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‘Let the People Speak’: Joe Biden Urges Senate to Wait on Supreme Court
Joe Biden slammed Trump and leading Senate Republicans for trying to jam through a Supreme Court replacement for the late Justice Ginsburg.
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Billion-Dollar Disasters Are More Frequent Than Ever in the US—Wildfires Are Only Part of That Toll
Wildfires in the West will have an enormous financial toll, but they are part of a more worrying trend of huge financial losses tied to extreme weather events caused by climate change.
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Emails Show States Reopened Too Soon Because of Pressure From Businesses
“The interest in trying to reopen and restart economic activity had a much greater pull at the time … than did public health concerns or question marks about how it would go.”
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READ: The Full Transcript of Sen. Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech
Making history, Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night. Read her full speech below.
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Nursing Home Cases Up Nearly 80% as COVID-19 Surged This Summer
While the GOP pushed states to reopen this summer, the coronavirus found its way into nursing homes in the South and West—with dire consequences.
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The Gig Economy Was Already Broken — Then the Pandemic Hit
“One week I might have seven, eight, 10 families I was shopping for. I had a week when I had no money. That’s definitely a challenge.”
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What Veterans Are Saying About Trump and the Russian Bounties: ‘I Don’t Think He Cares About Troops at All’
Trump’s relationship with the nation’s military community has been frequently strained. But just four months before the November election, reports that he either ignored, or was unaware of, a Russian plot to kill U.S. troops could intensify the tension and create new political risks.
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Colorado Is Reopening Investigation Into Horrifying Police Killing of Elijah McClain. Here’s What We Know.
In the video, Elijah McClain can be seen sobbing as he repeatedly tells officers, “I’m just different.” Samara McClain said her brother was a massage therapist who planned to go to college.
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Fauci Has a Dire Warning. You Should Listen to It.
Leading public health officials spent more than five hours testifying before Congress as coronavirus cases are rising in about half the states and political polarization competes for attention with public health recommendations.
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5 Years After Charleston Church Shooting, SC Republicans Still Protecting Racist Monuments
In 2015, Dylann Roof killed nine worshippers at Mother Emanuel AME church, sparing one woman’s life so she could tell everyone he wanted to start a race war. He was sentenced to death and remains in federal prison.
