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US Overdose Deaths Topped 100,000 in One Year, Officials Say
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a ...
Big Bird Backlash: Vax Lands Even Muppet in Political Flap
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Smokey Bear taught kids the importance of preventing wildfires. McGruff the Crime ...
Students Line Up for Vaccines Amid Push to Relax Masking
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas schools are stepping up efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccines to newly ...
Families, Advocates Mark Day of Awareness for Native Victims
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From Washington to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, ...
US Parents Excited Over Prospect of Virus Shots for Children
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with ...
Some Black Parents Say Remote Learning Gives Racism Reprieve
CHICAGO (AP) — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped ...
Climate Change Creates Migrants. Biden Considers Protections
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New ...
A Look at High-Profile Cases Over Killings by US Police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter ...
Loneliness is Rampant. A Simple Call, or Hug, May be a Cure
CHICAGO (AP) — The stranger's call came when Dianne Green needed it most ...
S Carolina Governor Bans Border Kids from State Foster Homes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor issued an order Monday to ban foster care and ...
Unusual Treatment Shows Promise for Kids with Brain Tumors
For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science's best tools. Now doctors have ...
Biden Budget Seeks More for Schools, Health Care and Housing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for his first federal ...
US Allows 2 More Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Home Tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be ...
‘Captain Underpants’ Spin-Off Pulled for ‘Passive Racism’
NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly ...
Volvo Cars Family Bond Gives All Employees 24 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
MAHWAH, NJ (March 30, 2021) Volvo Cars is opting in its 40,000+ employees around the globe, ...
Arkansas Governor Signs Medical Conscience Objections Law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday signed into law legislation allowing ...
Homeschooling Doubled from Pandemic’s Start to Last Fall
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The rate of households homeschooling their children doubled from the start of ...
House Passes Bill to Expand Background Checks for Gun Sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a ...
Dementia May Be a Risk Factor for Infection but Not Death From COVID-19
People who have dementia are at much higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, but no ...
Mississippi Gov Signs Bill Limiting Transgender Athletes
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban transgender ...
Court Raises Bar for Some Immigrants to Avoid Deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for longtime immigrants who have ...
Lawmakers Can’t Cite Local Examples of Trans Girls in Sports
Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls ...
It’s Back to School for Jill Biden and New Education Chief
MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — Jill Biden, the teacher in the White House, along with new Education ...
Biden Faces Steep Challenges to Reach Renewable Energy Goals
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy ...
6 Dr. Seuss Books Won’t Be Published for Racist Images
BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including "And to Think That I Saw It ...
Mr. Potato Head Drops the Mister, Sort of
NEW YORK (AP) — Is it Mr. Potato Head or not? ...
5 Ways Parents Can Help Kids Avoid Gender Stereotypes
(THE CONVERSATION) In the last century, significant progress has been made in advancing gender equity in ...
Governor: Spending Time with Trans Kids ‘Changes Your Heart’
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's conservative Republican governor choked up Thursday as he spoke about ...
Desperation Grows in Battered Honduras, Fueling Migration
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Nory Yamileth Hernández and her three teenage children have been ...
Nursing Home Protections Limit Families Who Want to Sue
In her room at a Georgia nursing home, Bessie Burden was so concerned about the coronavirus ...
Analysis: Child Poverty a Hidden Focus of Virus Relief Plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly ...
Maryland House Overrides Veto of Major Education Measure
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House of Delegates voted Monday to override Gov. Larry Hogan's ...
Administration Pledges More Support for Minority Businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration promised Black business executives on Friday that it planned to ...
Why US Hiring Could Rebound Faster Than You Might Expect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring has weakened for six straight months. Nearly 10 million jobs remain lost ...
Chicago Schools Extend Talks with Union Over In-Person Class
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools leaders extended remote learning Monday for two more days and ...
Super Bowl Week Helps ‘Shine a Light’ on Human Trafficking
One night when Kirk Cousins was 16, as he listened to a presentation at his family's ...
Push to Reopen Schools Could Leave Out Millions of Students
President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by ...
‘Simple is Beautiful’: One-Shot Vaccine Proves Effective
The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in ...
Biden Taking ‘Creative Steps’ to Push for $1.9T Aid Plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are balking at the cost of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion ...
Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Works, But Less so Against Variants
Novavax Inc. said Thursday that its COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective based on early findings from ...
