As COVID surges, experts say U.S. booster effort is far behind
The CDC now recommends that all adults get a booster. But only 1 in 6 Americans has received that shot, worrying health officials. The lag...
This is where states want billions in infrastructure funding spent
With nearly $600 billion in new federal aid to improve highways, bridges, dams, public transit, rail, ports, airports, water quality and broadband over 10 years,...
‘Mandates are working’: Employer ultimatums lift vaccination rates, so far
Until now, the biggest unknown about mandating COVID-19 vaccines in workplaces has been whether such requirements would lead to compliance or to significant departures by...
Masks again? COVID variant’s spread prompts reconsideration of precautions
With a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the course...
How could police have mistaken a gun for a Taser in Daunte Wright’s death?
The chief of police for Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a white officer Sunday, said the shooting was an accident....
Meet Alex Padilla, California’s next U.S. senator
The ascension of California's secretary of state to the U.S. Senate drew congratulations from Democratic leaders across the state, including his competitors for the job....
Verses vs. virus: What the nation’s poets laureate are thankful for VIEW
Gratitude persists. Poets laureate across the country were asked why the people in their states would be thankful. They enthusiastically responded, many with poetry.