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100 Top Colleges Vow To Enroll More Low-Income Students

As more schools band together to commit to recruiting and graduating 50,000 more low-income students, four college president discuss what it will take to get there.

Vino Rosso and jockey John Velazquez, center left, outgame Gift Box with jockey Joel Rosario for victory in the Grade I, The Gold Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Monday, May 27, 2019. They won the Grade I, $500,000 The Gold Cup horse racing.

Santa Anita Season Ends After 30 Horse Deaths, Trainer Ban

Santa Anita's troubled racing season has come to a close after the deaths of 30 horses at the Southern California track rattled the industry and led to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer being banned when four of his horses were among the casualties.

Remdesivir, an experimental antiviral drug made by Gilead Sciences, has been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use in treating severely ill COVID-19 patients.

Putting A Price On COVID-19 Treatment Remdesivir

Gilead Sciences has committed to donating the initial supply of the experimental antiviral drug. But executives said the company will need to make expanded production of the treatment sustainable.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine reacts as people in the crowd repeatedly shout "Do something!" during his speech at a vigil following the deadly mass shooting in Dayton.

'Do Something!': Calls For Action After Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton

Many advocates for changing America's gun laws spoke out on Sunday with a simple command to their public servants: "Do something!"

The figure at left is the personification of cholera, facing resistance from a group of women. This 19th century engraving is from Barcelona.

Cholera 101: Why this ancient disease is making headlines in 2022

The number of cholera outbreaks is on the rise — and vaccines are in short supply. Why is this ancient disease still a global health problem? Here's an explainer: What it is, how it spreads.

A Palestinian man uses a biometric gate as he crosses into Israel at the Qalandia crossing in Jerusalem in July. Israel's military has invested tens of millions of dollars to upgrade West Bank crossings and ease entry for Palestinian workers. But critics slam the military's use of facial recognition technology as problematic.

Face Recognition Lets Palestinians Cross Israeli Checkposts Fast, But Raises Concerns

Israel has begun using the technology at its West Bank checkpoints to verify Palestinians' identities as they cross into Israel. The new system means shorter wait times but is drawing criticism.

A worker cuts black granite to make a countertop. Though granite, marble and "engineered stone" all can produce harmful silica dust when cut, ground or polished, the artificial stone typically contains much more silica, says a CDC researcher tracking cases of silicosis.

Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops

Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular "engineered" stone. The material is more than 90% silica.

San Diego Superior Court Judge Gary Kreep, left, and Deputy District Attorney and Marine Corps Reserve judge advocate Matt Brower.

Brower Takes Superior Court Judge Seat From Kreep

San Diego Deputy District Attorney Matt Brower is hoping for a rare victory over incumbent Superior Court Judge Gary Kreep in a race that has drawn unusually high interest.

Carolyn Mendel, a General Mills plant manager in Wellston, Ohio, says she has compared notes on workplace safety with a rival frozen food maker nearby.

At The Frozen Pizza Factory That Never Closed: Social Distancing In A Tent

Carolyn Mendel oversees a team of about 1,000 people at a factory in Ohio that makes Totino's Pizza. A tent for employee breaks is among the safeguards added to protect the workers.

Early Wednesday, some of the 472 stations across the city were closed with gates, while others, like this in Coney Island in Brooklyn, were blocked with barricades.

New York City's Subway Ends 24-Hour Service Amid Pandemic

The New York City subway system is halting service from 1 to 5 a.m. indefinitely. Transit officials say they need more time to clean and have to save money while ridership is down.

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