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The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in “beta testing” and will be launched formally Wednesday.
Employers from Macy’s to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would. have turned 93 on Jan. 15. He was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn.
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to a 62% drop in blood drives at schools and colleges, according to the American Red Cross.
The gunman who held four people hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is now dead, authorities said. The four hostages were physically unharmed.
The money is part of a settlement agreed to in 2020 after the Justice Department found that Amtrak violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to meet accessibility standards.
The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19.
People are sitting out college in droves. During the pandemic, undergraduate enrollment has dropped nearly 7%. The long-term effects of this decline could have a dramatic impact on the economy.
Bare shelves at supermarkets are attributed to omicron, a labor shortage, climate change and other reasons. “We’re really seeing the perfect storm,” one industry expert told NPR.
President Biden and others in his administration insist schools should stay open, even with the omicron wave making it harder than ever to manage.
