Some GOP Counties Want To Hand-Count All Ballots—But Judges Say That’s Illegal

Topline A judge on Monday blocked a rural Arizona county from moving forward with a plan by Republican officials to hand-count every ballot cast in Tuesday’s midterm, shutting down the latest attempt ...

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Ordered to Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties in Opioid Case

A federal judge in Ohio has ordered the companies owning CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies to pay $650 million over 15 years to two Ohio counties after a jury found them liable for contributing to...

More Than A Third Of U.S. Counties In Covid ‘Red’ Zone, According To CDC

Topline More than a third of U.S. counties are in a Covid-19 “red” zone, indicating high levels of community transmission and hospitalization, while less than a quarter of counties are in the “green z...

Republican Counties Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Democratic Ones, Study Finds

Topline Americans living in counties that voted Republican during presidential elections from 2000 to 2016 experienced higher death rates than those who lived in Democratic counties, according to a ne...

People Living In Pro-Trump Counties More Likely To Die From Covid, Study Finds

Topline People living in counties that voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election were more likely to die from Covid-19 than those living in counties that voted Democrat, according to a study ...

Deaths Outpaced Births In A Record 73% Of U.S. Counties In 2021 As Covid Raged

Topline In 2021, deaths exceeded births in 55.5% of metro areas and in a record 73% of counties, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating long-running trends of aging populations and falling fertili...