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Shutting down a park at the New York farm where the abolitionist's body lies would save taxpayers about $40,000 a year, a tiny chunk of the state's $8 billion deficit. Historians say that's not enough of a savings to warrant the loss of a landmark.

President Obama has told federal agencies to start offering seasonal firefighters the same health benefits year-round federal employees get. The order came as legislation to make the change was introduced in Congress.

A handy father uses his decades of carpentry skills to make free desks for students doing distance learning in his community, along with the help of a local grocery store.

Players in Austria's Bundesliga soccer league had fewer emotional outbursts when playing in near-empty stadiums — suggesting players amped up their displays in front of audiences, researchers say.

Two FBI agents were killed and at least three others were wounded in south Florida while serving an arrest warrant for a man suspected of child pornography possession.

The union representing Chicago teachers is threatening to strike if the school district rejects its demands for a phased-in return to in-person learning, which was supposed to resume on Monday.

Even before his daughter Rasa was born, Jeremy Smith says he couldn't wait to teach her important life lessons. A decade later, Jeremy admits he has a lot to learn from his daughter

In Arizona, some people who couldn't vote had a personal stake in getting others to the polls. Young undocumented immigrants walked neighborhoods in the Phoenix area, looking for citizens who support one piece of legislation which could change their lives.

Kroger is closing two stores in Long Beach, Calif., after that city passed an ordinance requiring grocery stores with more than 300 employees to pay an additional $4 an hour due to the pandemic.

Longtime men's college basketball coach Roy Williams is retiring. For 33 seasons, Williams led two of basketball's most storied programs — North Carolina and Kansas.