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I should have known the one year figure was too high. CDC estimated a one-year decline in life expectancy in 2020. Not so — try five days

Results, Not Headlines

FBI Memos Using Stefan Halper Released, Show FBI Targeting Effort Against Trump Campaign Using Any Means Possible

Bond Tantrum Is a Big Test of Central Banks’ Mettle

Is Google Locking Down Chrome to Resist the Rise of Chromium Based Browsers?

The Framers and the Framed: Notes On the Slate Star Codex Controversy

Though a gag order has been relaxed, little is known about the extent of the damage caused by a major oil spill to Israel’s marine ecosystems and beaches.

The tragicomedy at Smith College

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Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say

Erbil Rocket Attacks: Iranian Munnition, Usual Suspects

‘Horrible’: Witnesses recall massacre in Ethiopian holy city

Jobless Claims Jump to 861,000, Much Worse Than Expected

Facebook’s Ban on News in Australia Is Waking People Up

1.64 Billion: India’s Population Will Pass China in Six Years

How Lehigh University dealt with a professor’s uncomfortable commentary involving race and poverty.

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Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court

Biden Wants to Give States $350 Billion. Do They Still Need It?

You know there is only one right answer when you see a headline like this. The only question is did they get it right? Who Is The Worst Internet Provider In America?

Rivalry heats up between IDF, Mossad chiefs

Are the Uyghurs Safe in Turkey?

N.Y. Dems Consider Revoking Emergency Powers as Nursing Home Coverup Unravels

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These Are the Highest Resolution Photos Ever Taken of Snowflakes

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

Cool story. But there is a lot about it that rings really false. I don’t doubt the CIA did something like this but I really doubt they got what this article claims they got out of it. Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite

Hedge Fund Manager Claims Victim Status; Claims “We Have to Work Together and Pull Together”

Scariest Headline Of the Year (although to be fair they did not quote her exactly right): Yellen: I Don’t See a Financial Crisis Occurring ‘In Our Lifetimes’

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The World Is Dangerously Dependent on Taiwan for Semiconductors

Losses top $70 billion on short positions in U.S. firms – Ortex data

Damning Report from Democratic NY Attorney General Confirms Cuomo Nursing Home Scandal

Anon Is Alive and Well in Japan

Judge’s reasoning seems to imply that a person earning less then 6 figures would have gone to jail. BREAKING: Government Agent Whose Altered Email Enabled the Russia Hoax Won’t Spend a Day in Jail or Pay Any Fine

Google Blocked Ads From Legal Group Opposing Democrats’ Supreme Court-Packing Plan

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In a blowout comedy for the ages, finance pirates take it up the clacker

Somehow, these are not the cases that spark riots even though they are worse then anything that the rioters complained about. After breaking into Tuttle’s home with no legal justification, police killed his dog and his wife.

After Claiming He’s ‘Not a Fan,’ Biden Forms a Commission to PACK the Supreme Court

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Mutant coronavirus in the United Kingdom sets off alarms but its importance remains unclear

The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Antibody-Dependent Enhancement

Overdose Deaths Far Exceed COVID-19 Deaths In San Francisco

I expect that they will find that this is only legal if done to Republicans. Tables Turned: Restaurants Organize To Ban Gov. Cuomo From ‘all New York City establishments’

A Shock to the PPE System: New Method for Recharging N95 Masks to Meet COVID Demand

China’s stunning export comeback has factories scrambling for workers

Russia Backs Another 500,000 Bpd Oil Production Increase

Amid Coal Crunch, Cities Limit Power to Businesses, Factories