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A worker paints over a Louis Vuitton storefront boarded up due to the coronavirus outbreak on March 30 in San Francisco.

The Rich Have Stopped Spending And That's Tanked The Economy

While retail sales bounced back in May after a deep drop in March and April, the wealthiest Americans are not spending as freely as they did before the pandemic. And that could limit the recovery.

Do restrictive abortion laws actually reduce abortion? A global map offers insights

Click to see how restrictive or liberal local abortion laws are — and to look at the rate of abortion. The data offers a sense of whether stricter abortion laws reduce the number of abortions.

Firefighters continue work on Tuesday to cool down a destroyed logistics warehouse, where thousands of tons of food became unusable, after it was hit by Russian shelling on March 13, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 29)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary is too close to call between David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz.

With a key race too close to call, here are 4 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

The five statewide primaries once again tested former President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican side — with mixed results. Here's what we learned on Tuesday.

Melissa (Jemima Kirke), Bobbi (Sasha Lane), Frances (Alison Oliver), and Nick (Joe Alwyn).

'Conversations with Friends': Sally Rooney on screen, take two

Normal People author Sally Rooney's first book, Conversations with Friends, comes to Hulu on Sunday.

Lylliette Ramirez gets a coronavirus test in January in North Miami, Florida.

The more contagious BA.2 version of omicron is now the most common in the U.S.

The BA.2 strain now accounts for more than half of all coronavirus infections nationwide, the CDC estimates. Although it's fueling a surge in Europe, the variant doesn't appear to make people sicker.

Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleaded guilty Wednesday to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.

A former Minneapolis cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing

Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd's killing. The state is recommending a sentence of three years in prison.

Jimmy Hill, a U.S. citizen, was killed in Ukraine this week by a Russian bomb.

Her brother was killed in Ukraine. She says his family is still waiting for answers

The family of Jimmy Hill, the U.S. citizen killed in Ukraine this week, doesn't know what happened to his body and where his remains are now.

Gun control advocacy groups rally with Democratic members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol on May 26, 2022. Organized by Moms Demand Action, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Students Demand Action, the rally brought together members of Congress and gun violence survivors to demand gun safety legislation following mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

U.S. passport applicants now have a third gender choice, in a move to make the document more inclusive for people who identify as nonbinary, intersex or gender-nonconforming.

U.S. citizens can now choose the gender 'X' on their passport applications

The change took effect on Monday, with passport application forms on the government's website reflecting the third gender option in addition to "F" and "M" and making the document more inclusive.

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