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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for the third day of her confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WATCH LIVE: Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

President Trump's nominee faces a third day of questions from senators. Watch the hearing live.

'So Hard To Prove You Exist': Flawed Fraud Protections Deny Unemployment To Millions

Efforts to prevent fraud in state unemployment systems are outdated, hurting millions of people with legitimate claims by causing lengthy and unnecessary delays while not managing to catch much fraud.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 28: Medical workers attend to an ambulance gurney outside of Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park where three members of the city’s Orthodox Jewish communities died from the coronavirus over the last four days on September 28, 2020 in New York City. Borough Park is one of numerous New York City neighborhoods that have witnessed a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent days. According to the New York City Health Department, the infection rate for Borough Park is 4.41% while New York City as a whole is around 1%. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Americans Are Dying In The Pandemic At Rates Far Higher Than In Other Countries

Per capita deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 and other causes are 85% higher than in countries like Germany and Israel. "The United States really has done remarkably badly," a study author says.

Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly Pause COVID-19 Drug Trials

The move by Eli Lilly came less than 24 hours after Johnson & Johnson paused further dosing in all of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials while it investigated a volunteer's illness.

Land investment firms are offering cash for plots in the Finger Lakes. (panoramio/Wikimedia Commons)

Schuyler Co. Legislature Passes Vote Opposing Cayuta Recycling Facility

The vote was 7-1.

WSKG: A Celebration of Giving

WSKG welcomes you to a Celebration of Giving! This half-hour program celebrates the community that makes public media possible! Featuring a behind the…

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 14: U.S. Sen. Christopher Coons (D-DE) looks on as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away in September. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Pressed On Landmark Contraception Case, Barrett Again Declines To Answer

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., questioned Judge Amy Coney Barrett about whether Griswold v. Connecticut, the ruling that protects the right to buy and use contraception, was correctly decided.

A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. - According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Sharp Rise In Drug Overdose Deaths Seen During 1st Few Months Of Pandemic

New data from the CDC show more than 19,000 Americans died from drug overdoses during the first three months of 2020 with the country on pace to set a grim new record.

In this screen grab from live stream video, Kyle Rittenhouse appears via video during a hearing at the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Waukegan, Ill., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis., is fighting his return to Wisconsin to face homicide charges. (Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court via AP)

Kyle Rittenhouse, Accused Kenosha Killer, Won't Face Gun Charges In Illinois

An Illinois state prosecutor said local police could find no evidence that Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, ever physically possessed the firearm in the state. An extradition hearing is set for Oct. 30.

SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO - MAY 24: Fisher Industries workers move section two and three on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on land owned by American Eagle Brick Co, near International Boundary Monument No. 1 where New Mexico, Texas and Mexico come together. (Photo by Jordyn Rozensky and Justin Hamel for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

His Private Border Wall Enraged Neighbors. Then He Landed $2B To Build Walls For Trump

The privately built border wall in Texas teeters on the banks of the Rio Grande with serious erosion problems. The contractor was awarded more than $2 billion in official wall contracts.

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