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Residents walk by a security guard in protective suit browsing his phone at a main entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

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  • Asia

Confusion and falsehoods spread as China reverses its 'zero-COVID' policy

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Lauren Overman poses for a portrait at a park close to her home near Greensboro, N.C., on Nov. 21, 2022. Overman will sometimes work virtually from this picnic table as an abortion doula, which she has been doing for over four years. She offers her services virtually and in-person, to people across the U.S., including in states that have banned or severely restricted abortion access.

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  • Health

In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

In the months since Roe v. Wade was overturned, training groups in North Carolina say they've seen an uptick in interest from people wanting to work as abortion doulas.

December 19, 2022
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By:
  • Claire Donnelly
Caitlyn Houston kisses her seven-week-old daughter, Parker, as they wait in the ER for a hospital bed to open up on Dec. 7 at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "There's so many kids in here that they have to take the ones that are really bad," Houston said.

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  • Health

Children's hospitals are struggling to cope with a surge of respiratory illness

Pediatric cases of RSV and flu have sent families crowding into ERs, as health systems struggle with staff shortages. In Michigan, only 9 out of more than 130 hospitals have a pediatric ICU.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The parent company of Facebook says bad actors are increasingly using realistic faces generated with artificial intelligence to run social media influence operations.

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  • Technology

AI-generated fake faces have become a hallmark of online influence operations

As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Fresh styles in recent <em>Pokémon</em> games: <em>Unite</em>, <em>Arceus</em>, <em>Sword</em>, and <em>GO.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Gotta wear 'em all: How Gucci ended up in Pokémon GO

Pokémon fashion has come a long way. The gaming empire now collaborates with luxury brands in clothes you can wear inside and outside of the virtual world.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jamal Michel
Elon Musk while attending a conference in Norway earlier this year. The billionaire new owner of Twitter is releasing information about the company's high-profile moderation decisions.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk is using the Twitter Files to discredit foes and push conspiracy theories

The Twitter CEO's selective release of internal communications largely corroborate what is already known about the messy business of policing a large social network.

December 14, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Protesters hold up a white piece of paper against censorship during a protest against China's strict zero COVID measures on November 27, 2022 in Beijing.

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  • Asia

Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests. Who's behind them remains a mystery

Researchers noticed accounts spewing out suggestive images. Some observers wondered if it was a Chinese government tactic to drown out the news, but the reality appears to be more complicated.

December 14, 2022
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, at right, in London a decade ago on his way to give evidence at a British judicial inquiry. He is accompanied by his son (and now Fox Corp boss) Lachlan Murdoch, at left, and his then-wife Wendi Deng.

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  • Media

Rupert Murdoch's turn to face questions in $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News

Rupert Murdoch will be deposed this week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which also alleges that Fox News destroyed messages from star Sean Hannity and others.

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
A photo of then-President Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds a hearing on on Oct. 13.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 panel is planning to release its final report the week of Dec. 19

The panel is planning to release its final report and hold a "formal presentation," which could include a hearing, the week of Dec. 19.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales and
  • Deirdre Walsh
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17, 2022.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 committee is likely to make criminal referrals related to Capitol attack

Chair Bennie Thompson said members haven't decided how many referrals to issue. "We have not made a decision as to who," he said, "but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen."

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Claudia Grisales
Teonna Woolford, 31, in Owings Mills, Maryland on November 4, 2022. Woolford has sickle cell disease and has been unable to afford fertility preservation for years.

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  • Health

For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice

The disease, which predominantly affects patients of color, can damage the body in ways that can make it difficult to have a child. But patients don't always have access to fertility care.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Farah Yousry
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., preside over a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack hearing in October.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 panel meets to mull potential criminal referrals for Trump, others

The House Select Jan. 6 panel will wrap up its investigation on Dec. 31. It's now in a race to issue its final recommendations and findings in the coming weeks.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
Protesters at a Jewish solidarity march in New York City on January 5, 2020. The Anti-Defamation League reports that antisemitic incidents, including violence, have been rising for the past five years.

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  • National

Antisemitism is on the rise, and it's not just about Ye

It's not just high-profile figures who have spouted anti-Semitic language recently. Attacks and harassment against Jewish people have been on the rise, according to researchers.

December 01, 2022
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
The outside of Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco last month. The upheaval at the influential social media company threatens to make political violence worse around the world, according to human rights activists.

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  • Technology

Twitter's chaos could make political violence worse outside of the U.S.

Under the chaotic changes unleashed by Elon Musk, Twitter users in the U.S. are confronting problems that have long plagued the social network in other parts of the world.

November 30, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
A tweet by former President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen during a hearing held by the House Jan. 6 committee on June 9.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk allows Donald Trump back on Twitter

Twitter has become the first mainstream social media platform to reinstate the former president, who was banned from many sites after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

November 20, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
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