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The oversight board that supervises Puerto Rico's indebted government met publicly today for the first-time in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The board heard sobering statistics about the extent of the damage and discussed austerity measures to fix the island's broken economy.

Alex Jones, whose radio show is carried by more than 160 stations, has also said the Sept. 11 attacks were an inside job and the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school never happened.

Less than a week after Iran tested a ballistic missile, the U.S. government expanded economic sanctions against the country. Iran insists its missile program is purely defensive.

Only one member of Congress is religiously unaffiliated, but more than 1 in 5 Americans is.

After a year-long investigation, the U.S. Justice Department reported on Friday that the Chicago police department uses excessive force and its officers are poorly trained.

A transition spokesman had initially said the contacts by national security aide Michael Flynn occurred the day before the retaliation for election meddling was made public.

As the death toll continued to rise from a wildfire that destroyed parts of Gatlinburg, Tenn., officials began to assess the response to a blaze that grew out of control in a matter of minutes.

A special session of the North Carolina legislature could change the political landscape there. Republican lawmakers are trying to significantly reduce the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

One bidder told The New York Times he was hoping to gain insight into the president-elect's plans. On Friday, the website Charitybuzz removed the page for the auction without explanation.

Retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly broke with the president-elect over a border wall, Muslims coming into the U.S. and torture techniques.