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May 29, 2021 at 8:04 am

What is critical race theory, and why do some states want to ban it in schools?

The latest front in the culture wars over how U.S. students should learn history and civics is the concept of critical race theory, an intellectual...

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May 15, 2021 at 7:10 am

The new mask guidance relies on an honor system. Do we trust each other enough to make it work?

Many have little faith that their maskless fellow Americans have been vaccinated. That lack of trust, fueled by ongoing politicization of the pandemic, tears away...

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Rochelle Walensky, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) WX310 WX310

May 11, 2021 at 3:20 pm

CDC director encourages parents to get children vaccinated

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged parents to vaccinate their children now that federal officials have authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech shots for those as young as 12....

May 5, 2021 at 3:58 am

‘She didn’t deserve to die the way she did,’ says family of cult leader found dead and mummified

A sleeping bag and Christmas lights enveloped the body, which was surrounded by a shrine. Glittery makeup encircled the eyes. Parts of the corpse were...

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March 26, 2021 at 4:55 pm

A Minnesota man can’t be charged with rape because the woman chose to drink beforehand, court rules

The Minnesota case points to a legal loophole that many other states share: that if person chooses to become drunk, and then is sexually assaulted,...

March 24, 2021 at 1:50 pm

Driver heard screams and stopped to investigate; it was a naked woman in a sewer

The woman was driving through a commercial corridor with her window down Tuesday when a scream rang out from a storm drain. She pulled onto...

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March 15, 2021 at 6:18 pm

Cleveland newspaper has a novel strategy for covering one politician’s falsehoods: Don’t

In a Saturday opinion piece, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland said its journalists intend to ignore inaccurate statements from Republican Josh Mandel that they consider...

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March 12, 2021 at 2:54 pm

Kentucky Senate votes to criminalize insulting police in way that could cause ‘violent response’

Kentucky's Republican-majority Senate on Thursday moved forward a bill that would make it easier to arrest protesters for insulting a police officer, a measure that...

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February 20, 2021 at 7:52 am

Biden declares major disaster in Texas as focus shifts to who is responsible for the winter weather crisis

HOUSTON — President Joe Biden signed a major disaster declaration that will allow much of Texas to tap vast reserves of federal aid, the White...

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January 21, 2021 at 10:12 am

Judge chides suspected Pelosi laptop thief: ‘The Constitution prevails here today’

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania woman accused of helping to steal a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the attack on the U.S....

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