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BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had Covid-19

Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising as the BA.5 subvariant of omicron takes root. | Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via…

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What is Steve Bannon planning in his war room?

Steve Bannon, adviser to former President Donald Trump, speaks to the media outside a Washington, DC, courthouse on June 15,…

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How can Sri Lanka move forward?

Protesters celebrated outside the Presidential Secretariat in Columbo on July 15, 2022. | Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images Sri Lanka’s…

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The case of the missing fireflies

Fireflies at Firefly Sanctuary in Tlaxcala, Mexico. | Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images Today, Explained to Kids explores why whole species…

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Sri Lanka’s protests are just the beginning of global instability

Protesters in Sri Lanka gather at the Presidential Secretariat, the president’s offices, on July 14, 2022. | Arun Sankar/AFP via…

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Democrats’ latest attempt at resurrecting Build Back Better, explained

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks to a meeting in 2021, in Washington, DC. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Lawmakers are scrambling…

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Why BA.5 is cause for concern, but not alarm. Yet.

A mix of masked and unmasked people wait in line in New York’s Times Square on June 6. The BA.5…

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This Michigan Democrat wants her party to “call bullshit, bullshit”

Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, center, is shown at the state Capitol before the State of the State address on…

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Netflix’s Persuasion is an absolute disaster

(L to R) Hardy Yusuf as Charles Musgrove, Jake Siame as James Musgrove, and Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in…

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Sri Lanka’s organic farming disaster, explained

Workers hand-pick tea leaves Ramboda, Sri Lanka. | Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg via Getty Images A shift to better farming practices is…

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