The FCC policy requires telecom companies to spend billions of dollars to subsidize service in poor and rural areas.

The lengthy visa process has been further complicated by the ban and U.S. bombing of Iran's nuclear sites.

Anti-vaccine activists have claimed a preservative used in flu vaccines is linked to autism, but the theory has been widely debunked.

When the Pentagon halts the key source of satellite data, experts warn, it will be more likely that forecasters miss major hurricane developments.