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FDA approves first drug for Covid-19: Remdesivir

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Southwest Airlines to start unblocking middle seats for holiday travel

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Big Ten mayors 'humbly' plead for more Covid protections

Economy

Around 787,000 people filed for first-time jobless claims last week, lowest level since March

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New Hampshire restaurant shuts its doors rather than enforce mask mandate

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Around 787,000 people filed for first-time jobless claims last week, lowest level since March

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New Hampshire restaurant shuts its doors rather than enforce mask mandate

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Business News

A look at why Quibi failed so soon after launching

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Treasure-seeker charged with damaging Yellowstone during hunt

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Watch the exact moment a NASA spacecraft 'tags' an asteroid

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Pope's civil union remarks raise hopes, doubts for gay Catholics

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Barrett Supreme Court nomination moves to full Senate

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2020 Election

Trump releases video of unedited, contentious '60 Minutes' interview

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America's Diverse Vote

Meet some of the Black voters casting ballots for the first time

Polling HQ

See the latest in Trump-Biden polling around the country

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Afghan government denies children among the dead after military airstrike

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'A shocking statement': Pope's backing for same-sex unions divides Catholic world

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World

Secularism, sacred pillar of French society, now right-wing rallying cry after beheading

World

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reportedly granted permanent residency in Russia

World

Protesters describe trauma, chaos as soldiers open fire in Nigeria

World

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reportedly granted permanent residency in Russia

World

Protesters describe trauma, chaos as soldiers open fire in Nigeria

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How could Biden win a swath of red states? Take a look, and turn the electoral map upside down

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Demographic shifts since 2016 could be enough to defeat Trump. But it's complicated.

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Science News

How to build stronger materials? A 'diabolical' beetle offers clues

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Coronavirus

'Robbed of our life': Pandemic causes unprecedented disruptions in cancer research

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Space

NASA makes history with sample of asteroid soil

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Science News

Scientists have measured time in zeptoseconds more than a century after Einstein's theory

Coronavirus

Can ordinary Covid patients get the Trump treatment? It's OK to ask

Science News

Touch-and-go: U.S. spacecraft sampling asteroid for return

Analysis

World leaders pledged to protect nature. The U.S. and two others refused to commit.

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Diet & Fitness

15 easy ways to lower the added sugar in your diet

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Trends

'Chefs for the Polls' feeds hungry voters waiting in long lines at voting sites

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Groceries

Is there a right way to organize groceries on a conveyor belt? These people think so

Health & Wellness

What is flaneuring? The walking trend that will make you happier

Diet & Fitness

Don't feel like working out? 7 ways to trick yourself into it

Health & Wellness

What is flaneuring? The walking trend that will make you happier

Diet & Fitness

Don't feel like working out? 7 ways to trick yourself into it

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Coronavirus: By the numbers

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Map: State-by-state breakdown of coronavirus travel restrictions

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The coronavirus has destroyed the job market. See which states have been hit the hardest.

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MAP: Breaking down which states require — or don't require — face masks in public

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Coronavirus cases are soaring around the country. See how the map is changing.

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A breakdown of coronavirus deaths in the U.S., per day

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Coronavirus cases are soaring around the country. See how the map is changing.

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A breakdown of coronavirus deaths in the U.S., per day

Digital Docs

'My culture is being erased': An American Uighur votes for change

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