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The statement comes days after the Senate minority leader said former President Donald Trump committed a "disgraceful dereliction of duty" on Jan. 6.

Only one other country — the United States — has surpassed the milestone of 9 million total cases, since the pandemic began.

LGBTQ Americans in a new Census survey reported higher rates of food and economic insecurity, indicating the community is experiencing a particularly heavy financial toll from the pandemic.

California is joining some other states in lowering the age of eligibility. It has distributed just shy of 900,000 doses and has more than 2 million doses on hand.

William Evans is the second Capitol Police officer to receive the rare distinction to lie in honor in the Capitol rotunda this year. He was killed last Friday when a man rammed his car into a barrier.

The count, by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, comes after more than a decade of a war that's killed at least 350,000 people and displaced millions.

A teacher named John Mark Karr says he was responsible for the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in 1996. Now in Thai custody, Karr is expected to be returned to the U.S. for further investigation. Colorado authorites have been guarded in their comments about Karr's arrest.

As summer vacations draw to a close and school-age children begin the mad scramble to fulfill their summer reading obligations, author Lesley M. M. Blume recommends a few timeless books that may not be on the required book lists.

Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch, but she considers herself a woman with healing knowledge of medicinal herbs and remedies.

About 6,000 inmates convicted of federal drug crimes are being released from prisons and halfway houses. It represents the first wave of early releases as the U.S. reconsiders how it punishes drug crimes.