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Portland, Ore., advises police to back off on minor traffic stops after data show officers tend to pull over disproportionately more Black drivers.
A new study says there are lots of stars and planets in our galactic neighborhood that can get a good glimpse of Earth and its human civilization.
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As New York prosecutors dig further into Trump Organization’s finances, the former president’s fate may depend on his accountant, Allen Weisselberg.
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Average temperatures have risen in the Yellowstone region, a study finds, and average annual snowfall has decreased by nearly 2 feet since 1950.
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appears to have taken a fragile lead in New York City’s crowded Democratic mayoral primary.
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Multiple Chinese police departments recently issued warnings that the Study Xi, Strong Nation app was being used by scammers to steal targets’ money.
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President Biden plans to announce efforts to curb gun violence and help cities that need more police, including community policing models.
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Colombia has reached 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19, becoming the 10th country in the world to cross that threshold.
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A grand jury in Texas declines to indict 8 jailers over the death in custody of Marvin Scott III, a Black man who died after struggling with officers.
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Warren Buffett is resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a few weeks after the Gateses announced their divorce.
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At least 153 employees of a Houston hospital were fired or resigned after refusing to get vaccinated
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Black Lives Matter has emboldened a younger generation of the Klamath Tribes, who are now speaking out on their treatment on the parched Oregon-California border.
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The Russian military says one of its warships fired warning shots at a British destroyer in waters near Crimea, but the U.K. denies the incident.
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Health workers in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region say an airstrike has hit a busy village market, killing dozens of people.
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Iran likely conducted an unsuccessful launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days and now appears to be preparing to try again.
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President Biden’s negotiators are moving toward renewing former President Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, a deal renounced by former President Trump.
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Asian Americans and others are campaigning for a U.S. Navy warship to be named for Telesforo Trinidad, who rescued 2 crew members from a burning ship.
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Kumi Yokoyama, a Washington Spirit soccer team player, has come out as transgender — an identity not legally recognized back in their native Japan.
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The pro-democracy Apple Daily said Wednesday it would close after authorities arrested several editors in an intensifying clampdown on dissent.
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Compared with Californians overall, fewer police and firefighters are vaccinated. Do they pose a threat to public safety?
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Drew Pavlou’s battle against the University of Queensland illustrates China’s influence over a key U.S. ally.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. makes chips for iPhones, video game consoles and fighter jets. Now it’s being forced to choose sides.
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In U.S.-China dispute over missile defense system, Beijing punishes South Korea by restricting tourism and holding trade hostage.
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Beijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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China’s paramount leader, Xi Jinping, sees himself as a savior, anointed to steer the Communist Party and China away from corruption and foreign influence, into a ‘new era’ of prosperity, power and political devotion. Whether his vision matches reality is another question.
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China’s oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.
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Houston hospital fires staff for refusing coronavirus vaccine, sparking anti-vax protests
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Asian Americans and others are campaigning for a U.S. Navy warship to be named for Telesforo Trinidad, who rescued 2 crew members from a burning ship.
