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At the end of this week, the government's latest snapshot of the job market will be released. David Greene talks to David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, about the unemployment rate.

The Federal Reserve has provided massive support to markets through the pandemic. Now it faces a tricky decision: how to start removing some of that help without triggering a market sell-off.

For many students, band and choir classes were a far cry from normal last year — students practiced outside or over Zoom. With students back in school this fall, music classes look almost normal.

Moses was a civil rights crusader and educator who led Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s.

Pain management is the latest target of software developers: Researchers are creating and testing interactive games designed to help young patients cope with discomfort.

The all-time leading scorer for Northwest Missouri State University and an NCAA national player of the year, Trevor Hudgins of Manhattan, Kansas, is raising his team's chances for a third straight NCAA Division II national championship.

There are currently no black governors anywhere in the country. In U.S. history, only two African-American men have ever been elected governor. But this year, about half a dozen are running, including in Maryland and Georgia.

Democrats are scolding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for low test availability after his administration let nearly a million rapid COVID tests to expire. He now says there's too much unnecessary testing.

Every January, pharmaceutical companies increase the prices of hundreds of drugs. This year there's a disconnect between the deals with the Trump administration on some drug prices versus others.

In Wales, the U.K.'s largest steel plant is in limbo. Employing thousands, the plant is the cornerstone of Port Talbot's economy. The vote created anxiety about the future of the plant and the town.