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14 Foods That Were Extremely Normal In Centuries Gone By But Are Super Weird Today

Food·Updated 8 hours agoIncluding torpedo fuel and toast water. 1. Mice Fabrizio Moglia / Via Getty...

An Extra-Contagious Coronavirus Variant Is In The US — But No One Knows How Widespread It Is

Tolga Akmen / Getty Images A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks past a stand with the Evening Standard...

A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters Devastated The US Last Year

A record 22 major natural disasters struck the US in 2020, each one causing at least $1 billion in damages, according to a...

Here's How Countries Are Reacting To Trump Supporters' Attempted Coup In DC

The United States' allies and adversaries alike watched in shock and called for peace in Washington, DC, on Wednesday as a violent mob...

Scientists Are Fighting Over Ways To Get COVID-19 Vaccines To More People

Medianews Group / Getty Images Facing a slow vaccine rollout, surging COVID-19 deaths, and the threat...

These Updating Charts Show How Many People Have Received A Coronavirus Vaccine

As the death toll from COVID-19 reaches staggering heights, countries are racing to deliver vaccines that could slow — and eventually stop —...

“One Of The Most Kind People You Would Ever Meet”: She Escaped The Holocaust But Not The Pandemic

Courtesy Jeff Shabes Malvina Shabes Malvina Shabes, known as “Visia” to friends, was just 10...

This “Super Granny” Worked Her Entire Life — Until COVID-19 Killed Her

For nearly as long as she was alive, Sushma Mane worked.At 8, she helped out with her family’s wedding decoration business. In her...

A Secretive Company Needed To Convince Washington That Congo’s Election Would Be “Free And Fair.” It Found A Friendly Ear Among Trump Allies.

KINSHASA, Congo — An important client needed help, and it didn’t matter to Mer Security and Communication Systems that he was an authoritarian...

What Protests Against Police Brutality In Nigeria Looked Like

Etinosa Yvonne Protests in Abuja, Nigeria on Oct. 10, 2020 On Oct. 3, in Ughelli,...

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The morning read for Friday, August 29

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Recommended Citation: Zachary...

The Supreme Court and flag burning: an explainer

President Donald Trump wants to prosecute flag burning, but can he make that happen without violating Supreme Court precedent? Trump contends it’s possible...

Transgender student’s bathroom case comes to the Supreme Court on the emergency docket

South Carolina asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal appeals court that requires a public school in the state...

New Jersey’s long history of trouncing New York at the Supreme Court

I was born and raised in New Jersey, and I live there now (not off of any exit, thank you very much). And,...

Why the Supreme Court agrees to hear some cases and not others

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and oral arguments,...
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