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China clamps down on ‘zero covid’ protests, loosens some pandemic measures

Beijing relaxed some zero covid measures while stepping up censorship and making arrests amid more small protests.

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The focus on mass shootings obscures the totality of the American ailment: people killed on city streets and inside their homes.

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How British architecture has made homes vulnerable to extreme heat and cold

An architectural tour of the country’s houses suggests that the lessons learned over the centuries about how to deal with weather may apply today.

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Roundabouts are (slowly!) eating the suburbs

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of normal intersections peppering the American landscape, roundabouts are rare beasts. But unlike the drivers they frequently confuse and bedevil, roundabouts are coming on fast.

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She was kidnapped as a baby in 1971. Her family just found her alive.

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Congressman Donald McEachin of Virginia dies at 61

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WORLD CUP

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A generation after ‘the mother of all games,’ the U.S. and Iran meet again

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On eve of World Cup match with Iran, U.S. team fields questions about governing body’s social media posts

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Meet the U.S. team’s ‘grandpa.’ He’s 35.

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The group stage is almost over. Who advances?

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How to watch the World Cup, even if you don’t have cable

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