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Armenian refugees on the deck of a French cruiser that rescued them in 1915 during the massacre of the Armenian populations in the Ottoman Empire.

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  • World

Biden Could Call The Massacres Of Armenians Genocide. Here's What That Means

U.S. lawmakers expect President Biden to recognize the World War I-era mass killing and deportation of Armenians as genocide — even if it makes Turkey angry.

April 23, 2021
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By:
  • Peter Kenyon and
  • Krishnadev Calamur

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  • Health

OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

April 18, 2021
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By:
  • Mara Gordon
President Biden promotes his American Jobs Plan during an appearance in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on April 7. The sheer scale of his early agenda has drawn comparisons to the achievements of FDR and LBJ.

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  • Analysis

Can Biden Join FDR And LBJ In The Democratic Party's Pantheon?

The sheer scale of the Biden agenda finds an analog in the early achievements of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. But which of those offers the better insight into what's happening now?

April 17, 2021
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By:
  • Ron Elving
Clockwise from top left: Andra Day in <em>The</em> <em>United States vs. Billie Holiday, </em>Yuh-Jung Youn in<em> Minari, </em>Daniel Kaluuya in<em> Judas and the Black Messiah, </em>and<em> Nomadland </em>director Chloé Zhao with Frances McDormand.

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  • Analysis

Neither #OscarsSoWhite Nor #OscarsSoMale — What A Difference A Pandemic Makes

It's been a catastrophic 12 months for movie theaters. It has also been a banner year for diversity at the Oscars — but it's going to take some work to make it permanent.

April 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Sydney Duncan holds a sign during a rally at the Alabama State House to draw attention to legislation introduced in Alabama that's aimed at restricting transgender people's access to medical care.

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  • Politics

Republicans And Democrats Largely Oppose Transgender Sports Legislation, Poll Shows

Members of the two parties are split on how transgender students should participate in sports, according to an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. But opposition to legislating the issue is roughly uniform.

April 16, 2021
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
President Biden leaves after speaking about his sprawling $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan on Wednesday.

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  • Analysis

With His Legacy In Mind, Biden Seeks U.S. Transformation With Infrastructure Plan

The president's overall approach to legislating so far — on a big, bold agenda — is winning plaudits from political strategists, left and right.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A staff person removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with representatives of the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks in July 2015 in Vienna.

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  • World

Reviving The Iran Nuclear Deal: Here's What It Involves And Why It's Hard

Before the U.S. pulled out, the deal gave Iran money and gave the world assurances that Iran wasn't trying to build nuclear weapons.

April 05, 2021
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By:
  • Larry Kaplow
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks with other Democratic members of Congress outside of the Democratic National Headquarters in November, urging then-President-elect Biden to address the climate crisis.

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  • Politics

'Green New Deal' Leaders See Biden Climate Plans As A Victory, Kind Of

For Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and progressive climate activists, the Biden infrastructure plan shows the influence of the Green New Deal. But they think it's nowhere near big enough.

April 04, 2021
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Fitness classes are among the many elements of daily life that moved to Zoom during the pandemic.

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  • Technology

A Pandemic Winner: How Zoom Beat Tech Giants To Dominate Video Chat

Technology let us see and be with each other even when we couldn't do it in person. How did a Silicon Valley upstart beat out the tech powerhouses in video conferencing?

March 19, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (left) speaks with then-Vice President Biden during a news conference in Guatemala City on March 2, 2015. Leaders from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras were meeting with Biden for two days of talks about child migrants entering the United States.

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  • Latin America

With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader

U.S. prosecutors say President Juan Orlando Hernández enabled drug trafficking into the U.S., and Democratic lawmakers want punishment. It comes as President Biden seeks Central American aid.

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • James Fredrick
A man reads the news about the U.S. elections on Nov. 9 in Tehran. Many Iranians are hopeful that President Biden will lifts sanctions imposed on Iran by his predecessor.

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  • World

What It Would Take For Biden To Revive The Iran Deal

President Biden wants to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor pulled out of. It's at a standstill, but analysts say the Biden administration can make gestures to bring Iran to the table.

March 16, 2021
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
President Biden, with Vice President Harris behind him, speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday.

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  • Politics

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?

Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.

March 13, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference late last month. Trump is urging his supporters to donate to his political action committee, rather than the Republican Party.

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  • Politics

'No More Money For RINOs': How Trump's Fight With The GOP Is All About Control

The former president is urging supporters to donate to his political action committee, rather than to the Republican Party. Here's why the skirmish matters.

March 09, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. The digital currency's meteoric rise has minted millionaires and energized true believers around the world.

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  • Your Money

Bitcoin: Mother Of All Bubbles, Or Revolutionary Breakthrough

From 21st century carmaker Tesla to 170-year-old life insurer MassMutual. From banks to the auction house Christie's. They have all opened their doors to cryptocurrency, bringing it to the mainstream.

March 03, 2021
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By:
  • Uri Berliner
Software engineer Tracy Chou's own experience on social media led her to create Block Party, an app that helps people filter their feeds to manage online abuse and harassment.

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  • Technology

Block Party Aims To Be A 'Spam Folder' For Social Media Harassment

In part because of her own experience being targeted with online harassment and threats, Tracy Chou launched Block Party, a startup that aims to help people feel safer on social media.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
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