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Garrett Ward sprays disinfectant behind a plexiglass panel at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Overland Park, Kan., on March 26. Stores have begun installing the shields in checkout aisles to protect clerks and help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Grocery Workers Keep America Fed, While Fearing For Their Own Safety

Many low-wage workers with essential jobs — like grocery store cashiers and stockers — can't stay home to protect themselves and their families. The protections they receive vary widely.

A health care worker treats a COVID-19 patient at the ICU at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston. Twenty-two percent of hospitals in Texas reported critical staffing shortages this week in new federal data.

1,000 U.S. Hospitals Are 'Critically' Short On Staff — And More Expect To Be Soon

As COVID-19 hospitalizations surge, new data released by the federal government show how many hospitals are struggling with staffing.

Jaromy Floriano Navarro says she was pressured to have unwanted reproductive surgery while in immigration detention and alleges that she was deported for speaking out about it.

Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody

More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.

Benee of 'Supalonely' TikTok Fame Releases Debut Album

After viral fame, New Zealand musician Benee has a debut album called Hey u x.

President Trump embraces Rupert Murdoch, co-chairman of Fox Corp., at a dinner in 2017. Once close, Trump is now angry at Murdoch's Fox News over its election coverage.

Analysis: Is Trump's Next Foe Fox News?

Since Election Day, President Trump has attacked Fox News repeatedly, particularly its newsroom. Now comes chatter from Washington that he wants to start up his own media outfit to take on Fox.

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber of Lake Forest, Ill., is slated to be the U.S. Naval Academy's first African American female brigade commander. It's the highest student leadership position at the academy.

The 1st Black Female Brigade Commander At Naval Academy: 'I Have The Heart To Do It'

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber reflects on the historic nature of her selection as leader of the academy's 4,400 students, her plans for the future and what the appointment means to her family.

Pamela and Afshin Raghebi celebrate a birthday together. Afshin, who was born in Iran, has been stuck overseas, away from his U.S. citizen wife, for more than two years after he flew abroad for an interview at a U.S. Consulate as part of his green card application.

Legacy Of President Trump's Travel Ban Will Be Hard For Biden To Erase

President-elect Biden plans to end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries on Day 1. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of the policy will be harder to undo.

Congressional leaders held a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 2021 to mark the more than 500,000 U.S. deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 was the third leading underlying cause of death in 2020, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday.

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest

A pair of reports published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday sheds new light on the approximately 375,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the U.S. last year.

People gather during a demonstration outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday as opening statements were given in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the killing of George Floyd.

What We Learned From Day 1 Of The Chauvin Trial

Two key questions are at play in Derek Chauvin's murder trial: What killed George Floyd, and did Chauvin use excessive force? Civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. discusses the early takeaways.

Wearing a shirt that says, "#NotNCAAProperty," injured University of Michigan basketball player Isaiah Livers looks on prior to his team's NCAA tournament game against Texas Southern on March 20. On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case testing the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes.

Take To The Court: Justices Will Hear Case On Student Athlete Compensation

The case tests whether the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes violate antitrust law. Its outcome could have enormous consequences for college sports.

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