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Indiana groups call on U.S. Senate to pass pregnant worker accommodations

Several political advocacy groups in Indiana are pressing the U.S. Senate to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. It comes as national unemployment…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is seen Wednesday, a day after a tough election night for Democrats.

House Democrats are bringing back paid leave in their spending bill

The legislation that House Democrats are working on includes a four-week paid leave program.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters as he leaves a Democratic strategy meeting at the Capitol on Oct. 19.

Stung by election results, moderate Dems want to hit the gas on infrastructure bill

The blame game played out on Capitol Hill with Democratic moderates and progressives conveying different messages from Tuesday's electoral losses.

Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, attends a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills in October. Garcetti recently tested positive for COVID-19 while attending the U.N. climate summit, COP26.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tests positive for COVID-19 at the climate summit

His office said no members of Garcetti's staff tested positive and Garcetti is feeling well, isolating in his hotel room.

Suicides dropped by 3% in 2020, according to new CDC data, continuing a downward trend that began in 2019 after nearly two decades of increases.

Suicide rates fall again — but not for young adults and some people of color

Despite lockdowns, historic job losses and COVID-19, new figures from the CDC show that death by suicide dropped for a second straight year in 2020.

Northern Indiana voters approve only one of two school funding referendums

Voters in northern Indiana approved only one of the state's two school funding referendums up for consideration this fall. The two school corporations…

Vice President Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff tour the Institut Pasteur in Paris on Nov. 9.

Why Vice President Harris is in France this week

While in Paris, Vice President Harris will get facetime with about two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

Elkhart officer who shot, killed man in August was justified, investigation concludes

An Elkhart County Homicide Unit investigation has concluded that an August Elkhart police shooting was justified.According to a report from the Elkhart…

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shortly after it arrived at the Kent County Health Department

Rollout of COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5 to 11 begins in Michigan

State medical and public health officials urge parents to vaccinate the 825,000 Michigan children in that age group.

Auto accident survivors protest new law cutting them off from care at State Capitol, summer 2021

MCCA to send auto insurance refund checks to drivers; some advocates call it stealing from survivors

A fund to care for catastrophically injured auto accident survivors has a big surplus. The board agreed to send refund checks to Michigan drivers after a request from Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

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