Florida’s hospitals were strained by a deluge of Covid patients as its governor fights off sweeping public-health measures.

For the last two months, South Carolina authorities have been scrambling to figure out who fatally shot Paul Murdaugh and his 52-year-old mother “execution-style” outside their 1,700-acre Islandton home. Now, newly-released audio and video footage...

Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said he regrets signing an April law banning mask mandates as infections soar among the unvaccinated youth there.

The state is one of a handful that blocked school districts from mandating the use of masks in schools. Within days of reopening, hundreds were quarantined.