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The police action was the most significant use of force to date by authorities against the protesters, who oppose coronavirus vaccine mandates.

The initiative aimed to counter China's theft of American secrets and technology, but critics said it created a climate of fear among Asian Americans.

Tiny, robotic fish powered by human heart cells suggest that scientists are getting closer to their goal of building replacement hearts from living tissue.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has announced that $3 million in federal funding will be directed toward historically Black colleges and universities. She says it'll go toward research that will further the Biden administration's goals of carbon neutrality, and help strengthen a pipeline from those schools into energy-related jobs. Granholm made the announcement during a stop at South Carolina State University on Thursday. She said the money helps advance work toward an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050.

Consumer spending grew more than expected in March, continuing to drive the economic recovery. Wages are also climbing, which could feed higher inflation.

The Supreme Court upholds most of the changes made in Texas's congressional districts, which were redrawn at the urging of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. But the justices ruled that in one district, the map failed to protect minority rights, saying that it violates the Voting Rights Act.

Lynn Neary talks to Simon Hand, editor of the Phuket Post, about the effect of Thailand's military coup on the tourist-oriented Thai island of Phuket.

Nina Totenberg reports on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's failure to disqualify himself from a mutual fund case in which he had a possible conflict of interest.

As people get more of their entertainment from the Internet, the amount of data flowing in and out of the house is going to grow. Telecommunications companies and communities are looking for ways to make "broadband" even broader -- and more affordable.

The town of Wrenshall, Minn., population 308, hosts the second-annual Free Range Film Festival. Held in a barn, it offers short films, features and documentaries from largely Midwestern amateur filmmakers.