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Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

Coinbase valued above $100 billion, ahead of direct listing

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Feb 19, 2021 - Technology

Google fires another AI ethics leader

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Manchin to vote “no” on Tanden’s nomination for White House budget office director

Sen. Joe Manchin
Feb 19, 2021 - Energy & Climate

Water crisis expands beyond Texas

Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign yesterday in Killeen, Texas.

White House waives ethics rules for first Biden official

Feb 19, 2021 - Health

White House says vaccine weather delays will be resolved by next week

Vehicles are at a standstill southbound on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas.

Texas water crisis: 13 million lack drinking water

Picture of the last case of water bottles in front of a sign that reads: "limit 4 total of any kind of water per household."

Biden: "Democracy doesn't happen by accident"

GameStop hearing paints Silicon Valley as public enemy #1

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Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Data finds Pfizer vaccine highly effective after first dose, can be stored in normal freezers

Pfizer vaccine
Feb 19, 2021 - World

Israel sounds alarm after U.S. backs nuclear talks with Iran

Photo illustration of Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu looking at each other with a split Iran in the background.
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

Short bets have dropped substantially since GameStop phenomenon

Keith Gill testifying

6 Capitol police officers suspended for alleged roles in Jan. 6 riot

Pro-Trump rioter taking a selfie in the Capitol
Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Vaccine supply expected to surge soon

Illustration of a vaccine syringe on a performance stage

Living with climate catastrophe

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Gerrymandering is about to get even more chaotic

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Feb 19, 2021 - Technology

"Vaccine hunters" turn to social media in the scramble to find shots

Illustration of crosshairs targeting a syringe
Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

The Prius of airplanes

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Feb 19, 2021 - Economy

U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are "workers," not independent contractors

Uber in London
Feb 19, 2021 - Science

Mars is coming into focus

Illustration of a magnifying glass showing a focused section of an otherwise blurry Mars
Feb 19, 2021 - Health

Texas hospitals evacuate patients, conserve resources amid outages

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Biden to defend democracies in security meeting speech

Joe Biden is seen addressing the Munich Security Conference in 2015.

"Obviously a mistake": Ted Cruz back in Texas after outrage over Cancún trip

Ted Cruz in the airport
Feb 18, 2021 - World

What to make of the Biden administration's first overseas calls

Feb 18, 2021 - World

U.S. commits $4 billion to COVAX vaccine initiative

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