Joseph R. Biden blew up his 1988 presidential bid with a plagiarized fictitious account of his hardscrabble roots, but the experience failed to cure him of his tendency to exaggerate, conflate and even invent stories about his upbringing and political history. Since the start of the 2020 campaign, Mr. Biden has been caught on numerous…

The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease — and millions of others may survive.Ming Wang, 71, and his wife were on a cruise from…

Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that President Donald Trump is in a "hurry" to confirm his Supreme Court nominee so that the conservative jurist can participate in a highly con…

A city in Texas issued a disaster declaration Saturday after a brain-eating amoeba was found in water supplies, weeks after a 6-year-old boy died after contracting the microbe.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality warned the Brazosport Water Authority on Friday night of the potential contamination of its water supply with Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba.A…

Europe|Fighting Flares Between Azerbaijan and ArmeniaThe governments of both countries reported action with tanks, military helicopters and artillery in a rapid escalation of a long-simmering conflict.A military convoy the disputed mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2017. Fighting between Azerbaijanis and Armenians flared in the region on Sunday.Credit...Celestino Arce/NurPhoto, via Getty ImagesSept. 27, 2020Updated 9:52 a.m. ETMOSCOW —…