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For covid long-haulers, the pandemic is far from over

The end of the coronavirus public health emergency has left long-covid patients fearful they will be forgotten.

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) arrives to his office on Capitol Hill on Monday. (AP)

McCarthy, White House race to woo lawmakers to pass debt ceiling package

The legislation, which was publicly released Sunday evening, accomplishes much for President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), enabling both to tout a victory that appeared elusive just days ago.

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With a strong ending, ‘Succession’ overcame its own character flaws

A dramatic satire of capitalism’s Great Men, HBO's "Succession" sometimes forgot its great men were fallible, craven and wrong. The finale remembered.

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The real reason red states are hiring so much faster than blue states

The clear political divide is extremely rare: Politicians just don’t have as much control over the economy as they say they do. So what’s going on here?

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A giant pile of logs is trapping millions of tons of carbon in Canada

A pileup of ancient logs nearly as big as Manhattan is trapping millions of tons of carbon in northern Canada – and the warming climate may lead to its releasing much of that stored material into the atmosphere.

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El Niño is coming. What that means for your morning coffee.

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Black people may have started Memorial Day. Whites erased it from history.

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A WWII soldier was killed in France. Family never knew why until now.

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Why are red states hiring so much faster than blue states?

The clear political divide is extremely rare: Politicians just don't have as much control over the economy as they say they do. So what's going on here?

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