The official poverty rate may have increased slightly, but that doesn't take into account the massive stimulus payments, according to U.S. census data. The payments lifted millions out of poverty, according to the data.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, repeatedly named among the world’s most powerful women, will become the country’s first premier to leave power of her own volition. Her own take on it all: “She tried.”
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A Chinook salmon in Chico, Calif., in August. (Melina Mara/The Post)
Of the estimated 16,000 spring-run Chinook salmon that made the journey from the Golden Gate Bridge to creeks across the Central Valley, about 14,500 have died, nearly all of them before spawning.
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President Biden will ask global leaders to commit to fully vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population against coronavirus by next September.
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The ban is devastating for developing nations with low vaccination rates, though Western officials mindful of their own booster programs have been careful not to push New Delhi too hard.
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Julius Jones has been on death row half his life for the murder of Paul Howell during a carjacking. Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board ruled Monday that his death sentence should be commuted.
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The transit agency is not requiring or receiving necessary documentation, parts and tools from the equipment manufacturers, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission found.
Students at George Washington University are growing frustrated over what appears to be mold growing in their dorm rooms. (Jonathan Newton /The Post)
Some students at the school think the problem is more widespread than officials acknowledge. Students in at least four residence halls have reported what they suspect is mold, and some say it is making them sick.
A civil complaint says the longtime fraternity brother gained control of the organization and its related foundation and allegedly used charitable assets to subsidize the purchase of his Georgetown home.
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Washington placed Fitzpatrick on injured reserve, a day after he suffered a partial dislocation of his right hip during a season-opening loss to the Chargers.
Raducanu was born in Toronto to a Chinese mother and a Romanian father before moving to a London suburb as a toddler.
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The former Raptors and Heat star, who was forced into early retirement, doesn’t appear consumed by hypotheticals and missed opportunities.
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As schools and offices reopen, working parents of vulnerable children face what may be their toughest stretch of the pandemic.
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Performers in dance-centric shows such as “Chicago” and “Hamilton” relearn the steps they haven’t done in 18 months.
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