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Apr 13, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Officer who shot Jacob Blake back on duty, won't face discipline, chief says

A Protester holds sign of "Jacob Blake" picture outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism
Apr 13, 2021 - World

Taliban to boycott peace talks until U.S. leaves Afghanistan: spokesman

John Kerry travels to China for climate change talks

Image of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry giving a thumbs up sign.

What to watch as Wall Street prepares for blockbuster Coinbase listing

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Biden picks Robert Santos to be first person of color to lead Census bureau

Updated Apr 13, 2021 - Health

White House issues first-ever proclamation on Black maternal health

Photo of Kamala Harris standing next to Joe Biden as he speaks from behind a podium

Scoop: Trump alumni launch largest post-administration group

Trump speaking

Biden eulogizes fallen Capitol officer Billy Evans as he lies in honor

Apr 13, 2021 - World

Biden seeks to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Photo of a masked Joe Biden
Updated Apr 13, 2021 - World

Biden proposes summit, raises Ukraine escalation in call with Putin

Senate committee prepares to vote on sweeping bill to counter China

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FDA expects J&J vaccine pause to last "a matter of days"

A vaccine shot.
Apr 13, 2021 - World

Iran to enrich uranium to 60% in response to apparent Israeli attack

Apr 13, 2021 - Health

White House says J&J pause will not have "significant impact" on vaccination plan

Biden speaks into a microphone at a podium
Apr 13, 2021 - Technology

Microsoft looks to leapfrog Big Tech competitors with major acquisitions

Updated Apr 13, 2021 - Economy

Scoop: DraftKings readies major media push

Illustration of a chalkboard with drawings of a cellphone, television, and computer with Draftking logos and sports plays
Apr 13, 2021 - Economy

Singapore-based Grab going public in largest-ever SPAC deal

Illustration of a Grab logo patterned watermark on a blank check. 

Biden under pressure to set tough emissions target

IIllustration of a hand in a suit plugging up a smokestack
Apr 13, 2021 - Health

Democrats, led by Biden, are aiming big on health care

Illustration of a donkey pulling a giant health plus.
Apr 13, 2021 - Technology

The global business of professional trolling

Illustration of a series of angry emojis emerging from one another's yelling mouth
Apr 13, 2021 - Economy

Ad industry expected to make a major COVID comeback

The push to define workers' rights in space

Illustration of an astronaut's fist against a space background.

Virginia AG launches civil rights probe into pepper-spraying of Army officer

State Attorney General Mark Herring talks to the media outside of court on June 18, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia.

Japan to release Fukushima water into sea

Storage tanks for radioactive water at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on January 29, 2020 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

In photos: Life along the U.S.-Mexico border

Children at the border of the Puerto de Anapra colonia of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, hang on a border fence and look to Sunland Park, N.M.

White House pounds Capitol Hill to sell infrastructure bill

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is seen outlining benefits of the administration's infrastructure plan.

Biden's immigration tightrope

Illustration of a person in a suit navigating a chain link fence like a tightrope
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