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Morning Rundown: Today's top stories and what you need to know to start your day

May 7, 2021 / 11:51 AM UTC

Then-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks during a news conference on May 13, 2016, at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.

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Morning Rundown: Today's top stories and what you need to know to start your day

May 6, 2021 / 12:12 PM UTC

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Hope for herd immunity, Facebook to make Trump call, India's diaspora called to action: Wednesday's top stories

May 5, 2021 / 11:37 AM UTC

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Dario Franceschini

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Top stories and what we're watching: Here's what to know to start your day

May 4, 2021 / 11:20 AM UTC

Image: A woman gets a Covid-19 vaccine at a CVS Pharmacy in Providence, R.I., on March 4, 2021.

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Inequity and inefficiency hit vaccine push

May 3, 2021 / 11:22 AM UTC

Image: Ultra Orthodox Jews look at stairs with waste on it in Mount Meron, northern Israel, where fatalities were reported among the thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered at the tomb of a 2nd-century sage for annual commemorations that include all-nig

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'Heartbreaking' Israeli stampede kills dozens

April 30, 2021 / 11:47 AM UTC

Image: Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelos applaud as President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021.

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Biden urges U.S. to turn 'crisis into opportunity'

April 29, 2021 / 11:44 AM UTC

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Biden's $1.8 trillion 'family plan'

April 28, 2021 / 11:32 AM UTC

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Richard Vogel / AP file

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The toxic cost of free shipping in California

April 27, 2021 / 11:34 AM UTC

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Chris Pizzello / AP

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Biden's big 100 day bet, plus an Oscar surprise

April 26, 2021 / 11:59 AM UTC

Image: People wait to cast their votes during local panchayat elections on the outskirts of Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP

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Covid survivors' massive medical debt

April 23, 2021 / 11:42 AM UTC

Image: Smoke rises from the Duvha coal-based power station owned by state power utility Eskom, in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.

Mike Hutchings / Reuters file

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Earth Day: An ambitious pledge and a big challenge

April 22, 2021 / 11:52 AM UTC

Image: Reaction to the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters

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Chauvin verdict hailed as 'a step forward'

April 21, 2021 / 11:47 AM UTC

Image: National Guard members are seen through fencing and wire near the Minneapolis Police 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis

Julio Cortez / AP

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Bracing for Chauvin verdict as jury deliberates

April 20, 2021 / 11:44 AM UTC

Image: Demonstrators kneel for a moment of silence during a march from the Governor's Residence the weekend before closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial in St. Paul, Minn.

Nicholas Pfosi / Reuters

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The traumatic toll of the Chauvin trial

April 19, 2021 / 11:43 AM UTC

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The Morning Rundown: Today's top headlines

April 16, 2021 / 10:57 AM UTC

Bernard Madoff in New York (Shannon Stapleton / Reuters file)

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Bernie Madoff's victims' anger lives on: The Morning Rundown

April 15, 2021 / 11:22 AM UTC

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Nicholas Pfosi / Reuters

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Daunte Wright's family reject police 'accident' explanation: The Morning Rundown

April 14, 2021

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After Daunte Wright's killing, renewed calls for change: The Morning Rundown

April 13, 2021

Image: Police officers in riot gear fire tear gas in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Station as people gather to protest after a police officer shot and killed a black man in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis,

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Protests follow fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota

April 12, 2021

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Prince Philip dies at 99, Amazon's union vote and a big hole in Biden's infrastructure plan

April 9, 2021

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Republicans' blue state whatabout-ism

April 8, 2021

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Prince Philip dies at 99, Amazon's union vote and a big hole in Biden's infrastructure plan

April 9, 2021

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Republicans' blue state whatabout-ism

April 8, 2021

Image: Children play on an abandoned oil flow station near smoke from a burning oil pipe in Kegbara Dere, Nigeria, in 2007.

George Osodi / AP file

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Inside the movement to make 'ecocide' a crime

April 7, 2021 / 11:41 AM UTC

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'Vaccine passport' debate could fuel GOP hesitancy

April 6, 2021 / 11:40 AM UTC