Associated Press

The $1.9 trillion bill approved Saturday carries direct payments of up to $1,400 for most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits and spending for vaccines.

Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.

President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the influential appeals court in the nation's capital that regularly feeds judges to the Supreme Court.

The head of the World Health Organization called Friday for patent rights to be waived until the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Tom Wolf said that it has been a tough and trying year, but there is hope and a light at the end of the tunnel with the growing availability of vaccines.

Under the compromise, those payments — payable on top of regular state benefits — would be reduced to $300, but run an extra month through September.

Sharif Street, 46, was elected to his second term in the state Senate last year. He will start an exploratory committee next month to start the formal process.

Democrats have made 11th-hour changes in the measure aimed at ensuring they can pull President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority through the precariously divided chamber.

A new report from the United Nations estimates that 17% of food produced globally is wasted each year. But the report notes the need for better data on food waste globally.

The request underscores the continuing concerns about security and the potential for violence at the Capitol, two months after rioters stormed the building.

Asked about calls for him to step aside, the governor said: “I wasn’t elected by politicians, I was elected by the people of the state of New York. I’m not going to resign."

The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.