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A sign is taped to a door leading into a polling location at the Messiah Lutheran Church, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Lyndhurst, Ohio.

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Ohio's Postponed Primary System

A new lawsuit filed by four voting rights groups seeks to make it easier to cast a ballot during Ohio's delayed primary election.The ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers…

A researcher at Protein Sciences moves a vial in a lab, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Meriden, Conn. The biotech company is currently researching a vaccine for COVID-19.

COVID-19 Drugs And Vaccines Showing Promise

Pharmaceutical companies are working around the clock to repurpose current medications and develop new therapies and vaccines to treat and prevent COVID...

An autonomous tank is demonstrated in France last month. Leading researchers in artificial intelligence are calling for laws against lethal autonomous weapons. They also pledge not to work on such weapons.

AI Innovators Take Pledge Against Autonomous Killer Weapons

"We will neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of" artificial intelligence that is used to kill people, leading AI researchers vowed.

serpentwithfeet's debut album, <em>soil</em>,<em> </em>is available now.

serpentwithfeet Crafts His Own Language For Queer Life

Growing up, Josiah Wise says, he was closeted because he didn't have the language to express himself. His new album is intended to put words to his identity that go beyond sex and attraction.

Containers are transferred at a port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province last week. The Trump administration announced plans to levy tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods as trade tensions escalate.

Trump Administration Readies Tariffs On $200 Billion Of Chinese Imports

The administration's list includes more than 6,000 items, including seafood, propane and toilet paper.

Sombra, a drug-sniffing dog who works with Colombia's police, was relocated after a criminal organization put a price on her head.

Colombian Drug Traffickers Put A $70,000 Bounty On A Police Dog

Sombra, a 6-year-old German shepherd, sniffed out large amounts of cocaine, angering the criminal organization that hid them. She has been moved away from the group's territory for her safety.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., flanked by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (left), and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., at a news conference Thursday, where they said they will sue the National Archives if they don't get the documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that they requested.

Senate Democrats Threaten Lawsuit Over Kavanaugh Documents

Senate Democrats filed Freedom of Information Act requests for documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in public service. If they don't get answers they vow to sue.

An Ebola patient is being checked by two medical workers on Wednesday in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu region.

WHO Expects Ebola To Spread In Congo In Areas Too Dangerous To Send Workers

The World Health Organization says violence and insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu region is preventing health workers from stopping the spread of Ebola.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones' new album, <em>Young Sick Camellia</em>, comes out Sept. 7.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones' 'Young Sick Camellia' Got The Funk

The Alabama band keeps getting weirder, more inventive and, in danceable ringers like "Apollo," more committed than ever to the pleasures of sprightly, joyous funk.

Lake County Considers Resolution Supporting ICE

Lake County Commissioners are considering a resolution expressing support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. That and another resolution on immigration drew dozens of people to commissioners’ chambers for a meeting on Thursday. After a lengthy hearing, commissioners tabled the measures until the next meeting on Aug. 16.

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