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Case in point: India, which reported 481,000 COVID-19 deaths in 2020 and 2021. The World Health Organization found 4.74 million deaths there either directly or indirectly attributable to the pandemic.

Donald Trump is the featured speaker at the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit formed to promote the ideas that would have been on the agenda for a second Trump term.

Orders for durable goods climbed by nearly 5 percent last month — the largest amount in two years — as the manufacturing sector rebounded from the depths of the recession. And new home sales jumped 9.6 percent in July, a fourth straight monthly gain that beat analysts' expectations.

The federal deficit is expected to balloon to a record $1.6 trillion this year and debt will nearly double over the next decade, according to reports released Tuesday by the White House budget office and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Infants and preschoolers who don't get enough nighttime sleep have higher odds of being obese as they grow up. And napping isn't a substitute. Over the past three decades, obesity rates have doubled among children age 2 to 5, and tripled among 6- to 11-year-olds.

Marine Pvt. Heath Warner's body was exhumed on Wednesday on his parents' request, after an inspector general's report in June warned of poor record-keeping at the national cemetery. One Senate subcommittee investigation found that up to 6,600 burial sites could be affected.

Industry observers say the automaker needs to show that it has conquered its history of inconsistent products that has triggered boom-bust cycles in the past.

A new study finds that the number of people in multigenerational households grew by 2.6 million between 2007 and 2008. The trend is fueled by young adults, but older adults are also slightly more likely to share households. Another factor is the increasingly large share of immigrants living in the U.S.

The Federal Reserve decided to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero, reinforcing a commitment that rates should stay "exceptionally low" as the economy emerges from recession. Officials said high unemployment and low inflation were at the crux of the decision.

Amid all of the gloomy economic news lately, at least one sector is poised for growth. The $787 billion stimulus package and the $3.6 trillion Obama budget blueprint mean the federal government is hiring.