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Officials are determined to keep schools open, despite omicron

As coronavirus cases and pediatric hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the majority of U.S. schools are staying open for in-person learning.

A Kern County firefighter keeps an eye on a burning tree as fire burns closer to homes during the French Fire in the Sequoia National Forest near Wofford Heights, Calif., this month.

Every National Forest In California Is Closing Because Of Wildfire Risk

The closures start Tuesday night and run through Sept. 17. The U.S. Forest Service is citing the extraordinary risk of wildfires and forecasts that show the threat will only remain high.

A newly released Census Bureau email written during former President Donald Trump's administration — when Wilbur Ross, shown at a 2020 congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., served as the commerce secretary overseeing the census — details how officials interfered with the national head count.

Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows

The email details the scope of the former administration's attempts to tamper with the count, including pressuring the Census Bureau to alter plans for protecting privacy and producing accurate data.

This image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.

A massive volcano erupts near Tonga, causing tsunami waves as far as the West Coast

An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore there and around the Pacific, including a surges along the U.S. West Coast.

A recruitment sign hangs at Starbucks in Los Angeles.

Starbucks and Costco raise wages in the nationwide competition for workers

Costco pays $17 an hour after a second raise this year. Starbucks is raising hourly pay to $15 amid a union effort. Major chains are pushing to draw workers, who have shunned a million retail jobs.

a map of michigan with a colored overlay showing proposed congressional districts from the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission

Death threat delays Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission's first meeting since public hearings

A death threat made against the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission delayed Wednesday's meeting by a couple of hours.

Eight inches of snow on Friday and early Saturday helped extinguish the wildfires that prompted the evacuation of more than 30,000 people in suburban Colorado.

Snow puts out Colorado wildfires with 3 people missing and nearly 1,000 homes burned

Local officials said three people were still unaccounted for after the most destructive wildfires in Colorado history. Authorities also raised the count of homes destroyed to nearly 1,000.

Stateside: Pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccines; poet Tommye Blount; Rep. Dan Kildee on PTSD

Today on Stateside, Michigan is hitting the pause button on the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after evidence of a serious, but…

"I'm always very sure about what I want to create," the Spanish artist Rosalía tells NPR.

Rosalía is unafraid to pull from every corner of the world

The genre-bending star talks her new album Motomami, expressing sexuality in music and her global approach to pop.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, shown here in a hospital in Denver.

U.S. Recommends Pausing Use Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Over Blood Clot Concerns

Updated April 13, 2021 at 8:10 AM ETThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday they are…

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