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A woman walks in a park along Yangtze River in Wuhan on Jan. 19, 2021. Residents of the city of 11 million, which was the first epicenter of COVID-19, have conflicting emotions as they reckon with the aftermath of the virus and their 76-day lockdown.

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  • Asia

Wuhan's Lockdown Memories One Year Later: Pride, Anger, Deep Pain

Jan. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the strict lockdown imposed on the first epicenter of COVID-19. Here's what residents have to say about their experience.

January 23, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
Cuban migrants block the Paso del Norte-Santa Fe international bridge between Mexico and the United States, to demand that the Trump administration allow them to wait for their asylum process on U.S. soil, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 29, 2020.

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  • National

Asylum Seekers Hope Biden's Pledge To Welcome Immigrants Includes Them

One of the most daunting immigration challenges facing the Biden administration is what to do about the multitudes of migrants who want asylum protection in the United States.

January 22, 2021
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  • John Burnett
Mike Milosh says that <em>Home</em>, his latest album as the leader of Rhye, is a product of managing pandemic-era stress and fear alongside creativity.

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  • Music Interviews

Even In Isolation, Rhye Makes Music For Us To Come Together

Mike Milosh, the voice of the R&B collective, says creativity permeates every hour of his life — so he tried to make a sacred space for it while recording his new album, Home.

January 22, 2021
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  • Ailsa Chang and
  • Jonaki Mehta
Maria Arechiga, an ICU charge nurse, monitors the progress of two COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles.

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  • National

'The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19

A South Los Angeles hospital has long provided for an underserved community where private insurance is scarce and chronic illnesses can flourish. And then came a devastating coronavirus surge.

January 22, 2021
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  • Leila Fadel
Even before Amazon booted Parler off its Web service, Apple and Google had banned it from their respective app stores.

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  • Technology

Judge Refuses To Reinstate Parler After Amazon Shut It Down

U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein sided with Amazon, which argued that Parler would not remove posts from its site that threatened public safety in the wake of the Capitol riot.

January 21, 2021
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  • Bobby Allyn
A new Dusty Springfield anthology collects singles from her time with Atlantic Records.

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  • Music Reviews

On A New Anthology, Dusty Springfield's Take On Southern Soul Gets Another Look

In 1968, the British singer flew to the U.S. after signing with Atlantic Records. Her acclaimed recordings from this period are collected in Dusty Springfield: The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971.

January 21, 2021
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  • Oliver Wang
Bernie Sanders arrives for the inauguration of Joe Biden sporting a pair of mittens made from repurposed wool gifted to him by Jen Ellis, a teacher in Vermont.

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  • National

Meet Jen Ellis, The Woman Behind Bernie Sanders' Inauguration Day Mittens

When Ellis, a second grade teacher from Vermont, gifted her senator a pair of wool mittens in 2016, she never imagined the viral sensation they would go on to become.

January 21, 2021
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  • Farah Eltohamy
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., waits for Vice President Mike Pence to arrive for her swear-in reenactment for the cameras in the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

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  • Sports

Atlanta Dream, Co-Owned By Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Is Close To Being Sold

Ever since Loeffler denounced WNBA support for Black Lives Matter, players have wanted the league to force her to sell the team.

January 21, 2021
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  • Emma Peaslee
Larry Rendall Brock Jr., an Air Force veteran, is seen inside the Senate Chamber wearing a military-style helmet and tactical vest during the rioting at the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors have alleged that before the attack, Brock posted on Facebook about an impending "Second Civil War."

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  • Investigations

Nearly 1 In 5 Defendants In Capitol Riot Cases Served In The Military

Amid rising concern over domestic extremism, an NPR analysis found military veterans were overrepresented in those charged in the attack on the U.S. Capitol when compared to the general population.

January 21, 2021
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  • Tom Dreisbach and
  • Meg Anderson
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Biden Is President, But Some In Rural West Still Cling To False Notion That Trump Won

President Biden has been sworn in, but some people in conservative parts of the U.S. say they still believe the false notion that former President Donald Trump is the winner of the 2020 election.

January 20, 2021
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  • Kirk Siegler
Baltimore is struggling to pay for the massive infrastructure and public health costs associated with global warming. As in many cities, flood risk has dramatically increased as the Earth has gotten hotter.

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  • Science

Supreme Court Considers Baltimore Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

Overwhelmed sewers. Flooded streets. Deadly heat waves. Baltimore is one of many American cities where the costs of climate change far exceed local resources. Should oil companies pay?

January 20, 2021
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  • Rebecca Hersher
President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, here in 2019, is urging greater federal spending to cope with the pandemic and to help boost the struggling economy.

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  • Economy

Yellen Urges Congress To 'Act Big' To Prop Up Pandemic-Scarred Economy

At her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen warned that without more federal help, the recession would last longer and be more painful than necessary.

January 19, 2021
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  • Scott Horsley
Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be secretary of homeland security, is sworn in to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

From Border Wall To Capitol Riot, Homeland Security Nominee Takes Senate Questions

Alejandro Mayorkas, who would be the first Latino and first immigrant to lead DHS, was previously the head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

January 19, 2021
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  • Brian Naylor and
  • Barbara Sprunt
Tents of homeless people line a street in Washington, D.C., in April.

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  • Health Care

For Many Areas, Count Of Homeless Population Is Canceled, Or Delayed

The annual street survey of homeless people is being delayed or put off completely in some parts of the U.S. during the pandemic, even as the country's unsheltered population appears to be growing.

January 19, 2021
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  • Pam Fessler
A fourth-grader eats breakfast at Mary L. Fonseca Elementary School in Fall River, Mass.

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  • Education

Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn't Gotten To Needy Families

The federal government has yet to approve plans in most states for giving out money that was authorized in October.

January 18, 2021
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  • Anya Kamenetz
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