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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 08: Protestors gather in Grand Park at a ‘March for Freedom’ rally demonstrating against the L.A. City Council’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees and contractors on November 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The City Council has set a deadline of December 18 for all city employees and contractors to be vaccinated except for those who have religious or medical exemptions. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Feel like you don't fit in either political party? Here's why

The division is far more complicated than a split between Republicans and Democrats, according to the Pew Research Center. Here are the differences in ideology on race, economics and government.

A five year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. - An expert panel unanimously recommended Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds on November 2, the penultimate step in the process that will allow injections in young children to begin this week in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the top US public health agency, was expected to endorse that recommendation later in the day. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

New York governor offers public college scholarship drawing for vaccinated kids

"We will be selecting 50 names of children who will be receiving a full ride to a SUNY or CUNY institution."

Valora Reese shows off her arm after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Megan Zerez / WSKG)

Southern Tier schools roll out COVID-19 vaccine clinics for younger kids

The lower-dose Pfizer vaccine has arrived at health departments and pediatricians’ offices across the region.

SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 01: Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (R) administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination into the arm of Chen Knifsend at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Marin County opened its first COVID-19 booster shot clinic inside a former Victoria's Secret store at Northgate Mall. The clinic is giving priority to residents over 75 years old but is open to all ages that are eligible to receive the Pfizer booster. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Pfizer and BioNTech ask FDA to authorize COVID vaccine booster for people 18+

The companies say a study of more than 10,000 volunteers showed a vaccine efficacy of 95% or greater for people receiving the booster.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court appears reluctant to rule for a resident of Puerto Rico who claims it’s unconstitutional to be excluded from a welfare program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The justices acknowledged Tuesday that the differential treatment of Puerto Ricans might be problematic, but several suggested that it is up to Congress, not the courts, to act.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court conservatives are skeptical on spiritual advisers in death chamber

The subject has, at times, divided the court's conservative majority and it has also at times embarrassed the court, as minority religious advisers have sometimes been excluded from the chamber.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court tossed out a landmark $465 million opioid ruling

This ruling and a recent state court in California raise questions about thousands of opioid lawsuits filed against Big Pharma.

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010 file photo a wind turbine is pictured in the in front of a steaming coal power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The U.N.s expert panel on climate change is preparing a new report this weekend outlining the cuts in greenhouse gases, mainly CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels, required in coming decades to keep global warming in check.(AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Glasgow climate pledges are 'lip service' without far more aggressive plans

New analyses find countries' latest climate promises are still not enough to meet the goal set in the Paris climate agreement. And they warn few countries even have plans to carry out their pledges.

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, Chris Kempczinski, then-incoming president of McDonald's USA, speaks during a presentation at a McDonald's restaurant in New York's Tribeca neighborhood. On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, McDonald’s said the company will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting in 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

McDonald's CEO apologizes after saying 2 slain children were failed by their parents

Chris Kempczinski held a town hall with employees on Monday after reports revealed he messaged Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and appeared to blame the death of two shooting victims on their parents.

WILMINGTON, NC - NOVEMBER 06: Members of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina walk soil collected in honor of Joshua Halsey to his grave site while community members gathered at the Pine Forest Cemetery on November 6, 2021 in Wilmington, North Carolina. The ceremony honored Halsey who was killed in an attack attributed to a white supremacist mob in 1898. Great Granddaughters of Halsey attended the service where Rev. Dr. William Barber, II eulogized Halsey. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

A North Carolina city begins to reckon with the massacre in its white supremacist past

In 1898, a white supremacist mob burned the offices of Wilmington's Black-owned newspaper and gunned down scores of the city's African American residents. Now, the city is honoring some of the dead.

Nick Jones at Camp Lejeune on Nov. 8, 2021. (Catie Dull/NPR)

As he leaves the Marines, a Navy Cross recipient finds purpose through tragedy

This Veterans Day will be Nick Jones' first day as a civilian upon leaving the Marine Corps. Forced to leave the military after he was wounded in combat, he struggled with what to do next.

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