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Hawaii is using some of its CARES Act money to create a version of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The state is now trying to spend the last of the funds before the deadline later this month.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Walmart, alleging its pharmacies unlawfully distributed controlled substances throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis.

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Miguel Cardona to be his secretary of education. Cardona will have a lot on his plate, but one of the administration's top priorities is reopening schools.

The new NBA season tips off on Tuesday. There won't be a protective bubble, and teams will travel from city to city. It comes amid record-setting surges of coronavirus deaths and cases.

Snow continued to pound Northeast Ohio Tuesday afternoon, as nearly 70,000 First Energy customers remained without power. Those numbers rose Tuesday evening, after a midday dip. According to First Energy's website, nearly 22,000 homes, or 54 percent of customers in Geauga County, are without power. Cuyahoga County has more than 31,000 outages.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Ross Garber of Tulane Law School about the lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and its allies.

The law calls for a recount to be conducted by retabulating every ballot through a scanner, the same way they were originally counted in the days following the Nov. 3 election.

Prime Minister Trudeau won a second term in Canada's national elections Monday, losing the majority but still delivering strong results despite having been weakened by a series of scandals.

Fewer children are dying globally, but a new study finds geographic disparities still exist within many countries.

There's new concern that the growing cannabis industry may be contributing to air pollution. But it's a tricky thing to study, since pot is still illegal under federal law.