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In what now looks like practice for the big show to come, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gives the keynote address at the Texas Democratic Convention in Houston on June 8.

Obama Picks San Antonio Mayor For Convention Keynote

Julian Castro, the high-achieving and young mayor of San Antonio, will become the first Hispanic American to give the keynote address at a Democratic convention.

Graduate student Clement Cid sits atop the solar-powered toilet he helped to build at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. Underneath the platform, the toilet converts waste into fertilizer. The Caltech team will use fake feces to demonstrate the toilet's features next week at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation offices.

Why Is The World's Largest Foundation Buying Fake Poop?

The Gates Foundation has granted engineers more than $3 million to develop cheap, high-tech toilets that don't need water or electricity. To test these supercommodes, the foundation has purchased 50 pounds of soybean paste that resembles human waste.

In 2017, technicians lift the mirror assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane inside a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

NASA Pushes Back Launch Date On Webb Space Telescope, Citing COVID-19

The launch of the $10 billion spacecraft, which scientists hope will see back to the time when the first galaxies were formed, has been rescheduled for Oct. 31, 2021.

A man stops on his bike Saturday along the Willamette River as smoke from wildfires partially obscures the Tilikum Crossing Bridge in Portland, Ore.

'It's A Bit Surreal': Oregon's Air Quality Suffers As Fires Complicate COVID-19 Fight

The air quality in Portland, Ore., ranks among the world's worst. The Environmental Protection Agency forecasts "very unhealthy" air quality.

Reporters listen to President Trump as he speaks during a news conference on the novel coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House Monday.

White House Releases Coronavirus Testing Blueprint

The White House released a blueprint for states on coronavirus testing on Monday at a daily news conference it spiked and then revived.

Drake's latest No. 1 single, "Toosie Slide" shot up the charts thanks in large part to TikTok users.

The 'Genius Move' That Helped Drake's New Song Slide Into No. 1

Drake is now the first male artist with three No. 1 debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His most recent hit has raised the question of how TikTok is fueling chart success.

These photos provided by the Franklin County Ohio Sheriff show Jahsen Wint (left) and Amir I. Reip (right). Police say the two Ohio State University football players have been charged with rape and kidnapping.

Ohio State Football Players Suspended, Charged With Rape and Kidnapping

An affidavit says Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint allegedly raped a woman. The affidavit says Riep began filming her, pressing her to say the encounter was consensual.

Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst, was ordered released from jail in Alexandria, Va., where she was held for not testifying in the WikiLeaks investigation.

Judge Orders Chelsea Manning Released From Jail

The former Army intelligence analyst was behind bars for not testifying before a grand jury. The order for her release came the day after her lawyers said she attempted to kill herself.

Tropical Storm Isaias downed wires and uprooted trees, like this one in New York City, leaving millions of customers without power in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday. The governors of Connecticut and New York have each declared a state of emergency and are calling for investigations into state utility companies' response.

New York And Connecticut Call For Probes Into Utility Companies' Response To Isaias

Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Ned Lamont are seeking investigations as thousands of customers remain without power in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Thursday after a coronavirus briefing with health experts and his newly named running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, at the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Del. Biden took off his mask to speak.

Joe Biden: For The Next 3 Months, All Americans Should Wear A Mask When Outside

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said every governor should mandate mask-wearing as a way to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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