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Giant icebergs float in the fjord in the southern Greenland town of Narsaq, the site of a controversial Australian-led uranium and rare-earth mining project. The open-pit mine has divided opinion on the island, which goes to the polls on Tuesday.

A Row Over Rare-Earth Deposits Could Bring Down Greenland's Government

Greenlanders are going to the polls Tuesday in a crucial election that could determine if the island taps its vast deposits of rare-earth minerals to fuel eventual independence from Denmark.

Black Leaders Say Big Georgia Companies Need To 'Speak Out Nationally' On Voter Law

Georgia's Black religious leaders are dialing up the pressure on big Georgia-based corporations to do more when it comes to pushing back against the state's new restrictive voter law.

A crowd of parents and children at a playground during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on April 4. Canada is experiencing a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Toronto Suspends In-Person Classes As Cases Surge In Canada's Most-Populous Province

All elementary and secondary school students in Toronto will return to remote learning Wednesday and will remain home until at least April 18.

The San Francisco school board has put on hold controversial plans to rename 44 schools until students are back on campus after more than a year of virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

San Francisco School Board Rescinds Controversial School Renaming Plan

The project involved 44 schools, the names of which a panel had decided honored figures linked to racism or oppression.

Some of the country's highways were built through existing Black and brown communities. President Biden's infrastructure plan aims to address racial inequities.

A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways

Part of President Biden's infrastructure plan aims to promote racial equity. Professor Deborah Archer says highway planners in the mid-20th century sometimes purposefully destroyed Black communities.

The Texas Supreme Court has allowed an emergency order to expire. Housing groups warn that this could result in thousands of people losing their homes to eviction. Tenants' rights advocates, like those pictured here in Boston, have pushed for stronger protections for renters during the pandemic.

Texas Courts Open Eviction Floodgates: 'We Just Stepped Off A Cliff'

Judges in Texas are being told it's not their job to enforce a CDC order aimed at stopping evictions. Housing groups fear that a wave of unnecessary evictions will leave thousands homeless.

A voter drops off her ballot for the U.S. presidential election in November, in Rollinsville, Colo. Colorado's voting laws got fresh attention this week after the MLB decided to move its All-Star game to the state to protest Georgia's new legislation.

Fact Check: How Colorado, Georgia Voting Laws Differ Despite Conservatives' Claims

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is headed to Denver in protest of Georgia's new voting law, including changes to who can vote by mail. Georgia's governor called the move "hypocritical."

The European Union's drug regulator on Wednesday announced its findings into the possible connection between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clots.

EU Regulator: AstraZeneca Vaccine Effective; Blood Clots May Be A Rare Side Effect

The European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that blood clots should be listed as a possible but rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, stressing the shot's benefits outweigh the risks.

Deaths from COVID-19 are often due to the immune system overreacting to the coronavirus. New drugs to suppress that reaction are showing promise, say researchers.

Drugs Targeting Immune Response To COVID-19 Show Promise

Researchers are reporting some progress in their search for drugs that tamp down the overwhelming immune reaction that can kill a patient with COVID-19.

On Wednesday, pharmacists at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, transport a cool box containing the first batch of Moderna vaccines being distributed in Britain.

CDC Says More Virulent British Strain Of Coronavirus Now Dominant In U.S.

The variant known as B.1.1.7, which is more easily spread, was first identified in England last fall. Since then, it has spread quickly in the U.S.

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