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(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court will once again revisit the legality of affirmative action in higher education, after last upholding decades-old precedent in 2016. On Monday, the High Court said it would take up a pair of…

Go Nakamura/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the world, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 872,000 Americans, according to compiled real-time data. by…

Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg via Getty Images(CHICAGO) - More than 350,000 Chicago public school students are expected to resume in-person learning on Wednesday after a tentative agreement was reached between the school district…

JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) - As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 837,000 Americans, according to real-time data…

Max Mumby / Indigo / Getty Images(LONDON) - Duchess Kate begins 2022 with a milestone birthday. The Duchess of Cambridge turns 40 on January 9, a birthday she is expected to celebrate privately with her family. Kate, the wife of…

Eric Lee / Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) - As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data…

John Moore / Getty Images (NEW YORK) - In a mishmash of face-to-face, remote and delayed re-openings, millions of students across the country are set to return to school after several weeks of winter vacation. School…

iStock / narvikk(ATLANTA) - Georgia plans to send the National Guard to hospitals and testing sites as the state sets a one-day record for COVID-19 cases. In a statement on Wednesday, Governor Brian Kemp announced that of the…

Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images(PLAISTOW, NH) - Since the start of the school year, some New Hampshire teachers have said they are on edge over a new policy they say punishes those who teach oppression in the past and the present of…

jacoblund / iStock(NEW YORK) - As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by the Center…

Thongbun Rattankun / iStock(NEW YORK) - As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including more than 758,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by the…

Kali9 / iStock(HOUSTON) - At least eight people have died, including two teenagers, after a crowd rushed to the stage at a massive concert in Houston, causing panic and chaos, authorities said. More than 50,000 people were in…

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- This report is part of "Rethinking gun violence" an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the United States - and what can be done about it. Gun violence is an endemic problem in the United…

Terry Ashe / ABC(NEW YORK) - Legendary ABC News journalist and political commentator Cokie Roberts has "two legacies," her 50-year-old husband said. “The Public Cokie and the Private Cokie,”…

Getty Images / Kevin Dietsch(WASHINGTON) - Four months after announcing it would allow a third-sex option for U.S. citizens on their passports, the State Department said on Wednesday it had issued one. It is the first of its…

WJLA(WASHINGTON) - There is a new twist in the history of these zebras - still at large in Maryland since their escape two months ago. Earlier this week, authorities filed criminal animal cruelty charges against Jerry Lee Holly,…