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Updated Aug 14, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Biden orders 1,000 more troops to support airlift of U.S. embassy personnel and allies

U.S. Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby participates in a news briefing at the Pentagon August 13, 2021
Aug 14, 2021 - Economy

How economic growth can endure as population growth slows

Aug 14, 2021 - World

Afghan president addresses nation as Taliban close in on Kabul

Picture of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Scoop: Biden braces for brutal loss

How climate change kills the future

Illustration of many a window showing a wildfire through the glass, as well as another window with drought imagery, which holds another window with a photo of a hurricane

Extreme weather defined Earth's hottest month

Aug 13, 2021 - Health

Excess COVID cases, deaths linked to wildfire smoke in new study

Photo of a fire burning in the distance as a crowd watches from the street of a town

Biden administration offers aid to Florida schools defying DeSantis order

Photo of Ron DeSantis speaking from a podium on the left and Miguel Cardona speaking from a podium on the right
Aug 13, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Texas judge allows county to temporarily defy Gov. Abbott's mask ban

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Aug 13, 2021 - Health

Coronavirus case surges force school closures

Students during the first day at Roosevelt Elementary School in Anaheim, California, on Aug. 12.
Aug 13, 2021 - Economy

Consumer sentiment sinks amid spread of Delta

July breaks record as world's hottest month

Man standing in front of a burning forest.

Texas companies: Culture wars bad for business

Illustration of the Texas state flag forming a line pointing down.

New York Assembly speaker: Cuomo impeachment probe to be suspended

Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Updated Aug 13, 2021 - Health

U.S. approves third vaccine dose for certain immunocompromised people

Three moderna vaccine vials
Updated Aug 13, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Federal judge keeps eviction moratorium alive, but signals it's illegal

A sign calling for fighting evictions is set on the ground as Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) spends the night outside the U.S. Capitol.

Native American population jumps to largest size in modern history

Zuni women with Indian Pots on head march 98th Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial, New Mexico.
Aug 13, 2021 - Technology
Column / Signal Boost

Apple opens the encryption Pandora's box

Illustration of open Pandora's Box with 1's and 0's coming out

Nine House Democrats say they won't vote on budget unless infrastructure bill passes

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2021

Behind the scenes of the Biden administration as the U.S. ditches Kabul

Taliban fighters in Herat

The great American dog shortage

Illustration of a person holding a leash with an invisible dog

Biden's climate communications challenge

Animated illustration of Earth with an ellipsis in a speech bubble.
Aug 13, 2021 - Economy

Vaccine mandates exacerbate class divide

Illustration of two people on a divide symbol with a syringe as the middle
Aug 13, 2021 - Economy

Borders are back

Illustration of an exit sign with a return symbol in place of an arrow
Aug 13, 2021 - Health

Health care's burnout crisis

Illustration of a stethoscope wrapped around a doctor's torso.
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