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The United States reached another grim milestone over the weekend as it surpassed 13 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally by NBC News.

The U.S. reached 13 million diagnosed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, another milestone in a month riddled with them.

Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local authorities begging people not to travel and urging them to keep their Thanksgiving celebrations small, some 1 million people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints in the five days ahead of the holiday. Meanwhile, governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings…

Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings that have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. But such measures are largely unenforceable, and officials are banking on voluntary compliance. Experts say that if people disregard the new state and local restrictions and socialize anyway, that could put greater stress on…

The U.S. has recorded more than 260,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic, a tally by NBC News reported Tuesday. Over the weekend, the United States topped 12 million cases of COVID-19, according to NBC News’ tally, as the third wave’s uncontrolled spread led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to renew calls for Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving....

Over the weekend, the United States topped 12 million cases of COVID-19, according to a tally by NBC News, as the third wave’s uncontrolled spread led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to renew calls for Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.

The United States topped 12 million cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as the third wave’s uncontrolled spread prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to urge Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.

The United States and Israel tracked and killed a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, in a bold intelligence operation that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran

The Trump administration has formally notified Congress that it plans to sell 50 advanced F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates as part of a broader arms deal worth more than $23 billion.

A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets has expired

Israel and Bahrain have agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the small Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with Israel

The Trump administration has declared that all U.N. sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal

China’s Defense Ministry has blasted a critical U.S. report on the country’s military ambitions, saying it is the U.S. instead that poses the biggest threat to the international order and world peace

A congressional aide tells The Associated Press that the State Department has informally confirmed to Congress that Republican super-donor Sheldon Adelson is the buyer of the U.S. ambassador’s official residence in Israel.

The tensions in the United States over racism and policing are likely targets for efforts to interfere in the 2016 election

The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day.

The cash-strapped federal agency that oversees that nation’s legal immigration system has scrapped plans to furlough 13,000 employees.

The president of the U.N. Security Council has rejected the Trump administration’s demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran

The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises this week

A Venezuelan court has sentenced two former U.S. special forces soldiers to 20 years in prison for their part in a failed beach attack aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro