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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.

Facebook's Oversight Board says the company, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, must take responsibility for its decisions.

In 1st Big Test, Oversight Board Says Facebook, Not Trump, Is The Problem

The first big test of Facebook's Oversight Board reveals the challenges of checking the power and scale of the social media giant.

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.

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.

Ruth Miller is among a group of young Indigenous activists who have come to add their voice to COP26.

Indigenous activists are united in a cause and are making themselves heard at COP26

Indigenous activists from around the world are in Glasgow for COP26, but say the same legacy of colonialism that has led to climate-related losses has impacted their access to the conference.

Medicare Advantage health plans have enrolled nearly 27 million members, or about 45% of people eligible for Medicare. A recent analysis finds Medicare overpaid the private health plans by more than $106 billion from 2010 through 2019 because of the way the plans charge for sicker patients.

Medicare Advantage's cost to taxpayers has soared in recent years, research finds

An alternative to original Medicare, the private plans are run mostly by major insurers. A recent analysis estimates Medicare overpaid these insurers by $106 billion from 2010 through 2019.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has faced a barrage of conservative criticism and violent threats over the handling of the highly politicized coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci calls on Fox News to fire host who urged 'kill shot' in 'ambush' interviews

Fox News host Jesse Watters is facing blowback for using violent rhetoric to explain how citizen journalists should confront Dr. Anthony Fauci in the hopes of going viral.

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.

Caltrans maintenance supervisor Matt Martin walks by a landslide covering Highway 70 in the Dixie Fire zone Sunday in Plumas County, Calif. Heavy rains blanketing Northern California created slide and flood hazards in land scorched during last summer's wildfires.

A historic storm brings heavy rain, flooding and mud flows to Northern California

Flooding was reported across the San Francisco Bay Area while the National Weather Service's Sacramento office warned of "potentially historic rain."

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.

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