The House has overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill that would speed federal approval of drugs and medical devices and give a big financial boost to biomedical research.
The issue over whether South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol has been front and center since last month's mass shooting in Charleston and today marked a very historic day for those involved, and nationwide.
The issue over whether South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol has been front and center since last month's mass shooting in Charleston.
The latest on the manhunt following the escape of two convicted murderers from a maximum-security prison (all times local):
4:25 p.m.
A sheriff says the second of two convicted killers who staged an elaborate escape from a maximum-security upstate New York prison three weeks ago has been shot and taken into custody.