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A cashier accepts payment from a customer in Munich in March.

Pandemic Or Not, Germans Still Prefer Cash

"I'm not in the slightest bit concerned about using cash right now," one Berlin shopper says. "I just keep washing my hands. Simple." Cash makes up 75% of Germany's transactions.

Student at Hoover High School receives first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on May 10, 2021.

County Reports 58 COVID-19 Cases, Over 1.5 Million Residents Fully Vaccinated

San Diego County has reported 58 new COVID-19 cases as public health officials reminded the public to continue taking precautions to avoid getting and transmitting COVID-19 this holiday weekend.

Two senior citizen shoppers heading into the Vons grocery store in North Park during special hours for elderly shoppers on March 31, 2020.

US inflation highest in 40 years, with no letup in sight

Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy.

Guests sit at tables inside of Social Tap, a restaurant with a patio inside of Petco Park downtown, April 7, 2021.

County Reports 108 COVID-19 Cases As Officials Urge Caution This Memorial Day Weekend

San Diego County has reported 108 new COVID-19 cases as public health officials reminded the public to continue taking precautions to avoid getting and transmitting COVID-19 this holiday weekend.

Rahima Banu, pictured with her mother in Bangladesh in 1975, is recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form of smallpox.

How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and help ensure its end

Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom "Night Court," has died at age 70 after a years-long battle with cancer.

Markie Post, Who Was Known For Her Role On 'Night Court,' Has Died At Age 70

Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from "Cheers" to "Scrubs." But she was best known for her seven-season run as the public defender on NBC's "Night Court."

Alison Dreith stands in front of her barn in southern Illinois on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Dreith works remotely for the Midwest Access Coalition, which pays for "practical support" for women seeking abortions. That includes things like air fare, gas money, hotel rooms or child care. Says Dreith, "I'm kind of a freak out first, calm down later kind of person is the big energy I have. So I really appreciate that I have something — no pun intended — like, really practical to do."

Abortion resistance braces for demands of a post-Roe future

When desperate people can’t obtain abortions near home — when they need plane tickets, bus fare, babysitters — they reach out to groups like the Midwest Access Coalition.

President Biden signs the American Rescue Plan on March 11 in the Oval Office. The $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill includes $1,400 stimulus checks for most Americans.

'Life-Changing' Stimulus Checks Begin Rolling Out

Within days of President Biden signing the stimulus bill into law, many Americans have been delighted to see bank accounts showing $1,400 deposits already pending.

A Blue Line MTS Trolley train in Barrio Logan, San Diego, Feb. 21, 2018.

Transit Agencies Considering Fare Hikes To Pay For System Upgrade

MTS and NCTD are launching a new pay-as-you-go fare collection system aimed at providing more flexibility to riders. And they might raise fares to pay for it.

The Department of Justice has issued an alert about a card circulating online falsely claiming that holders are legally exempt from wearing a mask. Public health officials overwhelmingly recommend wearing a mask when going out in public.

Justice Department Issues Warning About Fake Mask Exempt Cards

The department says the public should ignore the fraudulent cards, which purport to carry the authority of the "Freedom to Breathe Agency," which is neither a federal nor a state agency.

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