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'Lackluster performance' by Chauvin defense leaves experts debating trial's outcome

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As grocery chains made billions, some workers dying of Covid couldn't take sick days

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A West Virginia town was beating back addiction crisis. Then came Covid.

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Forced to leave home behind, Hong Kong's youngest political exile starts her life in U.K.

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Asian America

White women had already co-opted yoga. And then YouTube's algorithm kicked in.

Politics

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Elections

How Michigan Republicans could sidestep Whitmer to enact voting restrictions

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Immigration

Bush tells Congress to cool it on immigration rhetoric, hopes to set 'more respectful' tone

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Climate in Crisis

Feuds set aside as U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate change

Meet the Press

Fauci says he doesn't believe health officials will 'just cancel' J&J vaccine

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Most Americans want to end lifetime Supreme Court appointments for justices

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Fauci says he doesn't believe health officials will 'just cancel' J&J vaccine

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Most Americans want to end lifetime Supreme Court appointments for justices

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Starting a U.S. company, but not in the U.S.: Foreign entrepreneurs in a bind

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Police killing of Daunte Wright puts renewed focus on Minnesota town's racist past

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Kremlin critic Navalny's life 'in the balance,' aide says as he calls for protests

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North Korea has more nuclear weapons than ever. What should Biden do?

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World

Russia to expel 10 U.S. diplomats in response to Washington sanctions

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Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission'

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Biden hosts Japanese PM Suga as U.S. works to counter increasingly assertive China

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Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission'

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Biden hosts Japanese PM Suga as U.S. works to counter increasingly assertive China

NBC THINK SPECIAL: What to keep post-pandemic

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What I learned about myself taking short Covid walks — even when I didn't want to

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I moved in with my mom during the pandemic and realized I'd looked at success all wrong

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Opinion

Let's keep every outdoor dining option post-Covid. It's time restaurant culture evolved.

Opinion

I've been freed from hugging people. Please don't make me start again

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Covid and the dawning of a new era of working-class resistance

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I've been freed from hugging people. Please don't make me start again

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Covid and the dawning of a new era of working-class resistance

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Starting a U.S. company, but not in the U.S.: Foreign entrepreneurs in a bind

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Charles 'Chuck' Geschke, founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at 81

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Parents warned to stop using Peloton Tread+ after child's death

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Facebook oversight board widens scope to rule on content left up on platform

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Car rental costs are spiking — if you can even find a vehicle

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Facebook oversight board widens scope to rule on content left up on platform

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Climate in Crisis

Feuds set aside as U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate change

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NASA says SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for moon lander with 2024 goal

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'That's a lot of jaws': Scientists think they know how many T. Rex ever roamed the Earth

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Covid-19 booster shot likely needed within 12 months, Pfizer's CEO says

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Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border

Space

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches and lands rocket New Shepard

Latino

Liftoff for Bronx Latino students' names carried into space on NASA Mars rover

BETTER

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Diet & Fitness

Frank Luntz reveals struggle to maintain weight loss: ‘I can’t be this miserable’

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9 signs that you are dehydrated

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Mind & Body

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Food

Food banks: What to donate and what to avoid

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