime last year.

The U.S. confirmed a second case of the new coronavirus from China on Friday.

A Ball State University professor called campus police after a student declined to switch seats during a Tuesday morning marketing class.

Five U.S. airports had travelers pass through with confirmed cases of measles this month, exposing an unknown number of fellow passengers to the highly infectious disease, according to health officials in those cities.

A federal agent who was at a Chicago airport to search a private plane that rapper Juice WRLD and his entourage had arrived in administered the opioid antidote Narcan to the performer, who briefly woke up incoherent but later died, authorities said Monday.

With fewer people carrying cash, the Salvation Army is accepting Google and Apple Pay at its red kettles.

For members of the Topsail High School marching band, Thanksgiving is about to get a little breezy.