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Updated Aug 31, 2022 - Politics & Policy

UN report finds "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang

Photo of the UN flag
Aug 31, 2022 - World

Inside the U.S. response to Iran on the draft nuclear deal

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Aug 31, 2022 - Economy

Bed Bath & Beyond to close 150 stores, lay off 20% of staff

Bed Bath & Beyond store front with shoppers walking out the doors
Aug 31, 2022 - Health

FDA authorizes Omicron boosters

Aug 31, 2022 - Technology

Major Snap restructuring to include 20% layoffs, product pullbacks

Devastating Pakistan floods likely have climate change ties

Satellite image before and after the flooding in Pakistan.
Aug 31, 2022 - Health

COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year

Aug 31, 2022 - Technology

To trace Big Tech competition, follow the money

Illustration of piggy banks following each other with abstract shapes.
Aug 31, 2022 - World

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel spars with Russia and China

Rahm Emanuel. Photo: Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Aug 31, 2022 - Technology

Plug-in hybrids can drive us to our fully electric future

Illustration of a stop sign shaped like an electrical outlet

The big scrub

Illustration of an elephant trunk holding a pink rubber eraser.
Aug 31, 2022 - Economy

Nuclear power is having a resurgence

Diablo Canyon, the only operational nuclear plant left in California.

Dems' vote-shaming turnout strategy

Updated Aug 31, 2022 - Politics & Policy

DOJ: Classified papers at Mar-a-Lago "likely concealed and removed"

An image provided by the Department of Justice showing partially redacted documents with classified markings.
Updated Aug 30, 2022 - World

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies

Record heat hits Southwest: More high temps forecast for Labor Day weekend

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