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Sculptor Edmonia Lewis is on the next stamp in the Black Heritage series

The U.S. Postal Service is making 19th century sculptor Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis the face of its 45th stamp for the Black Heritage series. The stamp will debut later this month.

An old family photo of Trina and Martin Daniel, who died of COVID-19 within 24 hours of one another in July, with their children Myles and Marina, who were adopted by their cousins after their parents died. Myles and Marina are now teenagers. (Courtesy of the Daniel family)

An overlooked consequence of COVID-19: The hundreds of thousands of orphans left behind

Researchers say the number of COVID-19 orphans likely tops 200,000.

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project team at Filmores. (Courtesy)

Dances, chicken wings, vaccines: Toronto strip clubs fight COVID-19, stigmas by offering shots

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project teamed up with local health organizations to vaccinate more than 3,000 people to date.

Lionel Richie, shown performing at a benefit concert in 2019, is the recipient of this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is going to pop star Lionel Richie

Richie, responsible for a seemingly endless catalog of hits, will be awarded the songwriting prize this spring by the Library of Congress.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, sits in a car as he leaves Parliament after attending the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation

Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.

A volunteer receives daily necessities on behalf of residents under home quarantine in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 12, 2022.

China is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance' COVID policy ahead of the Olympics

China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in six cities. More than 20 million people are in some form of lockdown.

Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder or the American Indian Movement, is shown speaking in 2018 at Minneapolis City Hall. Bellecourt, a leader in the Native American struggle for civil rights and a founder of the American Indian Movement died at 85 on Tuesday night from cancer.

Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, dies of cancer at 85

Bellecourt died on Tuesday night in Minneapolis, where more than 50 years ago he helped launch the American Indian Movement.

Database paints picture of how slavery influenced early American lawmakers

Congressmen's own slave-holding interests shaped the laws.

State Medicaid programs sign lucrative deals with transportation companies that are supposed to provide reliable free rides to and from medical care. But some shuttle drivers never show, or some patients have been injured during rides because their wheelchairs were not properly secured, according to lawsuits.

Medicaid pays millions for patient transportation. Sometimes the ride never comes

Medicaid's transportation contracts can be worth tens of millions for companies that land them. But patients say rides to and from medical care often show up late — or sometimes not at all.

The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown in Cambridge, Mass. Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,200-per-year Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been questioned.

Medicare proposes covering expensive Alzheimer's drug for those in clinical trials

Aduhelm is the first treatment approved in the country to slow cognitive decline in those living with Alzheimer's. Doctors have refused to prescribe it, given the lack of data and evidence behind it.

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