VIDEO: Finding the motivation to get in shape can be difficult, but a new category of smart mirrors won’t let users off the hook.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On October 3, 1995, former American football star, spokesman and actor O.J. Simpson is found not guilty of the 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. The trial lasted 252 days and captivated the nation as his “dream team” of lawyers were able to cast doubt about his guilt. A civil trial three years later found Simpson responsible for the murders and he was ordered to pay over $33 million to the families. Very little of that money has been paid out so far.

As U.S. voters prepare to go to the polls for the November 6 midterm elections, federal, state and local officials are preparing, too. Government officials are doing all they can to make sure everyone who is eligible can cast a ballot and that those votes will be counted correctly .

VIDEO: Los Angeles is hosting an unusual art exhibition for an unusual crowd — dogs. At the show, four-legged art lovers can not only touch some of the art on display, they can sniff it, play with it and taste it .

Melania Trump visited a former slave holding facility on Ghana’s coast Wednesday, calling it “very emotional” and “really something that people should see and experience.” On the second day of her goodwill trip to Africa, the U.S. first lady visited the Cape Coast Castle, one of about forty “slave castles” built on the Gold Coast of West Africa by European traders.

Gay rights advocates and members of Congress are criticizing a policy change by the U.S. State Department this week that will deny visas to the same-sex partners of unmarried United Nations and international organization employees posted to the United States .