Pfizer, US Ink $5.29B Deal for Possible COVID-19 Treatment
Written by TOM MURPHY The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million...
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Hate Speech in Myanmar Continues To Thrive on Facebook
Written by SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO Years after coming under scrutiny for contributing to ethnic and religious violence in Myanmar, Facebook still has problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its...
Read MoreArbery’s Shooter Admits He Was Not Under Any Threat
Written by RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that the 25-year-old Black man’s demeanor struck as him as suspicious when he pulled up beside him in his pickup truck to ask...
Read MoreGabon is Last Bastion of Endangered African Forest Elephants
Written by FARAI MUTSAKA Loss of habitat and poaching have made African forest elephants a critically endangered species. Yet the dense forests of sparsely populated Gabon in the Congo River Basin remain a “last stronghold” of...
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NC Republicans Advance Bill Limiting Mail-in Ballot Counting
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON With the legislative year nearing an end, North Carolina Republicans on...
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Rittenhouse Case Raises Question: What Makes a Fair Trial?
Written by AMY FORLITI, GENE JOHNSON and TODD RICHMOND At one point, the 18-year-old murder...
Read MoreSchools Close as Smog-laden India Capital Considers Lockdown
Written by SHEIKH SAALIQ and SHONAL GANGULY Schools were closed indefinitely and some coal-based power plants shut down as the smog-shrouded Indian capital and neighboring states invoked harsh measures Wednesday amid...
Read MoreComing off Climate Talks, US To Hold Huge Crude Sale in Gulf
Written by MATTHEW BROWN and JANET McCONNAUGHEY The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday will auction vast oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico estimated to hold up to 1.1 billion barrels of crude, the first such sale...
Read MoreChina, US To Ease Restrictions on Each Other’s Journalists
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS China and the U.S. have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists amid a slight relaxation of tensions between the two sides. The official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday said the...
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Lawsuit Challenges North Carolina Rules on Transgender ID
North Carolina’s requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery as part of...
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