LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that an independent public inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic will be held next year. He told lawmakers Wednesday that the inquiry will have wide-ranging statutory powers...

The proposal came in response to a controversial voting rights bill signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in March.

With a nationally mobilized public that exhibits a low tolerance for death and a high tolerance for government spending, the politics of pandemics changed.

Deep underground in eastern France, a four-legged bundle of energy named Scar steps gingerly through vast caverns, loaded with sensors for taking measures in places where humans might fear to tread. Scar can also enter and inspect areas that are hard...

Working in a factory can mean doing the same task over and over, which could lead to chronic injury. A battery-powered glove from Swedish company Bioservo could help workers by taking some of the strain.

An independent review calls the international response to the pandemic a 'toxic cocktail'.