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The official counts of COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising steeply, especially among children. But they're rising much slower than the even steeper rate of new COVID-19 infections, and some numbers may be misleading.

As hospitalization tallies rise, reports across the spectrum suggest that the counts include many mild patients or asymptomatic people. On the topic of kids, infectious

On Sunday evening, a gunman killed three people at the Greenwood Park Mall south of Indianapolis, Indiana before an armed witness shot and killed the assailant. 

Police say the shooter had a rifle and several magazines of ammunition, and was stopped by an armed bystander who police called a "good Samaritan."  Several people were wounded, including one male and four females — one being

On Wednesday, former National Security Council official Ellen Knight accused the White House of playing an “unprecedented” and “outsize role in the review process” of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book. Knight alleges that after she reviewed the book for classified information, other White House officials conducted their own “fundamentally flawed” reviews and marked “hundreds

Following reports that incoming Representative George Santos (R-NY) fabricated multiple parts of his résumé and personal background, writers across the spectrum are speculating how Republican leadership will respond and questioning what the scandal reveals about the modern political system. Santos admitted to lying about his past, but insisted it would not stop him from taking office.