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Physical Mail Could Be Eliminated at Federal Prisons

Remote Controlled Workers

Many Black Americans aren’t rushing to get the COVID-19 vaccine

China arrest 47 political critics in Hong Kong

Kidnappers release 42 abducted from school in Nigeria

The NYPD deploys powerful AI robot dog in Bronx

Archeologists unearth intact ancient Roman chariot near Pompeii

Cecilia Bartoli: A new artistic direction for the Opera de Monte-Carlo

Mexico's migrating monarch butterfly population plunges 26% in one year

How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence

Saudi crown prince approved Khashoggi killing

World Responds to the 6th Anniversary of Kremlin Critic Nemtsov's Murder

LeBron James hits back at Zlatan in athlete activism spat

Interactive Map Shows US Military Footprint in 85 Countries

MBS approved an operation to capture or kill Khashoggi: US report

Senate confirms former Michigan governor Granholm as Energy secretary

We're suing to hold Trump accountable for 'treasonous acts', NAACP chief says

The Assassination of Malcolm X: Ex-Undercover Officer Admits Role in FBI & Police Conspiracy

‘Moral evil, economic good’: Whitewashing the sins of colonialism

What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che’s Israel Joke

‘Anarchist jurisdictions’ no more: Biden revokes Trump’s order

Dutch parliament says China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide

New York prosecutors digging into Trump's tax, financial records

Trump is gone – can we now talk about fake news at the NYT?

Minnesota returns land to Lower Sioux Indian Community

How Britain stole $45 trillion from India

With blackmail list, gay men in Ghana attacked by homophobes posing as lovers

Ghana police shuts down LGBTQI office

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. replaces banned weed, LGBTQ rights flags — with bigger ones

California to enforce its ‘gold standard’ net neutrality law

Madame Stephanie St. Clair: Numbers Queen of Harlem

EU mulls vaccination passports to resurrect tourism after COVID-19

Dozens of inmates killed in Ecuador prison riots

Tiger Woods suffers serious injuries in car wreck

US Senate confirms Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador

US navy veteran having mental health crisis died after officer knelt on his neck

Daniel Prude: protesters decry New York jury's failure to indict officers in death

Biden aide said pandemic was 'best thing that ever happened to him'

UK to push at G-7 for global standard on ‘vaccine passports’

Illinois becomes first state to end cash bail

It is time to end extractive tourism

Libya: More than 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers

The Gig Economy Is Coming for Millions of American Jobs

Malcolm X's family releases letter alleging FBI, police role in his death

Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic

Reclaiming Our Common Home

Indonesia to Punish Those Who Refuse to Take Covid-19 Vaccine

Airlines given green light to increase surveillance processing on passengers

Biden approves major disaster declaration over Texas deep freeze

Google fires Margaret Mitchell, another top researcher on its AI ethics team

COVID-19 and Digital Rights

Biden reaches out to Europe, but Trump’s damage has been done

Justice Groups Sue Government for COVID-19 Data Surveillance

China topples US as EU’s top trade partner over 2020

‘Democracy must prevail’: Biden goes all-in on trans-Atlantic alliance

UK Supreme Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees

The Bogus Corporate Counteroffensive Defending China

At 93, She Waged War on JPMorgan—and Her Own Grandsons

Six Capitol Police officers suspended, others investigated after Capitol riot

Ford recalls more than 150,000 vehicles due to potentially faulty airbags

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

Military sees large percage of those enlisted rejecting Covid vaccine

Auction house suspends document sale Jews say was stolen during Holocaust

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden

Tampons vanish as Mexico City takes aim at single use plastics

France to ban far-right group Generation Identity

Trump's failed Atlantic City casino demolished before cheering crowd

Many top NBA players reject COVID-19 vaccines

Federal agents seize millions fake N95 masks

Facebook blocks Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news

Saudi woman handed death sentence for killing Bangladeshi maid

Gunmen abduct schoolboys, teachers in Nigeria in night-time raid

Culture vs Covid: France's heritage sites fighting for survival

Rush Limbaugh, influential rightwing talk radio host, dies aged 70

Biden extends foreclosure moratorium and mortgage forbearance through June

With Indoor Rinks Closed, Players Turn to ‘Speakeasy Hockey’

