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Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Mo., checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

JuVaughn Harrison competes in the men's long jump final at the Olympic trials in June. He'll compete in both the long jump and high jump in the Olympics.

7 Things To Look For As Track And Field Begins At The Olympics

For the first time since 2004, there will be no Usain Bolt scorching the track. That means a new generation of speed demons is looking to make its mark.

Biden Inches Closer To 270, Takes Leads In Pa., Ga.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has taken a slight lead statewide in Pennsylvania. Joe Biden has 264 electoral votes while President Trump currently has 214.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., (left) speaks before the start of a House Natural Resources Committee in June. Grijalva recently tested positive for the coronavirus.

As More Lawmakers Test Positive, Congress Gets A Tough Reminder Of Coronavirus Risk

Congress still doesn't have a widespread testing program for the coronavirus and was reminded of that risk when three members tested positive in one week.

The Salvation Army's red-kettle campaign is expecting fewer donations and volunteers this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

With Less Money In Its Red Kettles, The Salvation Army Rallies To Save The Holidays

With traffic down at stores and malls across the nation during the pandemic, the charity's iconic red-kettle campaign might bring in half the donations compared with last year.

Scarlett Helmecki joined an all-girls Scouts BSA troop in Delaware two years ago and recently became an Eagle Scout.

'I Earned This': One Girl's Journey To Becoming An Eagle Scout

Scarlett Helmecki, the first girl in Delaware to achieve the rank, accepted the Eagle Scout challenge two years after joining an all-girl BSA troop.

In non-pandemic times, a president addressing a joint session of Congress can expect an audience of roughly 1,600 people. For President Biden on Wednesday, the audience was closer to 200.

Biden Takes The Stage In His Dream Role, But The Pandemic Still Sets The Scene

The president laid out an ambitious agenda in his address to Congress, but in a chamber largely empty due to COVID-19 restrictions, he was reminded of the thin majorities with which he has to work.

The Supreme Court will hear its first major gun case since 2008.

Gun rights are back at the Supreme Court for the first time in more than a decade

The time long awaited by gun-rights advocates has come, as the conservative court examines how far a state may go in regulating an individual's right to carry a gun outside the home.

Pope John XXIII with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who stands at left, during an audience granted in the pontiff's private library in the Vatican Palace on Dec. 6, 1959. Eisenhower was the second U.S. president to meet the pope.

U.S. presidents have met with the pope since 1919. It all started with Woodrow Wilson

President Biden's meeting with the pope is a fairly recent tradition for U.S. presidents. His meeting will mark the 31st time a U.S. president has met with the leader of the Catholic Church.

The invasion of Ukraine has seen a surge of videos flooding TikTok, many of the most popular ones containing false or misleading material.

TikTok sees a surge of misleading videos that claim to show the invasion of Ukraine

A flurry of conflict-themed videos has inundated TikTok, sending countless videos depicting military action unrelated to the war in Ukraine to millions of viewers.

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