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Memorials hang from the front gate of Greenwood Cemetery during an event and procession organized by Naming the Lost Memorials to remember and celebrate the lives of those killed by the COVID-19 pandemic on June 8 in New York City.

COVID sent last year's U.S. death rate soaring, especially among people of color

Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in life expectancy was bigger for men, and for Blacks and Latinos.

The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Matthew Reeves, convicted of killing a man during a robbery in 1996.

Alabama executed man after divided Supreme Court sided with the state

A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers argued.

Poland has accused Belarus and Russia of trying to use migrants to destabilize the EU

Some European countries have accused Russia of encouraging Belarus in its strategy of trying to push migrants across its border with the EU, but the Kremlin says it's not involved.

With the holidays ahead, supply chain issues will get worse before they get better

Supply chain backups are snarling ports — and are only expected to get worse before they get better.

Officials gather near an armored vehicle that lost bags of cash on the freeway in Carlsbad after a door on the truck opened, Nov. 19, 2021.

Bags of cash fall out of armored truck, burst open on I-5 in Carlsbad

The door of a federally contracted armored vehicle flew open, spilling cash on both south and northbound lanes of the I-5.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is part of a group of Democrats up for reelection in 2022 pushing for eliminating the gas tax for the rest of the year to address higher prices at the pump.

Senate Democrats want to fight inflation, but there are limits to what they can do

Some are looking to a gas tax holiday to bring relief to consumers faced with skyrocketing prices.

An undated photo of a parked Escondido police cruiser.

Woman Attacks Police Officer With Ax in Escondido

The woman was eventually arrested and booked into county jail in Vista on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer.

Several residents of the Southern Towers apartment complex in Alexandria, Va., briefly had a campaign asking the landlord to "cancel" rent during the pandemic.

Virginia Immigrants Hit Hard By Pandemic Fear Eviction, Housing Squeeze

Many of them work in service industries —as cooks, Uber drivers, nursing aides— jobs that have been especially affected this past year. "I don't have money to pay rent," resident Mahlet Kassa says.

Dominic Gilbert Petit-Frère and Melvis Twum-Barima in Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1992. "Two immigrants lovers who fell in love at first site. One from Ghana and the other from Haiti. The love was profound and timeless."

Black and Latinx New Yorkers reframe their experiences through archival photos

Inspired by Veteranas and Rucas, Djali Brown-Cepeda, a Black Indigenous Latina, created the NuevaYorkinos and BLK THEN archival projects to showcase people like herself in New York City.

Taras Shevchenko (left) and Kateryna Pavlenko from the band Go_A sing exclusively in Ukrainian and represented Ukraine on the main stage in 2021 at Eurovision, the popular European song contest.

For Ukrainian musicians, rejecting Russia is a matter of national pride

Ukrainian musicians are turning away from Russia, and sometimes the Russian language, as they try to reassert their country's identity. Some who used to sing in Russian now only perform in Ukrainian.

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