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NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil points to China as one extreme way to stop a pandemic in its tracks. "We're reluctant to follow China, but they did it," he says. At least for now.

Downy mildew, once just a nuisance, has evolved into a devastating adversary to the pickle, as it now quickly adapts to fungicides and pickle hybrids, and can lay waste to crops in a matter of days.

A review of Day 2 arguments in the Trump impeachment trial. Biden holds first call as president with his Chinese counterpart. The U.S. is imposing sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders after coup.

At 14, she stood out for her cool and "mature" demeanor. But at the heart of that persona was a youth lost too soon.

The author has gifts as a writer: a novelistic eye for scene and detail, an ear for dramatic dialogue. His story keeps moving, free of constraints common to courtroom lawyers or newspaper reporters.

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.

Liberal Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee defeats a challenge from conservative Steve Laffey in the Republican primary in a closely watched Senate races. In New York, Sen. Hillary Clinton trounces antiwar rival Jonathan Tasini, who unsuccessfully tried to replicate the David v. Goliath scenario in Connecticut.

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

Most American kids quit playing sports by age 11. That means a lot of kids are missing out on some of the huge benefits of sports, including spacial awareness, physical activity and team skills.