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How the Worst Week for COVID Compares to Today in Every State
247wallst.com - Hristina Byrnes
COVID-19 has killed more than 1 million people in the U.S. since it was first detected in the country in January 2020. Over the time since the Trump …
NPR
5 hours ago
The iconic Easter Island statues have been damaged in a fire, authorities say
NPR - Joe Hernandez
The famous statues on Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — have suffered "irreparable" damage in a fire, local authorities said. A photo shared by the municipality of Rapa Nui on social media shows several charred statues in the aftermath of a blaze that swept through around 250 acres of an area …
ABC News
1 hour ago
300,000 COVID deaths among seniors avoided because of vaccines, report finds
ABC News
The report also found 650,000 fewer hospitalizations among seniors. There were 300,000 fewer COVID deaths and 650,000 fewer hospitalizations among …
Guardian US
1 hour ago
Donald Trump seeks to withhold two folders seized at Mar-a-Lago
Guardian US - Hugo Lowell in Washington
Donald Trump is seeking to withhold from the justice department two folders marked as containing correspondence with the National Archives and signing sheets that the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago resort, according to court filings in the special master review of the confiscated documents. The …
FiveThirtyEight
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How Our Midterm Forecast Takes Candidates’ Scandals Into Account
FiveThirtyEight
On Monday, The Daily Beast reported that Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia who has campaigned on being …
Wired UK
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Biden’s Privacy Order Slaps a Band-Aid on the EU-US Data Crisis
Wired UK - Morgan Meaker
The United States is not going to stop spying on Europeans’ data, but it is going to make sure that spying is “proportionate.” This was the …