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India’s Covid crisis: Delhi crematoriums forced to build makeshift pyres  The Guardian ‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere.  The New York Times As Covid sweeps India, experts say cases and deaths are going unreported  CNN Op-Ed: Nationalistic hubris has made

New video shows deputies arriving at Andrew Brown’s home before fatal shooting  NBC News Andrew Brown Jr. family autopsy shows he was shot 5 times, once in back of head  Yahoo! Voices North Carolina Gov. calls for special prosecutor in Andrew Brown

Europe’s only active armed conflict is intensifying, threatening to draw in the U.S. and its allies, as Russia expands its influence across the region while Ukraine tries to build new alliances with the West.

Until recently, Marib was under Saudi control. The U.S. has ended support for the Saudi Arabian military intervention in Yemen — which contributed to civilian casualties, famine and displacement.

A parliamentary inquiry has begun in Brazil into the president’s pandemic response. He’s downplayed the pandemic — leading to devastating COVID-19 surges that have overwhelmed hospitals.

Biden to propose $1.8 trillion ‘families plan’ with paid leave, child care, universal pre-K, free community college  USA TODAY Why there won’t be a designated survivor at Biden’s 1st speech to Congress  Yahoo News Wake County to announce new preschool program for

The event will be unlike any modern presidential speech before lawmakers thanks to pandemic restrictions and new security requirements put in place after the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

The American Families Plan would expand free public education, and make child care more affordable. The White House wants to pay for the measure by raising taxes on the country’s richest. (Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Automakers worry about a shortage of key minerals just as production of electric vehicles is set to spike. The Biden administration has called for boosting domestic production of them. (Image credit: Benjamin Purper/KVCR)

Barkyn, a European subscription service for pets that combines food with tele-vet services, has raised a further €3 milion ($3.6M) from FoodTech investor Five Seasons Ventures, extending its previous Series A to €8M, and total funds raised to date to