The highest percentages are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South.
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Stocks end higher on Wall Street, breaking a 3-day slump
Investors are encouraged by the latest jobs data showing fewer Americans are filing for unemployment benefits, another sign that the economic recovery is underway.
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Biden’s IRS crackdown proposal targets rich hiding income
The Treasury Department aims to raise $700 billion in additional revenue over a decade through Internal Revenue Service enforcement.
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Top U.S., Russia diplomats spar firmly but politely in Iceland
The meeting in Reykjavik took place just as the Biden administration notified Congress of new sanctions on Russia over a controversial European pipeline.
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Without witnesses, Texas executes man who killed his great-aunt in 1999
Quintin Jones, 41, became the 571st inmate to receive a lethal injection in Texas since the state resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
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Republicans rebel against mask requirement in House chamber
Democratic lawmakers say they are tired of it, too, but they worry that some of their GOP colleagues have declined to be vaccinated and could spread the virus.
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Down syndrome abortion bans gain traction after court ruling
Governors in two states recently signed such bills into law, and similar measures are pending in two others; most significantly, a federal appeals court said Ohio could begin to implement its 2017 law.
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‘City in transition’: New York begins to turn page on pandemic
Starting Wednesday, vaccinated New Yorkers could shed their masks in most situations, and restaurants, stores, gyms and many other businesses could go back to full capacity.
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Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4 million to hackers
CEO Joseph Blount says he authorized the payment because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage and wasn’t sure how long it would take to bring the pipeline’s systems back.
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How to ease out of mortgage forbearance, avoid foreclosure
About 3 million people are behind on their mortgages, the most at any time since the Great Recession, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.