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Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, the man who had the idea for audio cassette tape, has died at age 94.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.

Julia Letlow won a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant when her husband died. In another Louisiana district, Democrats Troy Carter and Karen Carter Peterson head to a runoff.

It's a really large mail-in election. (Yes, this one, too.) The tally of yes and no votes has finally begun.

Henry Cuellar, a longtime congressman, has narrowly defeated progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros.

Family members and advocates say regardless of time passed and age, the arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham must still be served.

The price of crude oil climbed higher into record territory Wednesday, topping $72 a barrel. The high cost of crude oil, along with seasonal refinery outages, is driving up prices at the gas pump. The price of gasoline has already hit the $3-a-gallon mark in some parts of the United States.

Peruvians go to the polls Sunday to choose between a wide variety of presidential candidates. The front-runners are a leftist who opposes eradication of the coca crop, and a pro-business former congresswoman who would be the nation's first woman president.

Depp and Heard are not only arguing their case in front of a judge, but also in the court of public opinion.

Under the campaign, the school has also offered need-blind admissions to international students and increased the household income limit for full scholarships to $125,000.