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The storm’s death toll reached four, and more than a million people began a second day in darkness in storm-stricken Louisiana, facing the possibility of weeks without power.
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Former president Donald Trump and right-leaning social media accounts keep wrongly claiming that the Taliban seized more than $80 billion in U.S. military equipment.
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Lobbying groups representing companies such as ExxonMobil, Pfizer and Disney are trying to ensure that they do not have to foot the bill as Democrats look to overhaul federal health-care, education and safety net programs.
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Centering analysis on the Northeast's death toll is itself political.
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The ruling reverses one of the previous administration’s most significant environmental policies.
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North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign is a key test of whether candidates endorsed by Trump have been properly vetted and can turn the Senate to Republican control.
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That’s the figure for all the money spent on the Afghan military over 20 years, about $24 billion of which was for equipment.
The top Kurdish commander is looking to the Biden administration to keep its promises and maintain U.S. troops in Syria.
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After relaxing its audit of students applying for federal grants and loans this academic year, the Education Department is fully resuming the process for the 2022-2023 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, cycle. The audit, known as verification, is criticized as being an invasive and unnecessary hurdle for some of higher education’s most vulnerable populations.
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Thousands of schools in the United States are vulnerable to extreme weather events and earthquakes.
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The snail darter was at the center of a battle between developers of the Tellico Dam and conservationists trying to save the tiny fish, native to waters of East Tennessee. (Joe Howell/Knoxville News Sentinel/AP)
The recovery of the snail darter represents a rare win for conservationists when nearly 1 million other species risk extinction worldwide.
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Tanner Cross will continue working as a physical education teacher while his case proceeds.
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The Virginia case had become civil rights cause; Gov. Ralph Northam (D) cited lack of due process in his action.
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After going virtual in 2020, the festival has a packed two-day schedule of free shows.
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The Smithsonian has reopened all of its museums in Washington.
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With Borek-G, a Turkish grocery and eatery in Falls Church, Dilek and Huseyin Kaygusuz have hit the mark, yet again.
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Members of Congress who favor regulation of Apple's and Google's app stores said the South Korean action was an important step in a global effort to deal with anti-competitive behavior.
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The agency is supposed to decide by Sept. 9 whether the embattled company — and many other e-cigarette manufacturers — will be allowed to keep selling their products and, if so, under what conditions.
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The former CEO of blood testing start-up Theranos is charged with wire fraud.
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Marie Kondo, second from left, works with a father and son in California in her new Netflix show, “Sparking Joy.” (Netflix)
During the pandemic, Kondo and her team came up with a new spin on cleaning up: The process could help sort out not only people’s junk but also their emotions.
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