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Federal health officials are pressing nursing home workers to get their booster shots amid a spike in COVID-19 cases among staffers and a concerning lag in booster vaccination for residents and staff.

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Because the Build Back Better agenda was not passed by the Senate before the end of the year, the last payment of the expanded child tax credit program went out this month. (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The omicron-fueled surge that is sending COVID-19 cases rocketing in the U.S. is putting children in the hospital in close to record numbers.

(WILMINGTON, Del.) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak by phone on Thursday about the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine, a new round of leader-to-leader talks that come as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security

George W. Bush admitted he didn’t know much about foreign policy in his first meeting with the British ambassador. Sir Christopher Meyer, the British ambassador to the U.S. at the time, revealed in papers released National Archives that Bush conceded

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Australia’s struggles could presage similar challenges in Asian countries that have tried to eliminate Covid-19 or keep cases low.

Officials from the state of Virginia and the city of Richmond have tentatively decided the future of their now mostly relocated Confederate monuments.

For the African-American community, Kwanzaa is not just any “Black holiday. ” It is a recognition that knowledge of Black history is worthwhile.