WEXT Site Search | WEXT Radio

The Supreme Court has not ruled on "purely partisan gerrymanders," which means drawing voting districts with the aim of strengthening one political party, since 2004.

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Wisconsin Gerrymandering Case

It offers the court a chance to formally determine a metric on what constitutes unlawful gerrymandering, which could have major implications for the way voting districts are drawn in other states.

Sonia Vallabh lost her mother to a rare brain disease in 2010, and then learned she had inherited the same genetic mutation. She and her husband, Eric Minikel, went back to school to study the family of illnesses — prion diseases — in the hope of finding a cure for Sonia.

A Couple's Quest To Stop A Rare Disease Before It Takes One Of Them

Twenty years. That's how long two grad students, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel, think they have before a deadly disease envelops Sonia's brain. The Massachusetts couple is now racing to find a cure.

Russia Draws A Line Across Syria After U.S. Shoots Down Syrian Jet

Russia also says it will suspend its participation in a "deconfliction" line that was established to prevent inadvertent clashes with U.S. warplanes.

A database with the information of nearly 200 million people was discovered by a cyber-risk analyst. The voter information had been compiled by a marketing firm contracted by Republican groups.

Firm Contracted By Republican Groups Left Millions Of Voter Files Unsecured Online

A security researcher discovered massive troves of information about 198 million potential American voters stored on an Amazon server without as much as a password.

Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff visits a campaign office in Chamblee, Ga., to thank volunteers and supporters on Monday, as the special election for Georgia's 6th Congressional District winds down.

'Bigger Than The 6th': Voters Head To Polls In Georgia Race That Hinges On Trump

The contest between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel has obliterated spending records. A win for the Democrats would be a blow to President Trump, but the race remains incredibly close.

Singer-songwriter Michael Cerveris returns to <em>Mountain Stage</em> and his native West Virginia.

Michael Cerveris On Mountain Stage

For this performance,Mountain Stage lured the singer-songwriter away from his Tony Award-winning stint on Broadway and back to the stage in his native West Virginia.

Australia Halts Airstrikes In Syria After Russian Military Threat

Named Operation OKRA, the Australian Defense Force's effort to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria includes about 780 personnel.

When reporting from Moscow, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly was typing when the cursor began to jump around on its own.

Reporting From Moscow: Is That A Russian Ghost In My Machine?

On assignment in Russia last week, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly wondered if she was being watched. As she was typing, her cursor moved on its own. And why was she referred to a man in a blacked-out Volga?

President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Poroshenko Meets, Briefly, With President Trump

Ukraine is concerned about what the Trump administration's efforts to improve relations with Russia will mean for its relations with Washington. Poroshenko wanted to meet with Trump before Putin did.

In this file photo, a woman puts in her contact lens.

Doctors Report Removing 27 Contact Lenses From A Woman's Eye

The patient hadn't complained of irritation. "She was quite shocked," specialist trainee ophthalmologist Rupal Morjaria tells Britain's Optometry Today.

Search results for