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An official ballot for the California Gubernatorial Recall Election is shown. Aug. 16, 2021.

California Recall Election Enters Final Stretch

Recent polls suggest good news for Newsom, though voting continues through next Tuesday.

Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan of Sacramento announces new legislation at a news conference at the Arleta High School in Los Angeles Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Sen. Pan introduced the Keep the Schools Open and Safe Act, to close the personal belief exemption loophole for school-based vaccination requirements for COVID-19.

COVID vaccination in California schools would be required under proposed bill

The announcement comes after a judge struck down San Diego's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying only the state can make that a requirement.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called the teachers' refusal to work in-person amid the recent COVID-19 surge an "illegal walkout."

Classes for Chicago students are in limbo as teachers, mayor wrangle over omicron

Teachers began refusing to show up for their jobs in person on Wednesday amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, prompting the cancellation of classes for more than 300,000 public school students.

The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court is unlikely to vote to recommend any major structural changes to the high court.

Biden's Supreme Court commission steers clear of controversial issues in draft report

The panel, which will vote on the report Tuesday, steers clear of taking a position on many of the most controversial suggestions for changing the court.

At just 8 years old, Dillon Helbig of Boise, Idaho, is a self-publishing sensation.

This 8-year-old's book is a hit at his library. He offers advice for aspiring authors

Dillon Helbig wrote a book over winter break and slipped it onto a local library shelf in Boise, Idaho. After librarians found it, they entered it into their catalog. Now it's on a long waiting list.

Yunseo Choi won first place Wednesday in this year's Regeneron Science Talent Search STEM competition.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me An Algorithm: STEM Contest Winner Pairs Data

The world of matchmaking won't have to rely on luck as much as math, thanks to Yunseo Choi. The 18-year-old came up with a matching theory that can be applied to people looking for a life partner.

Ethnic tensions are mounting in Bosnia-Herzegovina again

A quarter century after the end of a brutal civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, tensions are once again on the rise and threatening to tear apart the multi-ethnic government.

Middlebury College in Vermont suspended a study abroad program in Russia at the end of February citing safety concerns, urging the 12 students to return home. Among them was Zavier Ridgley, who was studying in Moscow when he was told to book a flight home quickly. Here, he stands for a self-portrait in front of Moscow State University in January.

U.S. colleges are cutting their partnerships and financial ties with Russia

Colleges are pulling students from study abroad programs in Russia, ending research partnerships and cutting investments as part of a global wave of condemnation over the invasion of Ukraine.

A newborn cries on September 17, 2013 at the maternity of the Lens hospital, northern France. A study of crying mice could help explain some building blocks of human infant cries and adult speech.

What crying baby mice could teach us about human speech

Scientists have found a cluster of rhythmic brain cells in newborn mice that may explain why spoken languages around the world share a common tempo.

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter remove disinformation targeting Ukraine

Facebook parent company Meta says it has uncovered Russian efforts to undermine trust in the Ukrainian government and to hack Ukrainian military officials and journalists using social media.

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