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The Supreme Court heard challenges Friday to the Biden administration efforts to increase the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Supreme Court conservatives seem skeptical of vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses

Justices seemed more open to the vaccine mandate for almost all workers at hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funds.

Kun Kun catches up on some reading. Raúl Hernández hide caption

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Raúl Hernández

Is your dog bilingual? A new study suggests their brains can tell languages apart

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Sidney Poitier won his first Oscar in 1964 for his role as Homer, the reluctant handyman in Lilies of the Field. The Kobal Collection hide caption

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Sir, we loved you: Sidney Poitier dies at 94

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A newborn lies in the maternity ward of the Lens hospital, northern France. A study of crying mice could help explain some building blocks of human infant cries and adult speech. Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What crying baby mice could teach us about human speech

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The Supreme Court heard challenges Friday to the Biden administration efforts to increase the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Supreme Court's conservatives cast cloud over vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses

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