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Masked kitchen workers pass finished plates of food to a server at Claro restaurant on February 12, 2021 in New York City.

NYC Becomes Largest U.S. City To Require Proof Of Vaccination For Indoor Activities

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new policy will take effect starting Sept. 13 and will apply to indoor dining, gyms and entertainment venues.

VA administrators preventing veterans from seeking health care at other hospitals

VA administrators are overruling doctors’ judgments and preventing them from sending their patients outside the VA health care system.

President Biden appears Wednesday at the White House, where he announced his administration has reached a goal of 200 million COVID-19 shots within his first 100 days in office.

Biden Says Goal Of 200 Million COVID-19 Vaccinations In 100 Days Has Been Met

In celebrating the milestone, the president also announced the administration would begin offering tax credits to employers who give workers time off to get vaccinated.

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.

Sarah Hamidi, 22, a senior at UCSB checks her phone in her hotel room on Nov. 17, 2021. Hamidi who applied for housing in hopes of getting an apartment was met with a waitlist, then given a temporary hotel room in Santa Barbara that she has occupied since Septempber of 2021.

What’s it like to study from a hotel? As UC housing crunch worsens, these students are finding out

At least four UC campuses have resorted to hotels to house students this fall. The option provided temporary relief to hundreds of students. But the financial support campuses offered varied. And for many students, finding more permanent, affordable housing remains elusive, even as the end of fall quarter nears.

St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Tommy Edman, left, drops the ball as San Diego Padres' Tommy Pham advances to third during the sixth inning of Game 1 of a National League wild-card baseball series Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in San Diego.

Padres Lose 7-4 In First Wild Card Game Against Cardinals At Petco

San Diego was eliminated by the Cardinals in three of its last four postseason appearances. Now they trail the Cardinals in this year's playoffs.

Even before the wave of labor organizing took off at Starbucks, independently owned coffeehouses in cities across the U.S. were becoming hot spots for union drives.

One unionized. The other did not. How 2 Milwaukee cafés were changed by union drives

A barista-led labor movement has dealt challenges to coffee shop owners, and not just Howard Schultz. In Milwaukee, two independently owned cafés faced union drives with two very different outcomes.

New Data Highlight Disparities In Students Learning In Person

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

New Data Highlight Disparities In Students Learning In Person

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

A jazz quartet featuring Gilbert Castellanos, Joshua White, John Murray and Tyler Kreutel performs (with COVID protections in place) on the Copley Symphony Hall stage for a streamed concert on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020.

California To Allow Large Indoor Events, But With Proof Of Vaccination Or Negative Test

California will soon allow indoor live performances and events in counties outside the state's most-restrictive reopening tier, but the number of people allowed will increase if all attendees are tested or can provide a proof of vaccination.

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