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Garland celebrates 'significant' Jan. 6 convictions, talks Trump special counsel

Attorney General Merrick Garland took something of a victory lap on Wednesday, a day after the Department of Justice secured convictions in one of the Jan. 6 investigat

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U.S. CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID-19 mistakes

The head of U.S. top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more ni

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U.S. government declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

The U.S. government on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency more than a week after the World Health Organization qualified the outbreak as a global eme

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Justice Alito mocks Prince Harry and other foreign critics of abortion decision

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for the first time publicly addressed critics of his landmark opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, using a speech in Italy to make light

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Sen. Lindsey Graham says 'we could do more in Congress and should' to stop Russia

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Congress should be sending a stronger signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin as fears of an imminent invasion of Ukraine persist.O

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COVID-19 vaccines do not affect fertility for women or men, study finds

A new study adds to the growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for both pregnant people and people hoping to become pregnant.The study, which looked at more t

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Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students

Panorama Education, which has built out a K-12 education software platform, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic.Existing backers Owl Ventures, Emerson Collect

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Qin Gang: China- U.S. relations should focus on cooperation

Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang delivered a keynote speech at the welcome event by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Board of Directors. Qin mentioned that the extreme China p

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Can U.S., China break the stalemate amid new realities?

There's little sign of progress, if any, in the relations between the two titans across the Pacific. Tensions that were unfathomable a couple of years ago are taking an incendiary crescendo. When

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BoldVoice wants to help nonnative English speakers find (and flaunt) their voices

When Anada Lakra and Ilya Usorov first moved to the United States, they struggled to find their voices. They both knew and understood English, but when it came time to

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RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa

Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or stop. It is

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Beyond Pride: The fight against tech’s brogrammer culture

I was 4 years old when I started playing what I’ve come to think of as “the game.” It was dressing-up time at school, and, as I ran over to a costume box, my teacher grabbed me by the shoulders. Right

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Treatment for depression? Psychedelic drug found to improve neural connections in brain

Researchers don't know whether the psychological experience drives the physiological change or the other way around.

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Snackpass gobbles up $70M at a $400M+ valuation as its social food ordering platform crosses 500k users

While every food delivery company is trying to get an edge on its rivals with discount codes, faster service, and a turn into the realm of spooky with ghost kitchens and dark stores, a startup built o

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Alibaba co-founder: HK's free market great for capital formation

Andrew Ross Sorkin (L) interviews Joe Tsai during CNBC's "Squawk Box" at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 15, 2021. /Screenshot of interview videoChina

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This $250 million growth fund will divert half its profits to historically Black colleges and universities

There’s been a lot of talk about racial equality in the year since George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, but achieving it is far easier said than done given the current state of affairs. Con

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How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn

At the heart of Duolingo is its mission: to scale free education and increase income potential through language learning. However, the same mission that has helped it grow to a business valued at $2.4