Democracy Dies in Darkness
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Johnson is the first world leader to say the variant — first identified in England and already spreading globally — “may be associated with a higher degree of mortality.”
Cases involving the variant are increasing 70 percent a week there, despite a strict lockdown.
People visit an exhibition about China’s fight against the coronavirus at a convention center previously used as a makeshift hospital in Wuhan. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images)
Relatives who lost loved ones early in the pandemic say they cannot move on without answers from authorities who failed to warn the public in a timely way.
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Google and Facebook have been in a long-running fight with Australian politicians, regulators and media companies over whether they should pay news organizations for showing their stories in search results. The battle intensified when a Google executive threatened to pull out of the country.
If they get rid of the filibuster, Democrats could pass everything with 50 votes given Vice President Harris will break ties. But if Republicans vote in unison, Democrats could afford precisely zero defections.
A man wears a QAnon shirt in New Hampshire in August. (Getty Images)
With Q having vanished and Trump out of office, far-right extremist groups are targeting disillusioned believers online in hopes of further radicalizing them to a new cause.
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Black Lives Matter protesters display “I voted” wristbands after leaving a polling center in Louisville on Oct. 13. (Getty Images)
President Biden has pledged to pursue a “bold” agenda on LGBTQ issues. But his order outraged some social conservatives, who said it would threaten women’s rights. 
The brother of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn defended his actions in the U.S. military's deliberations over how to respond to the assault on the Capitol.
The Biden administration found itself immediately on what the president called “wartime” footing as he issued executive orders aimed at combating the coronavirus and taking on the struggling economy and other challenges. 
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The pandemic makes it harder for students and counselors to address mental health problems.
Keli MacIntosh intended to speak before the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners this week with a straightforward demand.
Ajitha Ratnam, 53, and her daughters Tulsi, 27, and Tirtha, 20, hold up their tile contributions in Oakton, Va. (Courtesy of Ajitha Ratnam)
Before her election to the House, she reportedly spread conspiracy theories on Facebook calling the Parkland and Sandy Hook school shootings staged.
Tam Dinh Pham had initially told federal agents he did not go inside the Capitol during the attempted insurrection.
The e-commerce giant has argued in part that the National Labor Relations Board pandemic election guidance never defined what an "outbreak" actually is.
The reserves of the trust fund that pays retirement and survivor benefits will be unable to pay full benefits in 2034.
This shift is especially true in democracies that had been relatively healthy before the coup attempt.
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Stefon Diggs found the "new beginning" he sought with the Buffalo Bills. (AP)
Rivers never won the MVP award and he never earned first-team all-pro honors.
The presumptive MVP is set to face fellow legend Tom Brady in the NFC championship, and his tale is less one of redemption than relaxation.
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