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Komal Rana, 19, a student in the Veerni Institute program, has faced pressure to marry since India's pandemic lockdown forced her to return home to her hamlet of Jhalamand near Jodhpur.

This Teen Is Being Pushed To Wed Because Of The Pandemic. Her School Helps Her Resist

She's one of 110 girls in a boarding program run by the Veerni Institute in India. When lockdowns hit, they were sent home to their villages, where child marriage is rampant.

Whitney Turner, an employee of the U.S. Census Bureau, holds an "I count" sign at a 2020 census advertising campaign event in Washington, D.C., in January 2020.

What The New Census Data Can — And Can't — Tell Us About People Living In The U.S.

No census has been perfect. COVID-19, Trump officials' interference and the Census Bureau's new privacy protections have raised concerns about the reliability of demographic data from the 2020 count.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, says we need to make sure that people with compromised immune systems are protected.

Fauci Says COVID-19 Booster Shots Are Needed For Those Who Are Immunocompromised

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, tells NPR's Morning Edition "it is so imminent to make sure that we get them boosted so that they would be in a protected zone."

A Tropical Storm Is On Track To Sweep The U.S. Gulf Coast This Weekend

Tropical Depression Fred is expected to regain strength slowly before making landfall as a tropical storm in the Florida Keys on Saturday.

The Baylor Bears take on West Virginia Mountaineers at McLane Stadium on Oct. 31, 2019 in Waco, Texas. In a new report, the NCAA says the culture of sexual violence and a lack of accountability spanned the entire Baylor University campus — both inside athletics and out.

NCAA Won't Punish Baylor For Failing To Report Sexual Assault Claims Against Players

The ruling is the culmination of a five-year investigation undertaken by the NCAA following the eruption of the sexual assault scandal at the Christian university in Waco, Texas, in 2016.

Local Vaccinations Top Infections as Delta Variant Spreads

Vaccinations outnumber infections in the latest COVID-19 report for Vanderburgh County. The Indiana State Department of Health recorded 183 new full…

Xavier Becerra, then nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, puts on his protective mask at his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in February.

Nearly 300,000 More Federal Health Workers Are Ordered To Be Vaccinated

The Department of Health and Human Services will require nearly a third of its employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, while the Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded its vaccination mandate.

New Testimony Reveals Trump Pressured The DOJ To Falsely Question Election Results

NY Times journalist Katie Benner says a division head at the DOJ secretly plotted with the President to oust the head of the agency and join his plan to subvert the results of the 2020 election.

Jeff Bezos hugs Van Jones, founder of Dream Corps, on Tuesday after announcing a $200 million award to him and chef José Andrés for charities of their choice.

Bezos Landed, Thanked Amazon Workers And Shoppers For Paying, Gave Away $200 Million

Jeff Bezos gave $100 million each in "courage and civility awards" to CNN's Van Jones and chef José Andrés.

Performing last rites before the cremation of a family member who died of COVID-19.

India's Pandemic Death Toll Estimated At About 4 Million: 10 Times The Official Count

That's the number of "excess deaths" from January 2020 to June 2021, reflecting the true toll of COVID-19, say researchers in a new study. Why the big disparity?

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