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Former major leaguer Eric Byrnes (wearing hat) and a proponent for a computerized strike zone, called the balls and strikes last summer after looking at a computer screen where a grid showed if it was a ball or strike.

Baseball umpires are still in business, despite a small effort to computerize them. The so-called "Robo Ump" made an appearance at a California...

Members of Congress complained to the administration that hospitals needed more time to check the accuracy of quality ratings.

Medicare Delays Plans For New Star Ratings Of Hospitals

Medicare's "overall hospital quality" rating aims to help consumers by boiling down a variety of measurements into a number star. But Congress asked the administration to hold off on the change.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivers a speech on economic outlook and monetary policy on Monday in Philadelphia.

Fed Chair Yellen Says Weak Jobs Report Raises Questions For Economy

U.S. employment is one of many uncertainties Federal Reserve officials are weighing as they consider raising interest rates. Overall, Yellen expects ongoing economic recovery and growth to continue.

Elliot Kaye (left), chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and CPSC employees watch as an IKEA Malm model chest of drawers falls on a 28-pound dummy during a demonstration Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Ikea Recalls Millions Of Chests, Dressers Because Of Tip-Over Hazard

The furniture company began offering free wall-anchoring kits for tall dressers last year after two children died in accidents. Now, following a third death, it is recalling the dressers altogether.

A boy stands in line for a measles vaccination in the northern Central African Republic. More than half the cases of measles each year are reported in Africa and Asia.

The Americas Are Now Officially 'Measles-Free'

But that doesn't mean no child in the region will ever catch measles again.

Health care providers have to have permission from the federal government to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction Often See Very Few Patients

It can be very hard to find medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, but most doctors who provide it do so for just a small number of patients, a study finds.

Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction Often See Very Few Patients

It can be very hard to find medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, but most doctors who provide it do so for just a small number of patients, a study finds.

An official and others wait for play to resume during an NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament second-round game between the Butler Bulldogs and the Virginia Cavaliers in March in Raleigh, N.C. This coming spring the Road to the Final Four won't go through North Carolina, as the NCAA has decided to move three games out of Greensboro.

N.C. GOP Says NCAA Should Focus Concern On The Women 'Raped At Baylor'

Republicans have lashed out at the NCAA after it decided to pull seven championship events from the state because of a law limiting civil rights protection for LGBT individuals.

It's Concert Season in Columbus!

It's that time again; concert season. Here's a sneak peek at what's in store this Autumn around Columbus:September Concerts:9/11/16, 4:00 PM: Mozart's…

Mayor Coleman Proposes "Significant Changes" To City Schools

As anticipated, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman made education the highpoint of his 14th state of the city address at South High School. WOSU reports the…

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