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Justices rule for federal employee over age discrimination

Well, OK, boomer. The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination.

Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods

The coronavirus pandemic has hit especially hard in a few poorer New York City neighborhoods where telecommuting isn’t an ...

Census Day arrives with US almost paralyzed by coronavirus

Census Day — the date used to determine where a person lives for the once-a-decade count — arrived Wednesday with a nation ...

Almost half of U.S. foreign-born in past decade had college

Almost half of the foreign-born who moved to the U.S. in the past decade were college-educated, a level of education greatly ...

Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus

In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling ...

Texas is bigger: Lone Star State's metros lead decade growth

Everything really is bigger in Texas. Three metro areas in the Lone Star State had some of the biggest population gains over ...

Online posts falsely claim census response will lead to cash

You won't get a check in the mail for filling out this year's census as claims circulating on social media suggest.

Census Bureau delays deadline for 2020 count by 2 weeks

The U.S. Census Bureau is delaying the deadline for counting everyone in the U.S. by two weeks because of the spreading novel ...

US Census Bureau suspends field operations on virus concerns

A week after starting its 2020 count for most of the U.S., the Census Bureau on Wednesday suspended field operations for two ...

Fox News opinion stars adjust their tone on virus

Fox News Channel's influential prime-time lineup is starting to reflect the changed realities of the coronavirus outbreak, ...

White House warning to millennials: Stay out of the bars

The scientific community's message to young Americans about the coronavirus got more pointed on Tuesday: Stay out of bars.

Virus outbreak delays Census counting off-campus students

Because of the new coronavirus, the U.S. Census Bureau has postponed sending out census takers to count college students in ...

Next primaries offer contrast between nation's past, future

Sharing the primary calendar Tuesday are two states that represent different pieces of America: Ohio, a largely white state ...

Virus cases ramping up in Africa, which is racing to prepare

Cases of the new coronavirus are ramping up in Africa, with six new countries announcing confirmed infections in the past 24 ...

Most of U.S. starts answering census questions in next days

The 2020 census kicked off in rural villages of Alaska in January. Now the rest of the nation gets to start participating in ...

Sesame's Count wants to get young children counted in census

No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say.

Virus and elderly: Avoid crowds, cruises, long plane trips

The U.S. government's coronavirus recommendations tell older adults to avoid crowds, cruises and long plane rides -- advice ...

Lawmakers try to alter voter-approved redistricting reforms

With the census approaching, lawmakers in some states are attempting to alter recent voter-approved measures that were ...

More states to use redistricting reforms after 2020 census

When U.S census results are tallied each decade, it traditionally has been the task of state lawmakers and governors to ...

Pelosi lambastes Facebook over Trump ad a week before census

A week before most people can start answering the 2020 census, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday chastised Facebook for ...