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A massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for six days has been partially freed. Traffic has not yet resumed in the canal, which is among the world’s most important waterways.

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The procedure has evolved at many points in history, clearing break throughs on civil rights and a recent GOP judicial spree. Those issues show why the two parties see changing it now as existential. (Image credit: Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock)

Gun violence prevention advocates were stunned when Biden said infrastructure would remain his next priority. Private White House efforts to avoid reactively dealing with guns also raised questions. (Image credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Juvenile incarceration is down, but many young people still in facilities have gone months without seeing their families. (Image credit: Jasjyot Singh Hans for NPR)

Both main oil contracts tumble more than 1% after salvage teams free cargo vessel; Asian markets follow Wall Street record as part of strong global rebound

BEIJING — A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a

In stark contrast to the year before when only a symbolic 10 people were permitted to participate, rolled back virus restrictions allow masses to reach Old City site

The Ever Given has been wedged at an angle across the Suez Canal since Tuesday, preventing other shipping vessels from traveling through the waterway. (Image credit: Planet Labs Inc./AP)