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President Joe Biden speaks about Covid-19 reactions and vaccinations in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington DC on March 29, 2021.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden on Monday called on governors and…

Chris Adams, 36, spent the past year of the pandemic living with his grandparents in Wichita, Kan. And being "extremely strict" about social distancing. "I never went out," he said.But starting Monday, when all adults in Kansas are…

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks during a press conference at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on Monday, September 9, 2019.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFourteen states on Wednesday filed lawsuits against…

Last year, the pandemic closed the gates of many public gardens as spring came: According to a survey by the American Public Gardens Association, only about 4 percent of public gardens were fully open as of March 30, 2020. Once public, the…

A U.S. Army soldier with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division immunizes Jacklina Mendez with the COVID-19 vaccine on March 9, 2021 on the north campus of Miami Dade College in North Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty…

A soybean farmer in Mississippi County, Arkansas.The Washington Post | Getty ImagesIf you were born in the South, you likely have a shorter life expectancy than the rest of the United States. This comes from newly released data from the…

President Joe Biden's Covid-19 Response Team is holding a press conference Friday on the coronavirus pandemic that infected more than 28 million Americans and killed at least 520,356 people in just over a year.On Thursday, Connecticut…

A customer sets fire to a shop in Lowell Farms, America's first official cannabis cafe serving farm-to-table dining and smoking cannabis on October 1, 2019 in West Hollywood, California.Mike Blake | ReutersVirginia is on the verge of…

Windfalls for some statesIn his survey, Peter DeGroot, director of community research and strategy at JP Morgan, found a handful of states, including Idaho, South Dakota and New Mexico, that made even more money last year than they did in…

New York Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker on Friday defended the state's decision in March to force nursing homes to admit hospital residents with the coronavirus, blaming staff for spreading the virus.The guideline, enacted on March…