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Many students have still not regained pandemic-era losses in reading, math: Report

Thursday, February 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Elementary and middle school students have only made up some of the losses in math and reading they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds.For the report, published Wednesday, a collaborative team at the Center for Education Policy Research...

Pandemic-era food stamp benefits are about to end: What that means for Americans

Tuesday, February 28 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Deanna Hardy of Marshfield, Wisconsin, is stocking up on pricier food items like meat, eggs and salmon before her family’s monthly food stamp benefits are drastically reduced."We're really going to struggle," the mom of two told ABC News. "We're going to...

Federal judge halts the rapid removal of migrants under pandemic-era policy

Wednesday, November 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Trump-era policy of rapidly expelling migrants from the border in the name of pandemic health precautions.The order relied on a decades-old public health law known as Title 42 and was implemented by Donald Trump's...

Biden signs CHIPS Act, intended to relieve the pandemic-era computer chip shortage

Tuesday, August 9 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a multibillion-dollar bill to boost domestic computer chip manufacturing and more, touting the bipartisan package as "a once-in-a-generation investment in America itself."The law -- known as the CHIPS and Science Act -- spends nearly $53 billion...

Fed to more rapidly end pandemic-era policies amid inflation, sees 3 rate hikes in 2022

Wednesday, December 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Federal Reserve officials announced Wednesday that they intend to more rapidly end pandemic-era monetary policies meant to support the economy as surging inflation casts a new shadow over the recovery.The U.S. central bank announced it would accelerate the tapering of its bond-buying...

‘Venom 2’ opens at number one with record pandemic-era box office weekend

Monday, October 4 by ABC News

When it came to the box office, Venom: Let There Be Carnage certainly lived up to its name.Sony's comic-book movie sequel -- which was produced in association with Marvel Studios -- was easily the biggest film of the weekend, debuting at number one with...

Venom 2 opens at number one with record pandemic-era box office weekend

Monday, October 4 by ABC News

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ delivers pandemic-era record $57 million Memorial Day weekend box office haul

Tuesday, June 1 by ABC News

Memorial Day weekend brought more positive news for the COVID-19 box office as A Quiet Place Part II, the John Krasinski-directed followup to the surprise 2018 blockbuster A Quiet Place, topped the box office with an estimated $57 million -- breaking the previous pandemic-era record set by Godzilla...

New wave of lawmakers build off of pandemic-era hurdles

Saturday, May 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- As the pandemic raged, local political hopefuls across the country were often serving constituents on the frontlines while also guiding their communities through a national reckoning over race relations. In many cases, the personal experiences of those officials were evolving in tandem...

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