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Joe Cipollone of Ventec Life Systems explains the company's critical care ventilator to General Motors employees who will be helping to produce the ventilators at a GM plant in Kokomo, Ind., on Friday.

FEMA Hadn't Ordered Ventilators. Manufacturers Forged Ahead Anyway

Medical technology companies — sometimes working with carmakers — have been massively increasing production of ventilators. For two weeks, they've been working without government contracts in hand.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III, left, elbow-bumps Sen. Ed Markey after their Democratic Senate primary debate on June 1 in Springfield, Mass.

Candidate Generation Gaps Highlight 2 Races To Watch In Massachusetts

As Massachusetts votes Tuesday, a pair of key Democratic primaries feature a younger challenger taking on an older incumbent.

Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center in Frankfort for help with their unemployment claims on June 19. New research shows savings built up by the jobless are starting to run out.

'I'm Still Unemployed': Millions In Dire Situation As Savings Start To Run Out

Many unemployed Americans have been tapping into their savings to pay bills. But those savings are going fast, and hopes for a new round of pandemic relief before the election are fading.

Benjamin Graff, center, and his son Jacob Graff, 19, drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, in Philadelphia, on June 2, 2020. The state Supreme Court affirmed Thursday that counties may use drop boxes for voters casting mail-in ballots.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes

The decisions come just seven weeks before Election Day and as a flurry of election-related lawsuits heat up around the country.

Classrooms at Vista Middle School sit empty during the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike. Los Angeles schools emptied out again in the spring because of the coronavirus.

Los Angeles And San Diego Schools Announce Online-Only Fall

The districts cite "skyrocketing infection rates" in the coronavirus pandemic in Southern California.

The Federal Aviation Administration's emergency air worthiness directive orders inspections of older Boeing 737 Classic and Next Generation planes that have been in storage because of reduced demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FAA Orders Thousands Of Boeing 737s To Undergo Emergency Inspections

The agency says older 737 Classic and Next Generation planes that have been in storage because of the COVID-19 pandemic might have developed engine valve problems that could lead to engine failure.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes

The decisions come just seven weeks before Election Day and as a flurry of election-related lawsuits heat up around the country.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump make their way to board Marine One as they depart the White House for the last time.

Trump Departs White House, With Capitol Riot Defining His Tumultuous Term

President Trump was impeached for inciting his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. The violence and its aftermath will be an enduring symbol of his four years in the White House.

File photo of California Gov. Gavin Newsom seen here in Sacramento on June 19, 2020.

California Gov. Newsom Surprises, Disappoints With Vetoes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to be unpredictable when it comes to signing and vetoing proposed laws. Newsom left allies and fellow Democrats disappointed with some of his moves.

Akron fire medic Paul Drouhard shows a box containing naloxone hydrochloride, a drug carried in all their department emergency response vehicles to treat opioid overdose patients.

In Opioid Settlement, Johnson & Johnson Agrees To Pay Ohio Counties $20 Million

The agreement removes the drugmaker from the list of defendants in an upcoming federal opioid trial and follows an August settlement in Oklahoma in which it agreed to pay $572 million.

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