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When Congress introduced Supplemental Security Income in 1972, it left no doubt as to its intentions. The program, as the legislators wrote, was “designed to give a positive assurance that the old, blind and disabled people of the country…

One morning in mid-July, Lana M. Ciarniello, a bear biologist in British Columbia, caught a flight from Vancouver Island, where she lives, to a wildlife sanctuary in the northwestern part of the province to meet two baby grizzlies, the…

New Yorkers, 12 and older, will be vaccinated on June 13, 2021 at the St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx of New York City, United States.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesLONDON - The UK has one of the…

Every week, students at KIPP Infinity Middle School, in West Harlem, file into a large auditorium and take their places on the designated floor markings, making sure to stand six feet apart. Then they pull down their masks and fill sterile…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said it will spend $1 billion to help communities prepare for worsening disasters, the latest sign of the toll that climate change is already taking across the United States.The change will double the…

Four weeks before the planned end, the federal government's signature assistance measures for small businesses - the Paycheck Protection Program - which had been devastated by the pandemic, ran out on Tuesday afternoon and no longer…

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ceremoniously raises his arms beneath a prototype Starship rocket under construction in Boca Chica, Texas.Steve Jurvetson on flickrElon Musk's SpaceX knocked out teams led by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Leidos…

The Anthem, a popular live music venue, is displaying a message of support on their marquee on April 3, 2020 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesIt was literally a long, dark year at the Independent in San Francisco. The music…

Rep. James E. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat who played an influential role in securing the party's presidential nomination, was also a key voice in highlighting the black farmers' experience and helping drive the incentive regulations…

Former Education Minister Betsy DeVos made no secret of her disdain for a program designed to provide federal loans to borrowers withdrawn from schools that defrauded their students. Calling it a "free money" giveaway, she languished…