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A Year in a School Bus: Amid COVID-19, A Family Finds Freedom Traveling the American West

Paula wakes up in her bus around 4:30 a.m. most days. She can usually still see the stars. She works for a few hours, often on freelance projects using her training as a biologist, and makes breakfast when her 12-year-old

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The 5 Best New Shows Our TV Critic Watched in April 2021

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: docu-mania is upon us. Faced with COVID-related challenges to producing scripted series, many platforms invested in nonfiction TV, and just over a year into the pandemic those projects are starting to

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Border wall construction: What happened when it froze – CNN

Border wall construction: What happened when it froze  CNN BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Charts show how they compare with Trump’s, Obama’s, Bush’s, and Clinton’s  Business Insider Biden’s economic push tests the power of pocketbook issues to sway America’s polarized electorate  CNN Opinion |

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Europe’s economy shrinks in first quarter as U.S. rolls ahead

Europe’s economy shrank 0.6% in the first three months of the year as slow vaccine rollouts and extended lockdowns delayed a hoped-for recovery – and underlined how the region is lagging other major economies in rebounding from the coronavirus pandemic.

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In nod to Donald Trump, Florida set to ban Big Tech deplatforming – NBC News

In nod to Donald Trump, Florida set to ban Big Tech deplatforming  NBC News Donald Trump says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘would be considered’ as 2024 running mate  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Former President Donald Trump says Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘would

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Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival – NPR

Dozens Crushed To Death, Scores Injured In Stampede At Israeli Religious Festival  NPR Stampede at Israel Religious Celebration Kills at Least 44  The New York Times Chaotic scenes as crush kills dozens at religious festival in Israel  Guardian News Israel stampede: At least

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Religious festival stampede in Israel kills 45, hurts dozens

A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 45 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country’s deadliest civilian disasters.

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America’s 1% Got Way Richer During the Pandemic. We Need a Onetime Wealth Tax to Help Rebuild the Country

The coronavirus has been nothing less than a calamity. But more than a year into the pandemic, it is distressingly clear that although the virus affects everyone, we are not all in this together. Instead, the disease highlights and worsens

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BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: How they compare with Trump’s, Obama’s, Bush’s, and Clinton’s – Business Insider

BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: How they compare with Trump’s, Obama’s, Bush’s, and Clinton’s  Business Insider Jill Biden punches the clock  CNN Column: Joe Biden, President Elbow Grease  Los Angeles Times Joe Biden is old. Here’s why that’s a good thing  CNN Opinion | Biden’s

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Death and Taxes: Biden Wants to Step Down the ‘Step-Up’ on Investment Gains – The Wall Street Journal

Death and Taxes: Biden Wants to Step Down the ‘Step-Up’ on Investment Gains  The Wall Street Journal Biden’s economic push tests the power of pocketbook issues to sway America’s polarized electorate  CNN Joe Biden is proving progressives wrong. And they’re loving it.  NBC

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