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Elizabeth Holmes, center, enters the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building with her partner, Billy Evans.

Elizabeth Holmes spent 7 days defending herself against fraud. Will the jury buy it?

The former CEO of Theranos finished her marathon testimony on Wednesday. The high-profile case against the onetime Silicon Valley star now moves closer to jury deliberations.

Vezna Hang and his son. Hang fell so ill with COVID-19 before being vaccinated that he needed a double lung transplant. He now encourages other people to get the shot.

Once rare, lung transplants for COVID-19 patients are rising quickly

When it comes to receiving organ transplants, patients are not usually judged on prior behavior, but some doctors are questioning whether unvaccinated COVID patients should qualify for new lungs.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 18: Camilo accepts the Best Pop Vocal Album award for 'Mis Manos' onstage during The 22nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 18, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for The Latin Recording Academy )

The biggest moments from the Latin Grammys

At the Latin Grammys, audiences were treated to elaborate performances that relied on unique collaborations between artists across genres.

There's been increasing support for the number of H-1B visas, for highly skilled workers. Large tech companies are leading the push for the increase, but many of the visas go to workers at large consulting firms.

Who's Hiring H-1B Visa Workers? It's Not Who You Might Think

There's been increasing support for the number of H1-B visas given to highly skilled workers. Large tech companies are leading the push for the increase, but the bulk of the visas go to workers at large consulting firms.

Ice coats trees and the road as an SUV drives in Richardson, Texas, on Thursday. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country.

Ice becomes a bigger concern as massive winter storm moves across the U.S.

Storm spawns a deadly tornado along its southern edge in Alabama while about 350,000 homes and businesses are without power.

Anna Hoffmann soars during the women's ski jumping competition for placement on the 2022 U.S. Olympic team at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in Lake Placid, N.Y.

U.S. women's ski jumpers won't compete in the Beijing Olympics. They failed to qualify

Women's ski jumpers fought for more than a decade to compete in the Olympics. Now the U.S. women's team has failed to qualify for Beijing.

A U.S. Joint Forces bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol where he will lie in state on Wednesday.

Harry Reid lies in state at the U.S. Capitol

Reid was recalled as a "legendary leader" as colleagues and friends gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in Nevada to the most powerful position in the Senate.

This colorized transmission electron micrograph image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease COVID-19. This specimen was isolated from a patient in the United States. Particles of the virus (yellow) are emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab (pink).

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder

A look at the data that omicron is less severe. What does that mean for the future of SARS-CoV-2 — and the pandemic?

Microglia, specialized cells like the one seen in the center of this image, can restrain the accumulation of beta-amyloid protein (plaques in orange) that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. But the cells sometimes contribute to the progression of the illness, researchers say.

How a hyperactive cell in the brain might trigger Alzheimer's disease

Microglia are amoeba-like cells that scour the brain for injuries and invaders. But sometimes the usually helpful cells go into overdrive and damage the brain, researchers say.

In this photo taken on Jan. 20, a beach resort in Tonga, on the outskirts of the capital of Nuku'alofa, shows the impact of the tsunami that hit the island nation in the wake of an underwater volcanic eruption. Aid efforts have been complicated by the pandemic — with only one case of COVID on record, Tonga is wary of outsiders who might bring the virus.

Why Tonga is opting for 'contactless' humanitarian aid

It's a pandemic predicament. With only 1 recorded case of COVID-19 in their island nation, Tongans are desperate for help after the volcanic eruption — but eager to keep the virus out.

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