Pictogram people become unlikely MVPs One of the most striking sequences in the Tokyo Olympics' opening ceremony revolved around pictograms. Tokyo organizers have been touting their "kinetic pictograms," which show figures bursting into motion across dozens of...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national “test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it.Texas Democrats took theirown dramatic action to stymie Republican efforts to tighten ballot...

Ohio will announce a second coronavirus vaccine incentive program within the next few days in a new attempt to boost the state’s vaccination rate, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.DeWine did not provide details but hinted it could include smaller amounts of money meant...

Most families can look out for a check from the IRS. This first payment as part of the advance child tax credit in 2021 means that most families will be eligible to receive up to $3,600 per child between now and 2022, in a series of monthly payments (mostly). That’s...

Elsa strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday night as it barreled up Florida's west coast, threatening heavy rain, flooding and high winds. The storm intensified from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph by 7:45 p.m., the...

New York (CNN Business)Maybe America's key inflation metric, the Consumer Price Index, should be redubbed the Car Price Index.CPI climbed to a 13-year high in May, with prices up 5% compared to a year earlier. But about one third of that increase was due solely to the...