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Biden wears face mask outdoors to hail CDC guidelines that say you no longer need to – New York Post

Biden wears face mask outdoors to hail CDC guidelines that say you no longer need to  New York Post CDC director unveils new mask guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans  CBS News CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask  Yahoo

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Georgia Sheriff Indicted On Federal Charges That He Used Restraint Chair To Punish

An indictment describes four instances last year in which Sheriff Victor Hill ordered detainees restrained in a chair for hours, though the men had offered no resistance. (Image credit: Gene Blythe/AP)

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The Troop Withdrawal Won’t Be the End of the U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan. History Suggests There’s a Better Way Forward

When President Biden boldly defied his military advisors and announced on April 14 that the American military presence in Afghanistan will end on Sept. 11, 2021, many Americans took the decision as welcome news of the conclusion of America’s seemingly

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India crematoriums ‘underreporting bodies’ as suspicion grows over number of COVID victims

There’s growing concern that India’s official tally of coronavirus deaths does not match what grieving relatives and others are seeing on the ground.

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What Biden’s Recognition of Armenian Genocide Means to Armenian-Americans

Armenian-Americans have welcomed President Joe Biden’s historic declaration that the killing and deportation of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I constituted genocide as a long overdue yet positive step in reckoning with history. “We affirm the history,”

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These Are the Best Fantasy TV Show Adaptations to Watch Now

Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, which dropped on April 23, marks yet another hit fantasy book series getting inducted into the TV adaptation circuit—or rather, two series in one, as the new show creates one cohesive narrative out of storylines from

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Cindy McCain Opens Up — On Her Terms

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. There are a handful of great American families in politics that have risen to

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Epicurious Ditches Beef In A Move It Calls ‘Pro-Planet’

The digital food magazine announced the change on Monday, citing the carbon footprint of cattle and a desire to help home cooks become more environmentally friendly. (Image credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

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WATCH: U.S. orders big drawdown at Kabul embassy as troops leave

U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad testifies on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at 2:30 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.

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WATCH LIVE: U.S. envoy Khalilzad testifies on Afghanistan policy

U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad testifies on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at 2:30 p.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.

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