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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she is postponing legislative elections slated for Sept. 6 due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Critics say it will further erode the Chinese territory’s autonomy. (Image credit: Kin Cheung/AP)

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she is postponing legislative elections slated for Sept. 6 due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Critics say it will further erode the Chinese territory’s autonomy. (Image credit: Kin Cheung/AP)

Arizona Rep. David Schweikert agreed to pay a $50,000 fine and admit to 11 counts of ethics violations, including the misuse of official funds. He says he’s settling a “time-consuming” process. (Image credit: Matt York/AP)

Behold, the Opple Watch. Many have borrowed heavily from Apple’s wearable, but few, if any, have done so as brazenly as Oppo. Sure Fitbit received some guff for the squircle hardware design of its Versa line, but it’s not useful

LONDON (AP) — Pharma giants GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur have announced they will supply 100 million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine to the United States as governments buy up supplies in hopes something will work. The United States will

One U.S. Marine has died and eight others are missing following a “mishap” involving an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) during a routine training exercise off the Southern California coast. Two other service members were injured in the incident on July

The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new tests using new technologies, including the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR. (Image credit: Charles Krupa/AP)

Dr. Anthony Fauci testified says 250,000 people have registered on a National Institutes of Heath website to take part in experimental vaccine trials.

Clip purportedly shows protesters at recent rallies threatening to kill premier and his family amid growing atmosphere of violence surrounding demonstrations

The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a “public charge.” (Image credit: Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images)