Voting began Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election despite a days-long internet shutdown that has been criticized as an anti-democratic tactic in a country where the president has held office since 1986. Crowds gathered and long lines formed in some areas as polling station openings were delayed and voting materials were seen being delivered after the scheduled 7 a.m. opening time. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, faces seven other candidates, including Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician-turned-

With the war in Iran driving up the global price of oil, air fares and fees are rapidly increasing ahead of the summer travel season.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine panel on Thursday delayed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.