Search

Onlookers react to a performance during a Juneteenth celebration in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Sunday.

How to properly celebrate Juneteenth in the age of commercialization

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of the Black Agenda, about celebrating Juneteenth without misappropriating the holiday.

The Department of Health Care Services headquarters in Sacramento, Calif. on Sept. 15, 2022.

As state sets higher Medi-Cal contract standards, some providers predict major disruptions

The state’s new Medi-Cal contracts are part of an overhaul to improve patient care. But some say the new providers aren’t fully prepared to handle more Medi-Cal patients.

Abbott's BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test is seen in the photo. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Abbott's BinaxNow and Quidel's QuickVue tests to be sold without a prescription for consumers who want to test themselves repeatedly at home.

White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website

The Biden administration on Tuesday quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID-19 tests.

Lindsay Lohan plays a socialite in need of some Christmas magic in Netflix's <em>Falling for Christmas</em>.

Gingerbread! Santa! Moppets! Here's your 2022 holiday movie guide

Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix and ... QVC? Everybody has holiday movies now, and we're here to help you make your way through the snow. With bells on.

A visitor holds a weapon during the Shot Fair Brasil, an arms exhibition held at the Expoville Conventions and Exhibitions Center in Joinville, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, on Aug. 5.

Brazil's firearm ownership booms, and gun laws loosen, under President Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has issued more than a dozen decrees in favor of Brazilians' right to bear arms. Sales have spiked and gun shops and shooting ranges have opened up all over Brazil.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin struck a deal to include energy and climate spending in a party-line reconciliation bill.

Climate experts experience an odd sensation after the Manchin budget deal: optimism

Democrats in Congress look ready to pass legislation with significant climate change elements that would push the country closer to President Biden's ambitious goals.

New research could prompt schools to reexamine their investment in Reading Recovery, one of the world's most widely used reading intervention programs.

Reading Recovery is one of the world's most widely used reading intervention programs for young children. A new study questions its long-term impact.

Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. U.S. authorities moved on Monday to seize two luxury jets after linking both to Abramovich.

U.S. seeks to seize 2 luxury jets linked to Russian oligarch

The action takes place just days after the United States announced new sanctions and penalties on Russian oligarchs and elites, Kremlin officials, businessmen linked to President Vladimir Putin.

The Biden administration plans to offer updated booster shots in the fall.

Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.

COVID-19 vaccines are offered at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital on August 10, 2021 in Lake Charles, La. President Biden has ordered 80 million workers in the U.S. to get vaccinated or undergo regular testing.

A big job for small government agency. Enforce vaccine rule for 80 million workers

OSHA, the small, chronically understaffed federal agency in charge of workplace safety, now faces a big challenge: enforcing a federal vaccine rule covering 80 million workers.

Search results for