Adam Geller

With more than 4,000 deaths recorded on some recent days — the most since the pandemic began — the toll by week’s end will probably surpass the number of Americans killed in World War II.

Elections officials in several states where Joe Biden was ahead said the anger outside their doors made them fear for the safety of their employees. Those carrying weapons insist they are keeping the peace.

The protests came as President Trump insisted, without evidence, that there were major problems with voting and counting of ballots.

The number is almost certainly a vast undercount because of inadequate or inconsistent testing and reporting and suspected concealment by some countries.

Global health officials warned Monday that the pandemic will only intensify worldwide unless officials adopt comprehensive strategies to combat it.

The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.