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The certification vote follows weeks of attempts by President Trump to overturn his opponent's win. Three members voted in favor of certification, and one abstained.

Joe Biden's supporters in the swing county of Erie talk about their hopes and their expectations of the incoming president.

Older people are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19. But recent research reveals older populations are less consumed by pandemic depression than those that are younger.

Dinkins, who defeated incumbent Ed Koch in the Democratic mayoral primary, went on to lead the city in the 1990s during a time of economic and racial strife.

Some public health experts are rethinking the reliance on mosquito nets as the answer to the spread of malaria.

The drop in inmate populations in New York comes as terrible news in the state's northern counties, where prisons are a big part of the economy. Empty jail beds have led the governor to propose closing four prisons. Some residents are fighting to keep them open.

Shutting down a park at the New York farm where the abolitionist's body lies would save taxpayers about $40,000 a year, a tiny chunk of the state's $8 billion deficit. Historians say that's not enough of a savings to warrant the loss of a landmark.

The U.S. biotech company Moderna announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective. Operation Warp Speed science adviser Dr. Moncef Slaoui says he was ecstatic when he heard the news.

As part of President Trump's promised crackdown on illegal immigration, he wants to bolster a program former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio aggressively practiced.

In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's new memoir is A Promised Land.