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Lawmakers pass legislation making U.S. contractors operating overseas accountable under U.S. law. The legislation comes after the recent shooting deaths of Iraqi citizens by Blackwater USA, the North Carolina-based private security firm hired to protect U.S. State Department officials in Baghdad.

At a press conference, Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia and Nicholas Nicosia defended themselves against "false claims of racism." Then, she confessed she runs a "blatantly racist" Twitter account.

Retirees have protested in two Chinese cities over fears that the authorities will dip into their personal health savings accounts to cover public budget shortfalls.

In a few weeks, Australia will become the first country to ban children below the age of 16 from having social media accounts.

Observers said on Friday the government is responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube had failed since it came into force in December year.

At a CNN town hall, the Republican senator said he would support raising the age limit for those wanting to purchase AR-15 style rifles and is "reconsidering" his position on high-capacity magazines.

A key hearing on COVID-19 takes place in the Senate Tuesday. The Supreme Court hears arguments involving President Trump's financial records. And, pandemic exposes cracks in the nursing home system.

The biggest spending came from the campaign of Democrat Bernie Sanders. Outside groups dominated spending on the Republican side.

Stocks experienced their biggest rally in two years after a report that inflation is currently running at 7.7%.

Alison Richards of NPR News begins a three part series on osteoperosis. Today she details how the disease has become a public health crisis in such a short period of time. No one realized the size of the problem until the accountants took a look at the heath care costs.