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Top State adviser: Biden use of Trump-era border policy "inhumane"

Harold Koh

Study: Urban extreme heat exposure has increased by 200% since the 1980s

Man drinking water in front of a statue on a hot day.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp coming back online after widespread outage

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Biden says he can't guarantee U.S. won't hit debt ceiling

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2021
Oct 4, 2021 - Economy

Carlos Watson plans to relaunch Ozy, despite significant setbacks

Carlos Watson

Abortion, religion, gun rights on agenda as Supreme Court starts new term

Picture of the Supreme Court exterior
Oct 4, 2021 - Health

EU drug regulator recommends Pfizer booster for people 18 and older

Nieves Cabo prepares to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot in the residence Santiago Puerta del Camino, on September 21, 2021 in Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia,

Scoop: House Republican fundraises off prosecution

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is seen in a headshot.

Democrats sense now or never moment on climate legislation

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California oil spill may close beaches for months

Oil and sea water collect in a tide pool in Newport Beach, Calif. on Oct. 3, 2021. Photo: Michael Heiman/Getty Images
Oct 4, 2021 - Economy

Emerging from the Delta slowdown

Illustration of a woman wearing pantsuit walking out of a briefcase.
Oct 4, 2021 - Science

Nobel Prize awarded for research on how humans feel temperature and touch

Members of the Nobel Committee sit in front of a screen displaying the winners of the prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Oct 4, 2021 - Axios on HBO

"Axios on HBO": Jamie Dimon on China, his salary and racial equity

Facebook whistleblower's moment

Photo of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on "60 Minutes"
Oct 4, 2021 - World

The future of Catholics

Oct 4, 2021 - Health

COVID vaccine mandates are working — for now

Illustration of a syringe shaped like a checkmark against a box
Oct 4, 2021 - World

U.S. to warn China is not complying with Trump's Phase One trade deal

Port in China
Updated Oct 4, 2021 - World

Japan's Parliament elects Fumio Kishida as prime minister

Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida after winning the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election on September 29, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Major probe accuses South Dakota of rivaling offshore tax havens

Falls Park in downtown Sioux Falls South Dakota.

U.S. Soccer hires Sally Yates to investigate NWSL sexual abuse reports

Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates testifies before the Senate on Capitol Hill May 8, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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