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Rep. Diane Black lost Tennessee's GOP nomination for governor, despite an endorsement from Vice President Mike Pence.

Races hinged in part on support for President Trump, as voters went to the ballot boxes on Thursday.

Speaker of the U.K. House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle emerges from a chamber concealing a 360-year-old passageway that was rediscovered during renovation work in the Houses of Parliament in London.

Long-Forgotten Secret Passageway Discovered In A Wall At U.K. Parliament

A tiny keyhole in the wood paneling turned out to be a portal to Britain's history — a passage created 360 years ago for the coronation of Charles II.

With new infections rising all over the country, states are struggling to slow the spread and testing can barely keep up. People line up outside a Covid-19 testing site in New York on November 11, 2020.

Are More Lockdowns Inevitable, Or Can Other Measures Stop The Surge?

The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are trying a targeted approach.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden stands onstage during the Democratic National Convention on July 27, 2016, in Philadelphia.

Democrats Weigh Options For Summer Convention

As organizers across the country are delaying or scrapping large events due to the coronavirus, Democrats are actively weighing contingency plans for their August convention.

Icons for the smartphone apps TikTok and WeChat are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing. President Trump said he does not plan to support any deal to save TikTok in the U.S. that keeps China-based ByteDance as its majority owner.

Trump Casts New Doubt On Any Deal To Keep TikTok Alive In U.S.

Trump also said he's been advised "there is no legal path" for the U.S. to keep a cut of whatever TikTok deal the government approves, an idea he had earlier floated.

'The Vanishing Half' Counts The Terrible Costs Of Bigotry And Secrecy

Brit Bennett's triumphant new novel follows two light-skinned black sisters whose lives take very different paths; you'll keep turning pages not to find out what happens, but who these women are.

Building A Home Of Stories In 'The Bird King'

G. Willow Wilson's luminous new novel is set during the last days of Muslim Granada, and follows a royal concubine and her mapmaker friend as they flee the Inquisition for a place that may not exist.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Incheon, South Korea in October 2018. The pandemic has forced scientists around the world to write the latest U.N. climate report without meeting in person.

Everyone Loves The Chat Box: How Climate Science Moved Online

Scientists from around the world are writing the next major United Nations climate report. Summarizing the state of the atmosphere without meeting in person is as hard as it sounds.

Survivors of the ISIS genocide of Yazidis walk to mass graves near the village of Kocho, northern Iraq, in August 2019, on the fifth anniversary of the massacre that killed most of the men and older boys in the village.

'Nothing Left In The World Except These Bones': Yazidis Search For Mothers' Remains

Investigators have discovered 17 mass graves containing bodies of some of the 3,000 Yazidis killed by ISIS. For survivors, a grave with remains of older and pregnant women prompts a special anguish.

Israeli Prime Minister won a decisive victory to remain the leader of the Likud Party — and he's now promising more concessions from the U.S., as Israel prepares to hold a general election in March.

Netanyahu Wins Likud Party's Primary, Setting Up Another Election Run

One month after being indicted on corruption charges, Israel's longest-serving prime minister wins his party's support to seek reelection in March.

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