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Jun 17, 2021 - World

Mapping China's growing global influence

Jun 17, 2021 - Economy

Diamonds see demand spike and prices follow

Diamond

Blockbuster Supreme Court day

The Supreme Court building

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

President Biden and Vice President Harris with members of Congress after the signing in the White House on June 17.
Jun 17, 2021 - Podcasts

House antitrust chair discusses the bills to bust up Big Tech

Why online games have a shorter life span

Screenshot of a "Grand Theft Auto" where a character is wearing a black suit with purple neon stripes next to a black motorcycle with light blue neon stripes
Updated Jun 17, 2021 - Energy & Climate

Historic heat wave expands across California, wildfire risk builds

Map showing temperatures in the West, with colors corresponding to extreme heat.

Albuquerque marks 50th anniversary of uprising over police violence

An overturned car burns as Mexican American demonstrators watch during a 1971 protest in Albuquerque.

McConnell rejects Manchin's voting rights compromise

Picture of Mitch McConnell
Jun 17, 2021 - World

Case of murdered Honduran trans woman could set legal precedent in region

A photo of Vicky Hernandez wearing a dress and posing, against a pink background
Jun 17, 2021 - Health

HHS to invest $3 billion for antiviral pills against COVID-19

Illustration of money pouring into a prescription bottle. 
Jun 17, 2021 - Politics & Policy

House votes to repeal 2002 authorization of military force in Iraq

Photo of a military vehicle with soldiers sitting in it as it drives in a desert area

Supreme Court rules foster agencies can reject same-sex couples

Jun 17, 2021 - Health

Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court building

Immigration's role in America's labor shortage

Illustration of two signs on a post, one reading "NO ENTRY" and the second reading "HELP WANTED"

Stacey Abrams says she supports Manchin's voting rights compromise

The day everything — and nothing — changed for the Fed

Illustration of an upward trending line on a chart as a percent sign

GOP lawmaker refuses to shake hand of officer who protected Capitol on Jan. 6

Jun 17, 2021 - World

Biden unplugs in trip's last hour

Joe Biden
Jun 17, 2021 - Technology

The ravenous economy around delivering your dinner

Jun 17, 2021 - Technology

How automation led to stagnant wages and inequality

Illo of robot hand knocking off a worker
Jun 17, 2021 - World

Conservative cleric Raisi favored to win Iran's presidential election

Jun 17, 2021 - Technology

Big Tech moves in on the creator wars

Illustration of Facebook, Twitter and Spotify logos casting a shadow on a person looking at a phone.

What happens now that emergency orders are lifting

Updated Jun 17, 2021 - World

500 Hong Kong police officers raid pro-democracy newspaper

Chief Operations Officer Chow Tat Kuen (front 2nd R) is escorted by police from the Apple Daily newspaper offices before being put into a waiting vehicle in Hong Kong on June 17

World Bank rejects El Salvador's request to help implement bitcoin

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele gestures during a speech for his second anniversary in power on June 1, 2021 in San Salvador, El Salvador

Texas governor announces $250M "down payment" for state border wall

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference where he signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol on June 8, 2021 in Austin, Texas.

Biden's two-step negotiating process

Scoop: NRCC to accept cryptocurrency donations

Illustration of an elephant holding a giant bitcoin

By the numbers: Federal holiday adoption dates

The story behind the first holiday in 4 decades

Illustration of the Juneteenth and American flags in a stand.  
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