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So many people caught the omicron variant over the winter that almost 60% of everyone in the U.S. — including most children — now have antibodies to the virus in their blood, the CDC said Tuesday.

With nearly all the votes counted in Mexico's presidential vote, conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has a thin, but insurmountable lead. Calderon has declared victory. His rival, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is contesting the results and has called a protest rally for Saturday.

Faced with a potential government shutdown, the Senate votes to raise the nation's debt limit for the fourth time in five years, to $9 trillion. That's about $30,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States. The debt now stands at more than $8.2 trillion.

Rudy Giuliani, described at Monday's hearing as "intoxicated" on election night, urged the former president to say he had won, said senior adviser Jason Miller. His campaign manager pushed back.

There are 87 fewer billionaires on this year's list than in 2021, and their total wealth dipped by $400 billion, Forbes reported.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WBUR listener Laurie Rose and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Women spend $1 billion more annually on their health premiums than they would if they were men. But under the recently upheld health law, insurers won't be allowed to charge higher rates based on gender starting in 2014.

In a YouTube video, the science communicator and author announced that he's recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WFIU listener Mark Minster of Terre Haute, Ind., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with Minnesota Public Radio listener Matt Walsh of St. Louis Park, Minnesota and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.