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An implant and wires that reroute nerve signals from a man's brain to his hand allow him to grasp and lift objects, after much practice. But easy, wireless signaling from the brain is still the goal.

Pope Francis goes to Greece this week to meet the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople. Monsignor Paul McPartlan of Catholic University explains the history of the divide.

Philadelphia's mayor is proposing a divisive tax on soda and other sugary drinks. The revenue would help fund a plan for community preschools, as well as renovations to parks and libraries.

With the economy in free fall, opponents of the president are trying to get enough signatures to hold a recall vote this year. They say Nicolas Maduro and his Socialist Party are trying to block them.

President Obama issued a statement Thursday, in which he condemned the "horrific terrorist attack" in Nice that killed more than 70 people and wounded many more.

Many elderly and disabled people who live in nursing homes need a lot more help taking care of their teeth.

Congress is back after its July 4 break, and after a full-throated protest by Democrats over gun control. They are under pressure to provide funding to fight Zika before they leave for the summer.

The U.S. has to decide what course to set with Turkey — now another country that's critically important to U.S. interests but with an increasingly repressive leader.

The controversial state law limits civil rights protections for LGBT people; the league says it can't host the All-Star Game in that climate. A new location for the game hasn't yet been announced.

Think summer's hot on Earth? Space physicists tracking weather on Jupiter say the roar of the raging storm we call the Great Red Spot heats the outer atmosphere above it by more than 1,000 degrees F.