In wake of riots, Dutch court orders gov’t to lift COVID curfew

NAACP sues Trump and Giuliani after Jan. 6 riots

Reality Check: Hunger forces Zimbabweans break COVID lockdown rules

Trump Faces First Civil Suit Over Role in Inciting Followers to Attack Capitol

62 percent say third political party is needed in US

The Long Fight for D.C. Statehood

How Australia became fertile ground for misinformation and QAnon

Himani, snow leopard whose seven cubs helped conservation efforts, dies aged 17

Texas blizzard leaves millions in northern Mexico without power

Drug overdose crisis worsens in COVID-19 lockdowns

Former Argentine President Carlos Menem dies

Learjet reaches the end of its run

The Lincoln Project implodes amid infighting and scandal

Blackouts, injuries as quake hits off Japan’s Fukushima coast

U.S. Senate acquits Trump as Republicans save him in impeachment again

China will 'eat our lunch,' Biden warns after clashing with Xi on most fronts

Japan Latest Nation to Contest Beijing’s South China Sea Claims

France wades into the South China Sea with a nuclear attack submarine

Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79

Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse

The Amazing Story of Phil Moore

Chicago police officer Joseph Cabrera charged with attempted murder

Tributes as funeral held for slain Lebanese publisher Lokman Slim

China bans BBC World News for content ‘violation’

The National Museum of African American Music Opens in Nashville

Africa's new free trade area is a global game changer

Texas Teen Was Forced to Use College Savings to Prevent Mom’s Eviction

Arrest made in series of attacks on Asian Americans

New Zealand Maori leader ejected from parliament for refusing to wear 'colonial noose'

Europe's poor burn plastic bottles to stay warm in winter

NYC Taxi Drivers Shut Down Brooklyn Bridge in Demand for Debt Forgiveness

Gov. Reynolds says a mask mandate is not what Iowa needs now

Larry Flynt, ‘Hustler’ Founder and First Amendment Activist, Dead at 78

Gov. Kim Reynolds lifting Iowa mask rules

Elon Musk and Tesla's dirty bitcoin baggage

Infighting erupts in Russia's anti-Kremlin opposition over Alexei Navalny

Georgia prosecutors launch criminal probe into Trump efforts to manipulate election

Annie M. Alexander: Paleontologist and Silent Benefactor

US sells a million barrels of Iranian oil seized under sanctions

Kamala Harris jogs stairs at Lincoln Memorial

Match Group to buy Korean social media company in $1.73 billion deal

New hate symbols on U.S. warships including noose spark Navy condemnation

Iowa Republicans advance bill to ban '1619 Project'

Teachers union president Randi Weingarten on reopening schools

Philadelphia to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in place of Columbus Day

Palestinians launch postcodes in assertion of sovereignty

Utah to further enforce Black History Month curriculum mandate

China to build the world’s biggest dam on sacred Tibetan river

George Shultz, American statesman, dies at 100

Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks dies aged 67

Tens of thousands protest Myanmar coup, internet blackout eased

U.S. backs Okonjo-Iweala, first woman and African, to head WTO

Thousands protest in Tunis despite police blockade

Cuba opens door to most small business initiatives

Tens of thousands of police deployed across India to quash farmers' protests

Republican Senator Ben Sasse Slams Trump Mob Mentality in GOP

ICC rules it has jurisdiction over West Bank and Gaza 'abuses'

Severely Beaten Activists in Alabama Prison Sue DOJ over Abuse

Fox News Media cancels Lou Dobbs's show

First Muslim president elected to Harvard Law Review

New video shows Roger Stone with Oath Keepers on Jan. 6

Russia Expels European Diplomats Over Navalny Protests

World's tiniest reptile found in Madagascar

Covid lockdowns cause Italian births to fall 22 percent

Open Letter From 40+ Economists Regarding Ecuador and the Dollar

Christopher Plummer, 'Sound of Music' star of stage and screen, dead at 91

Merck anti-baldness drug Propecia has long trail of suicide reports, records show

Pete Buttigieg wants US to lead world in high-speed rail

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell releases three-hour documentary about Trump election fraud claims

Gun Violence Survivor David Hogg launching competitor to Mike Lindell's MyPillow

U.S. House punishes Republican congresswoman Marjorie Greene over incendiary remarks

Biden to end US support for offensive operations in Yemen

Iran agrees to release crew of seized South Korean tanker

High levels of toxic heavy metals found in some baby foods

Smartmatic sues Fox News, Giuliani over election-rigging claims

Ohio police officer charged with murder in shooting of Andre Hill

Canada labels Proud Boys a terrorist group

Prosecutors Say They Don’t Know Where Kyle Rittenhouse Is

DOJ drops discrimination case against Yale University

Heirs to Jewish art dealers lose fight at Supreme Court

GameStop, other Reddit-favored stocks plunge as trading frenzy fizzles

Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine files election challenge in court

Artists unveil massive Juneteenth mural in town where holiday began

UK's record-breaking fundraiser, 'hero' Captain Tom Moore, dies aged 100

Republicans Who Incited Insurrection Still a 'Danger to Their Colleagues,' Warns AOC

“Judas and the Black Messiah” on Fred Hampton, the Black Panthers & COINTELPRO

Navalny sentenced to 2.5 years in prison

France's Macron calls for immediate release of Navalny

Two FBI agents fatally shot while serving warrant in Florida

Google to pay $3.8 million to settle pay gap, hiring bias claims

Relatives of Surinam freedom figher Anton de Kom welcome ‘gesture’ in his honour