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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2020, file photo an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, proposed an array of voting changes, while state lawmakers have introduced legislation that makes it harder to vote by mail. To explain the efforts, Florida Republicans point not to evidence of problems but to the potential for voter fraud and suspicion about the process. “We want everyone to vote, but we don’t want anyone to cheat," DeSantis said Friday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Florida Legislature OKs Bill That Limits Voting By Mail, Ballot Drop Boxes

It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the measure into law.

Domestic Abuse Survivors Fear Deportation Under Trump Policy Biden Has Yet To Reverse

Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. "Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled," one lawyer says.

For Virginia Republicans, Running Their Own Election Hasn't Gone Smoothly

For months, Republicans have cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election. Now GOP candidates for Virginia governor take issue with their own party-run nominating convention.

Vehicles line up in an observation area after receiving a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in McClellan, California, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Starting April 1, Californians ages 50 and older are eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

U.S. Vaccinations May Be Reaching A Tipping Point To Stop The Virus, Experts Say

New coronavirus cases are at their lowest level since October. Some health experts think the vaccination campaign deserves credit for tamping down the U.S. outbreak. But will the downturn last?

'Fresh Air' Remembers Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins

Collins, who died April 27, orbited in Apollo 11 while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moon walk. Speaking to Fresh Air in 1988, he described his solo orbit as "completely serene."

Germany Will Repatriate Benin Bronzes, Plundered From Africa In The 19th Century

German officials announced they have reached an agreement with Nigeria to return artifacts looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin and now housed in German museums; other nations also hold bronzes.

What Is An 'Internal Wave'? It Might Explain The Loss Of An Indonesian Submarine

No cause has been established for the sinking earlier this month of the KRI Nanggala with 53 people aboard, but officials have suggested that it may have been due to an undersea wave.

TOPSHOT - Protestors take to the streets for the 4th straight day calling for the release of body cam footage of the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on April 24, 2021. - Eyewitnesses say that Brown Jr. was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies as he was attempting to evade them while they were serving him a warrant. The department has released few details over the incident as members of the community ask for transparency and the release of body cam footage. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP) (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

Pasquotank County Sheriff: Public Should See Andrew Brown Jr. Video

Pasquotank County, N.C., Sheriff Tommy Wooten says he wants the bodycam footage from the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., made public.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 23: People walk along Broadway as they pass the Wall Street Charging Bull statue on July 23, 2020 in New York City. On Wednesday July 22, the market had its best day in 6 weeks. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Biden Wants To Go Tough On Wall Street. The Response? The Best Rally Since FDR

The S&P 500 surged 11% in President Biden's first 100 days, the best performance since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933.

The post office in Mission, S.D. saw a steady flow of people on Aug. 6, 2020. The post office is one of four on the roughly 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) of the Rosebud Indian Reservation (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)

Roughly 40% Of Post Offices Operate In The Red. Could Banking Offer Them A Way Out?

Most post offices that don't meet their costs are in rural areas, but Congress has blocked them from being closed. Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say postal banking might offer a solution.

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