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U.S. health officials also clarified that the guidance applies to school kids as well as adults.

Biden has only occasionally emphasized the gravity of the threat to democracy from the Jan. 6 insurrection and the repeated lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

The Labor Department also reported that employers posted 10.6 million job openings in November, down from 11.1 million in October but still high by historical standards.

Pennsylvania is sitting on a fat budget reserve, a healthy and growing surplus, and billions in unspent federal coronavirus relief cash.

Across the U.S., new COVID-19 cases have tripled in the past two weeks to over 400,000 a day, the highest level on record, amid a rush by many Americans to get tested.

In a letter Monday to colleagues, Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate “must evolve” and will “debate and consider” the rule changes by Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The judge said the rights of Willie Stokes were violated because he wasn't told that a key witness against him had been prosecuted for perjury after his conviction.

With the resignation, McCormick moves closer to declaring his candidacy for U.S. Senate in his native Pennsylvania.

The seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has grown from less than 1% to more than 13%.

New York’s attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation.

Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds once enough time has passed.

Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to vastly ramp up virus testing among students and staff.