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Biden's average lead over Trump in several key swing states is slightly lower than Hillary Clinton's was at this point in the 2016 race, polls show.

Twitter's website was down Thursday afternoon, with users who tried to visit the service greeted by an error message.

Pauses to clinical trials are not uncommon, and the delays should reassure the public that the systems in place intended to protect volunteers are working.

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin signaled that he will give ground on a key issue in stimulus negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have taken strict coronavirus protections during public events. President Donald Trump has not, and recently contracted Covid-19.

The rules could cause tech platforms to change their business models to avoid liability for their moderation practices.

United Airlines CEO expects a long path to recovery without a vaccine, which he expects at the end of next year.

Joe Biden spoke a day after a controversial story about Hunter Biden drew the attention of the Trump campaign and backlash from Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook and Twitter gave different reasons and methods of reducing distribution of the Post story, which the Biden campaign has rebutted.

"Quite frankly that is nonsense," White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said of herd immunity against Covid-19.

One Northern California family preparing to buy a house got the shock of their lives. Money meant for the closing was hijacked, diverted to China and almost lost forever.

General Motors plans to begin testing autonomous vehicles without drivers through its majority-owned subsidiary Cruise by the end of this year in California.

The 30-second ad from Trump's reelection campaign praises the president's response to the coronavirus pandemic and includes a clip of Fauci saying, "I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more."

Private investment in space companies in the third quarter bounced back after a significant dip, according to a Space Capital report.

The GMC Hummer EV ad blitz starting Tuesday will run during the World Series, "The Voice" and across a barrage of social media and streaming platforms.

Short-term funding markets seized up during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, demonstrating that more reform is needed, the Federal Reserve's chief banking overseer said Thursday.

American workers continued to hit the unemployment line in large numbers last week, with 898,000 new claims filed for jobless benefits.

The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled an Oct. 22 vote on whether to approve of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court.

The CDC said most of the drugmakers working on a potential coronavirus vaccine have tested only nonpregnant, healthy adults.

"You'll hear, and it's incorrect, 'oh, these viruses are too small to be filtered,' but that's not true. They're perfect. They're very easily filtered out," Kimberly Prather, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California at San Diego, said.