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Advocates hope the decision will set a precedent for marriage equality lawsuits now pending across the country, and help pave the way for same-sex marriage in Japan — the only G-7 nation without it.

The bank blamed "high volumes" for the outage on its online banking site, but said the issue does not affect the actual deposits of the stimulus checks.

The Federal Reserve has raised its forecast for economic growth, thanks to an improving public health outlook and trillions of dollars in federal spending.

In his debut novel, Jakob Guanzon wanted to write about hunger and need and the one thing that's inescapable for anyone living paycheck-to-paycheck: The fluctuating numbers of your budget.

In Nigeria, Burna Boy is known as much for his social crusading as he is for his Afro-fusion style music.

The Biden administration announced a $12 billion plan to expand the ability of schools to test students, teachers and staff for COVID-19. Some Massachusetts schools are doing this, but it's expensive.

American Rescue Package includes almost $130 billion for K-12 education. Some of the things it may be spent on are supplies, renovating buildings and helping with "learning loss" during the pandemic.

The NCAA men's basketball tournament gets underway on Thursday. Normally, March Madness is a truly wild tournament. This year, because of COVID-19, it's going to have a very different look.

As a senator, President Biden played a key role in passing the landmark 1994 law, which he called "one of my proudest legislative achievements." It wasn't reauthorized in 2018 over partisan disputes.

The annual homeless count by the Department of Housing and Urban Development shows an increase in people living outside. The 2020 numbers in the report do not reflect the impact of the pandemic.