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Targeting two Americas

Illustration of two opposing megaphones in red and blue with US flags ascending from the sound pieces
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in Sandy Hook defamation trial

Alex Jones speaking in Waterbury, Connecticut, in September 2022.

Here's who won the 2022 MacArthur "genius" grants

Tomeka Reid at the Hungry Brain on Dec. 10 2015, in Chicago. Reid is among the recipients of a MacArthur Foundation.
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Health

CDC, FDA authorize COVID-19 Omicron booster shots for kids

A health worker prepares a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Federal watchdog investigating DeSantis' transport of migrants

Photo of Ron DeSantis speaking

Cities are "cautiously optimistic" about their finances — with a caveat

Illustration of a city skyline made of dollars.

Scoop: Peter Thiel offers to double down on Arizona Senate race

Peter Thiel

ACT test scores fall to lowest levels since 1991

Students head to class after returning from summer break at Anaheim High School in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

Social Security payments set for biggest increase in decades

Illustration of a dollar sign with an arrow for a middle bar over a grid.

A WWII training ground becomes Biden’s first national monument

Parts of a field house still standing at Camp Hale in Colorado in March 2015.
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Energy & Climate

Hurricane Ian brings billion-dollar disasters this year well above average

Oct 12, 2022 - Science

World's first space tourist set to fly around the Moon with SpaceX

A SpaceX Starship in sunset.
Oct 12, 2022 - Health

Half of voters motivated by demise of Roe, poll finds

Oct 12, 2022 - Economy

Global wealth to decline more than 2% in 2022, new report says

The Charging Bull Statue is covered by snow in Lower Manhattan during a winter storm on February 1, 2021
Oct 12, 2022 - Economy

Apartment demand is cratering

Oct 12, 2022 - Economy

Exclusive: A plan for getting housing wealth to renters

Illustration of a key in a lock featuring a keyring with a dollar sign
Oct 12, 2022 - Technology

Meta's new VR headset doesn't solve old problems

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holding a Quest Pro VR headset.

Poll: Warning for Walker, new boost for Kemp in Georgia

GM's electric future extends far beyond cars

Illustration of a series of roadsigns on a pole with boat, train, and building icons
Oct 12, 2022 - World

Russia's attacks drive "new urgency" for France to aid Ukraine

France's President Emmanuel Macron participates in a video conference with G7 leaders on the situation in Ukraine, at the Hotel Marigny in Paris on October 11, 2022
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Chaos hits LA City Council following audio of racist comments

Protestors at the Los Angeles City Council meeting in the Council Chamber at Los Angeles City Hall
Updated Oct 12, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Biden "to re-evaluate" U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC oil cut

President Biden with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on July 15.

Biden says "slight recession" possible, "but I don't anticipate it"

President Biden being interviewed on CNN.
Oct 11, 2022 - World

Former Texas police officer charged over shooting of teen outside McDonald's

Jan. 6 committee's closing arguments

Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney
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