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When she was 12, Anissa Weier and a friend tried to kill another girl to please a fictional character. A judge says officials have 60 days to develop a conditional release plan for Weier. (Image credit: Michael Sears/AP)

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When Joe Biden ran for president, he campaigned on lowering health care costs and expanding coverage by adding a government-run health insurance option to compete with private insurers. That’s far from becoming a reality at the federal level, but three

Rhys Spence Contributor Share on Twitter Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund, where he works with portfolio companies to help address priorities, with a focus on internationalization. Last week was a good one

‘Our poor little town of Lytton is gone’: Village at center of Canada’s heat wave devastated by ‘catastrophic’ fires  The Washington Post Canada Lytton: Heatwave record village overwhelmingly burned in wildfire  BBC News Fire clouds spark 710,117 lightning strikes in western Canada

In an updated forecast Thursday, the CBO said the deficit for the current 2021 budget year, which ends Sept. 30, will be the second-largest in history, coming in shy of last year’s record shortfall of $3.13 trillion.

In an updated forecast Thursday, the CBO said the deficit for the current 2021 budget year, which ends Sept. 30, will be the second-largest in history, coming in shy of last year’s record shortfall of $3.13 trillion.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday involving Arizona voting laws appeared to limit the options for voting rights groups to mount legal challenges to restrictive new measures being passed in Republican-controlled states.

The NFL fined the team after an independent investigation of accusations of sexual harassment and bullying in a “highly unprofessional” environment. (Image credit: Alex Brandon/AP)

In a surprise filing Thursday, Bessemer Trust asked to be removed from its planned role as co-conservator of the pop icon’s estate, citing her remarks in court last month. (Image credit: Rich Fury/Getty Images)