The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine

Former CDC head: COVID-19’s spread in White House shows ‘testing does not replace safety measures’

Global ukulele community keeps music alive, online in pandemic

Researchers explore the fascinating biomechanics and neuroscience of bats

The US government is targeting MS-13, but a former gang member says arrests alone won’t solve the problem

Why one group of Chinese Americans opposes ‘sanctuary’ cities

At CPAC, there’s a movement to build up conservative millennials

Documentary questions whether FBI ID’d right suspect in anthrax attack

Solar power booming in the United States

Citing failed studies, FDA rejects breast cancer drug

They can’t vote, but it’s not stopping these Latino youth from registering others

Separate but equal? A school within a school for immigrant students brings help — and controversy.

A year after Freddie Gray’s death, kids turn Baltimore’s uprising into art

At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other

How African Americans and immigrants in Baltimore find common ground in police reform

Baltimoreans cheer the unexpected indictment of six police offcers over Freddie Gray’s death

Not just Baltimore: Where police are whiter than those they serve

How housing and discrimination have long fueled Baltimore’s anger

As Baltimore burns, community leaders condemn violence but urge reform

How a two-and-a-half block walk threatens to tear a family apart

Guess who’s coming to Cuba? A New York soccer team

How to avoid closing your school for Muslim holidays — end Christian and Jewish ones, too

In blue America, parents are becoming far more uncomfortable with letting their kids play football

Scientists are racing to perform human trials on a possible cure and vaccine for Ebola

Why would any parent send their kids on the deadly trip to cross the Mexico-US border? Here’s why.

First Days: This Chilean poet recalls hiding in a closet to avoid going to school in Athens, Georgia

US contractor Alan Gross starts a hunger strike in hopes of being released from a Cuban military prison

Exploring the science and ethics behind the first man-made cell

Takeouts: tension on the Korean peninsula, listeners on the first synthetic living cell

Renewed Violence Keeps Colombia Farmers from Getting Back Their Land

Attorney General Eric Holder: Change Could Be Coming to U.S. Drug Laws

New monuments join National Park System this summer

Hispanics going to college in record numbers, but graduation numbers still lag

Washington state Iranian-American shatters ethnic glass ceiling

American rabbi elected to Israeli Knesset with hopes of bridging sectarian divide

Hurricane Sandy leaves death, destruction as it roars ashore

N.Y. strip club arguing it deserves same tax exemptions as other dance companies

Democrats prepare to kick off 2012 national convention

Texas senator proposes national Juneteenth holiday to celebrate the end of slavery

VIDEO: Story of Chen Guangcheng resembles Hollywood movie

Mitt Romney wins big on Tuesday night

Romney wins convincing victory in Illinois primary

Archaeologist argues first Americans were from Europe 22,000 years ago

Same-sex marriage bill in Maryland set to be signed

California officials introduce initiative to bring down vehicle emissions

Obama administration tries to advance off-shore wind farm proposals

Obama pledges to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., but is it possible?

Minister suggests honoring Martin Luther King Jr. by addressing structural poverty

In the shadow of the Pentagon, businesses concerned over defense spending cuts

WIFI causes headaches, chronic pain for some

Teams battle for green power supremacy at Solar Decathlon

Cantaloupes contaminated with listeria cause 16 deaths

Senate: Unemployment extension for all states

State spending of stimulus funds

A new approach to a housing program

The bailout and the debate