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Craighead County GOP Chair, Steve Farmer, dies from COVID-19

Steve Farmer's daughter posted on Facebook on Tuesday , October 6, that he passed away from COVID-19 complications. Farmer is a volunteer firefighter and the superintendent of the Jonesboro Human Development Center.

Cars line up last month at a rapid coronavirus testing site at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida's agencies have cut ties with the testing lab Quest Diagnostics over the delayed reporting of tens of thousands of test results to the state.

Florida Cuts Ties With Large Coronavirus Testing Lab, Citing 75,000 Delayed Results

Quest Diagnostics accounts for roughly 30% of Florida's total of some 4.6 million tests. The state calls the release of results from weeks or months ago an "unacceptable dump of test results."

A satellite image from September 2017 shows Hurricane Irma, left, and Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA says the average annual number of tropical storms in the Atlantic has slightly increased.

Expect More Tropical Storms, NOAA Warns

NOAA is updating its definition of what a "normal" Atlantic hurricane season looks like, based on the last 30 years. The average number of hurricanes in the new normal has risen from 6 to 7.

Ed Sheeran pictured at the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin in Berlin, Germany in February 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The singer announced he tested positive for COVID-19 just days ahead of the release of his fourth album.

Ed Sheeran tests positive for the coronavirus, which may mean he won't perform on SNL

The singer said he'll do as many planned interviews and performances from home as possible, but it's unclear what that means for his just-announced gig as Saturday Night Live musical guest on Nov. 6.

A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups.

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

Joseph Czuba, 71, sits before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment in the murder of 6-year old Wadea Al-Fayoume, at the Will County, Ill., courthouse, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Joliet, Ill.

Illinois man charged with hate crime in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy, attack on mom

Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of his mother Hanaan Shahin on Oct. 14.

Indonesians leave homes near erupting volcano and airport closes due to ash danger

Indonesian authorities closed an airport and residents left homes near an erupting volcano Thursday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, and the possibility of a tsunami.

Workers set up sand bags in front of a beachfront property in anticipation of high surf hitting the shore on Friday in Ventura, Calif.

Powerful Pacific swell brings the threat of more dangerous surf to California

The ocean was less violent Friday but the National Weather Service warned that another round of extremely dangerous surf conditions would return Saturday.

In One Key Way, The Housing Crisis Is Still Going Strong

The U.S. housing market is still a ward of the state. Almost all new mortgages — $1.6 trillion last year alone — are guaranteed by taxpayer dollars.

A government worker looks at the debris of a house brought down in the earthquake in Jishishan county in northwest China's Gansu province Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.

Earthquake rattles western China, killing more than 100 people

The state news agency Xinhua said the quake had a magnitude of 6.2. It reportedly damaged water, electricity, transport, communications and other infrastructure in the mountainous region.

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