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  • Music Interviews

Jazz singer Samara Joy embraces the past while making music for the future

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the 23-year-old, Grammy-nominated sensation about balancing the demands of a surging career and the women artists who paved the way.

February 02, 2023
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By:
  • Lara Downes
A banner of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan. 20, 2023. Russia has been trying to expand its influence throughout Africa in recent years.

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  • World

A pro-Russian social media campaign is trying to influence politics in Africa

Researchers have identified a large network pushing pro-Russian themes and messages to French-speaking audiences around Africa, amid long-running efforts by Russia to gain influence in the region.

February 01, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
On Jan. 23, 2020, as the coronavirus spread in China, residents of Wuhan, where it was first identified, donned masks to go shopping. The U.S. didn't officially endorse masks as a preventive measure for the public for a number of weeks.

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  • Global Health

COVID flashback: On Jan. 30, 2020, WHO declared a global health emergency

The World Health Organization issued the statement as the novel coronavirus, calling it an "unprecedented outbreak." Here's what we knew — and didn't know — about the virus at that time.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Carmen Drahl
Thinking about the next pandemic keeps lots of researchers busy.

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  • Global Health

9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night

Thinking about the next pandemic is job number one for many researchers around the world. Here's a look at the World Health Organization's current list of pathogens with pandemic potential.

January 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
An interview with a federal official set off a culture war fight after he suggested regulators might put stricter scrutiny on gas cooking stoves due to health concerns.

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  • Politics

Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here's why

An interview with a federal safety regulator quickly became fodder for outrage, viral social media content and political fundraising.

January 24, 2023
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen and
  • Jeff Brady
A police vehicle sits near the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2022. Four people were held hostage at the synagogue for more than 10 hours by a gunman before being freed, one of a spate of antisemitic acts that took place last year.

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  • National

Anti-Defamation League survey finds a spike in antisemitic beliefs

The percentage of Americans who believe in a number of antisemitic tropes has spiked in the past three years, according to the results of a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League.

January 12, 2023
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  • Lisa Hagen
Author George M. Johnson wrote <em>All Boys Aren't Blue,</em> which is on the American Library Association's list of most banned books.

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  • Perspective

Author George M. Johnson: We must ensure access to those who need these stories most

All Boys Aren't Blue, a memoir for teens and young adults about growing up Black and queer, appeared on many "best books" lists when published in 2020. It's being challenged in some U.S. counties.

January 11, 2023
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  • George M. Johnson
Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.

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  • Latin America

The attack on Brazil's Congress was stoked by social media — and by Trump allies

The similarities are deep: In addition to aiming to subvert an election, some of the same U.S. voices that amplify former President Donald Trump are echoing Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

January 10, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell,
  • Shannon Bond,
  • and 1 more
Fans look on as the ambulance leaves carrying Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin off the field on Jan. 2 after he collapsed after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals.

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  • Health

How Damar Hamlin's collapse fueled anti-vaccine conspiracy theories

In the absence of information about why the Buffalo Bills player collapsed during a game, misleading claims about COVID vaccines quickly spread online.

January 10, 2023
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  • Lisa Hagen
An investigation of records from 25 county jails across Pennsylvania shows that nearly 1 in 3 "use of force" incidents by guards involved a prisoner who was having a psychiatric crisis or who had a known mental illness. Guards used weapons like stun guns or pepper spray to subdue prisoners who may have been unable to understand what was going on.

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  • Mental Health

In county jails, guards use pepper spray, stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis

An investigation finds that corrections officers in Pennsylvania use physical force on people who may be unable to comply with orders due to a mental health condition.

January 03, 2023
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  • Brett Sholtis
Photo prints of the late Guru Jagat for sale at the RA MA Santa Monica yoga studio.

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  • National

She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

January 03, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Guerin
Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in August 2022.

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  • Media

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.

December 22, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Maddy Lauria
Sarasota Memorial Hospital's campus in Sarasota, Fla. Three newly-elected members of the public hospital's board are so-called "health freedom" activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and treatment protocols for the illness.

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  • Health

In Florida, 'health freedom' activists exert influence over a major hospital

Earlier this year, three activists who are opposed to COVID vaccines and standard treatment protocols for the illness were elected to the board of Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Zach Hirsch
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection is expected to release its final report Thursday. The committee on Monday referred former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges.

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  • Politics

After referring Trump for charges, the Jan. 6 panel is set to release its full report

The summary of the committee's report included criminal referrals for the former president, who inspired the deadly insurrection that took place nearly two years ago.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
2022 年 12 月 1 日,星期四,北京某小区的主要入口,居民从一名身穿防护服的保安身旁走过,他正在浏览手机。

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  • Asia

"是奥密克戎变异了,还是专家变异了?":中国放弃"清零",困惑与假消息蔓延

中国持续三年的"清零"政策突然转变之际,官方宣传让百姓困惑,虚假消息也在此间蔓延。

December 20, 2022
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  • Huo Jingnan
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