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‘Saved by the Bell’ Star Dustin Diamond Dies Of Cancer At 44

“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with carcinoma, according to his representative. He was 44.

US Awards $231M Contract For At-Home Virus Tests

White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt says the government awarded a $231-million contract to scale up production of a COVID-19 home test recently authorized by U.S. regulators.

Patricia Rooney, Wife Of Late Steelers Chairman, Dead At 88

Patricia Rooney, the wife of late Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, has died. She was 88.

Fight The Man: What GameStop's Surge Says About Online Mobs

It’s a fable for our times: Small-time investors band together to take down greedy Wall Street hedge funds using the stock of a troubled video-game store.

Push To Reopen Schools Could Leave Out Millions Of Students

President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is likely to leave out millions of students, many of them minorities in urban areas.

President Biden, Democrats Hit Gas On Push For $15 Minimum Wage

The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in the fight for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, testing President Joe Biden’s ability to bridge Washington’s partisan divides as he pursues his first major legislative victory.

GameStop Soars Again; Wall Street Bends Under The Pressure

Another bout of selling gripped the U.S. stock market Friday, as anxiety mounts over whether the frenzy behind a swift, meteoric rise in GameStop and a handful of other stocks will damage Wall Street overall.

Biden Taking 'Creative Steps' To Push For $1.9T Aid Plan

Republican lawmakers are balking at the cost of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue plan — but the Biden team is trying to convince the country that the cost is a bargain compared to the potential damage to the world’s largest economy.

Teen Faces 6 Murder Counts In Shootings At Indianapolis Home

A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a heavily pregnant 19-year-old woman was charged with six counts of murder Thursday, according to a prosecutor and court documents.

J&J 1-Dose Shot Prevents COVID-19, But Less Than Some Others

Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited vaccine appears to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot – not as strong as some two-shot rivals but still potentially helpful for a world in dire need of more doses.

The David And Goliath Stock Market Chaos

EXPLAINED: A New Generation Of Investors Changing The Game On Wall Street

They're using social media. The shakeup started when a group of small day traders organized on Reddit came together, forcing shares of GameStop up 1700% this month.

Cicely Tyson, Groundbreaking Award-Winning Actor, Dies At 96

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.