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You might be hard-pressed to come by Santa this year — just another long-term effect of the pandemic wreaking havoc on employee shortages. The average working Santa is of a certain age and plumper proportions, making them the most at risk for coronavirus, meaning many Santas aren’t suiting up this year because they are still not comfortable working, and enrollment in Santa schools is down.

The Association of American Medical Colleges praised U.S. medical schools for their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, in a new report that detailed nationwide efforts at the colleges to implement diversity programs.

An obscure statue of Mickey Mouse has reappeared at a store in Boston after being out of public view for nearly 17 years.

Scientists have discovered the last meal for ancient animal inhabitants of Earth, from more than 550 million years ago, in a fossil.

Former President Donald Trump dinged critics after he received backlash for dining with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday, saying he "didn’t know Nick Fuentes."

The dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor when she won her first Academy Award in 1961 was found in a suitcase.

Several shops in Europe are resisting the U.S. consumerism tradition of mega sales on Black Friday, opting for a focus on sustainability.

Protests broke out in Xinjiang, China, over the country's draconian lockdown measures after they contributed to a deadly fire that killed 10.

A new study revealed the most and least lonely states in the United States, the results of which show sunshine doesn't cure all problems.

U.S. inventories of diesel fuel and home heating oil saw small gains this week, an early but encouraging sign at the start of the winter heating season—and with stocks depleted to their lowest level in decades.