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Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Woodland Hills, at podium, outlines his proposed measure to require social media companies make public their policies for removing problem content and give detailed accounts of how and when they remove it during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday June 21, 2022.

California lawmakers OK bills aimed at social media content

California lawmakers are sending Gov. Gavin Newsom two groundbreaking bills intended to limit the downside of social media.

A health worker walks inside an isolation ward for monkeypox patients at a hospital in Ahmedabad, India.

Monkeypox FAQ: How contagious? Are kids at risk? If you had chickenpox are you safe?

In the wake of the World Health Organization's declaration of a public health emergency, there are many pressing questions. Here's what we know — and don't yet know — about monkeypox.

VA pharmacist Jacqueline Byrd (left) and Dr. Minh Ho (center) provide supplies to a patient in the syringe services program at the Orlando VA Medical Center. The program provides veterans who inject illegal drugs with clean supplies and instructions about preventing overdoses and infection.

Fighting stigmas and regulations, the VA is giving clean needles to veterans who use illegal drugs

The program at eight local VA hospitals offers clean supplies, mental health care, and other services to reduce some of the risks of substance abuse.

The exterior of the Washington, D.C., jail where a group of defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are detained. The atmosphere has grown tense as they await their trials.

In a D.C. jail, Jan. 6 defendants awaiting trial are forming bitter factions

Allegations of bullying and intimidation as well as complaints about the distribution of more than a million dollars in donated funds have led to bitter conflict among Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.

Pews were marked off to encourage social distancing at a funeral home in Temple, Penn., in March of 2021, around the time the Delta variant began to take hold in the United States.

Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

FEMA has a pool of cash set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to the families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the application process.

Debbie Harry and Clem Burke, 14th Street, New York City, circa 1976.

Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop

From unreleased music to promotional flyers, photos, a mirrored dressing room sign, and even a stray Andy Warhol print, Blondie's out with a new box set, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982.

Fresno County Is Diverting COVID Vaccine Due to Low Demand. Why Don’t People Want It?

In the Central Valley some people are hesitant about getting the vaccine and some of their reasons have nothing to do with the vaccine itself.

Mar-a-Lago was one of several properties built by heiress and philanthropist Marjorie Merriweather Post.

This is the wild and opulent history of Mar-a-Lago, long before Trump and the FBI

Before Mar-a-Lago housed government documents, the opulent mansion had a rich and lively history. And it all begins with a wealthy heiress.

Students eat lunch at Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School in Essex Junction, Vt., on June 9, 2022. The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs.

As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years

Parents and schools prepare to lose free meals provided as federal assistance during the pandemic at a time when families are feeling the strain of high food, gas, housing and utility costs.

Virginia Hamilton's 'liberation literature' continues to open doors for young readers

Hamilton was the most award-winning YA author in American literary history, and the first Black author to win a Newbery Medal. A new collection showcases five of her most haunting novels.

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