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The 1965 Voting Rights Act has removed racial barriers for generations of black voters in the South. Now a legal challenge raises the question of just how much federal oversight election laws still need.

At a time when most pregnant women work, there are new efforts to keep companies from unfairly targeting employees because of a pregnancy. Allegations of pregnancy discrimination persist and have even risen in recent years despite a decades-old law against it.

A Pennsylvania school board will decide this month whether students are allowed to ban "Redskins" from their paper. Student editors say it's a racist term and are ready to bring the case to court.

They want lawmakers to narrow loopholes in the background check system for people who buy firearms. Supporters of the legislation say that might have made a difference last January, when a gunman in Tucson, Ariz., killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Putin said the plan was in response to Britain's decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's proposal would lift the nation's credit limit for one year in exchange for spending cuts.

WOSU, the OSU School of Music and the Nisonger Center present IMMERSE, a sensory-friendly music, movement and art experience designed for children 6-12 years old with autism and sensory processing concerns.

Studies show that testing women in their 40s could save a small percentage of lives. But to some public health officials, it isn't worth the possible harm the excess testing causes. Cancer survivors and advocacy groups say the screening tool isn't perfect, but it's worth the risk.

The "golden bachelor" is looking to find love this fall on ABC. We speak to a few experts about what dating actually looks like when you're over 50.

Gov. Mike DeWine had suggested lawmakers come in before the November election to make changes to the law that's on hold by courts that bans abortion at the point fetal cardiac electronic activity can be detected, around six weeks into a pregnancy.