How deadly is COVID-19? A biostatistician explores the question
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The number of confirmed and probable deaths from COVID-19 in New York City as…
Supreme Court upholds American Indian treaty promises, orders Oklahoma to follow federal law
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The eastern part of Oklahoma, about half of the state's total land, was granted…
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Coronavirus’s painful side effect is deep budget cuts for state and local government services
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Washington state cut both merit raises and instituted furloughs as it faced a projected…
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How talking about the coronavirus as an enemy combatant can backfire
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Big, tough and strong is only helpful when you're fighting other people. Sergi Rodriguez…
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How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and helped inspire the British to abolish slavery
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An illustration of a sugar plantation in Antigua. The British Library, CC BY-ND While…
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Millennials drive for 8% fewer trips than older generations
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Millennials are less likely to drive than older generations. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images…
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In changing urban neighborhoods, new food offerings can set the table for gentrification
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Residents of Denver's Five Points neighborhood protest in 2017 outside a coffee shop that…
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The WHO often has been under fire, but no nation has ever moved to sever ties with it
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at a press conference at WHO…
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Trump gets no special protections because he’s president and must release financial records, Supreme Court rules
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Investigators are trying to follow the president's money, and the Supreme Court just gave…
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Federal executions to resume, posing a new test for lethal injection
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The lethal injection chamber at a California prison. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty…