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Newly elected Premier Li Qiang, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a session of China's National People's Congress in Beijing on Saturday.

China names Xi Jinping ally Li Qiang as premier

Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, will nominally be in charge of the world's second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.

In-N-Out is barring employees in five states from wearing masks unless they have a doctor's note, according to internal company emails leaked on social media last week. An In-N-Out Burger signs is seen on June 8, 2010, in Baldwin Park, Calif.

In-N-Out Burger bans employees in 5 states from wearing masks

The new mask policy will apply to employees in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Employees in California and Oregon can choose to wear a company-provided N95 mask.

An ACT Assessment preparation book is seen in 2014 in Springfield, Ill. High school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test for 2023 dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, the nonprofit organization that administers the test said Wednesday.

ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low

Scores have fallen for six consecutive years, and the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The average scores in reading, science and math showed test-takers weren't ready for college.

An infant receives a routine vaccination at First Georgia Physician Group Pediatrics in Fayetteville, Ga., in 2021. Infectious diseases experts say children didn't stay up to date on their whooping cough vaccinations due to decreased in-person care during the pandemic.

Whooping cough cases spike in the U.S., after people missed vaccinations during pandemic

Infectious diseases experts say many Americans fell behind on their whooping cough vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, which they say has compounded the recent uptick in cases.

Susan Hurlburt visits her son's grave on Hart Island for the first time in April 2023.

Everyone in the park knew him. It was only after he died that his story came to light

A few years ago, a man who called himself Stephen became a fixture in Manhattan's Riverside Park. After his body was discovered, a woman who knew him made it her mission to bring his story to light.

A 17-year-old Civil Rights demonstrator is attacked by a police dog in Birmingham, Ala., on May 3, 1963. This image led the front page of the next day's New York Times.

How The Civil Rights Movement Was Covered In Birmingham

There's a stark difference between how the national press covered the events of 1963 in Birmingham and how Birmingham's papers covered their own city. Audie Cornish talks with Alabama journalist Hank Klibanoff, co-author of The Race Beat, about the disparity.

A mounted unit tries to disperse a crowd on Friday as police take action to put an end to a protest, which started in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine mandates and grew into a broader anti-government demonstration and occupation in Ottawa.

Police arrest more than 100 protesters as they try to break siege at Canadian capital

Police in Ottawa say they have made progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

A protester holds a sign ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 1, President Biden will need to rediscover his foreign policy expertise and deft touch with everyday Americans, qualities that polls show many voters now doubt, in his first State of the Union speech.

The challenges Biden faces in his State of the Union address

As President Biden is set to make his first State of the Union speech, he and the country face pressing issues, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to inflation and the continuing pandemic.

Spring break passengers wait in a TSA security line at Orlando International Airport. While COVID-19 face masks are still required, crowds have increased over last year.

After 2 years of empty airports, the demand for travel is at a high. So are airfares

Domestic air travel demand this spring is back to pre-pandemic levels. But airlines see headwinds as the war in Ukraine drives up jet fuel prices and air fares and has international travel lagging

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides in car as he leaves a government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 16, 2022.

Novak Djokovic has left Australia after losing his final appeal to avoid deportation

A court dismissed the No. 1-ranked tennis player's challenge to cancel his visa. Djokovic, who hoped to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated, said he was "extremely disappointed."

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