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World Health Organization scientists tracing the pandemic’s origin in Wuhan, China, said the virus had probably spread through an animal host and was not created in a lab. — NYT: Top Stories
Bitcoin topped $48,000 per coin after Tesla said that it bought $1.5 billion worth of the digital currency. — NYT: Top Stories
Politicians and prominent intellectuals say social theories from the United States on race, gender and post-colonialism are a threat to French identity and the French republic. — NYT: Top Stories
Heather Rae Young received a new hip tattoo honor of her fiancé, “Flip or Flop” star Tarek El Moussa. — FOX News
Reid told the police he had “two or three drinks” before slamming into a car that carried two small children last week. One is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. — NYT: Top Stories
Long before a deadly flood hit two hydroelectric dams, scientists warned repeatedly that such projects were dangerous in a fragile region made more so by global warming . — NYT: Top Stories
“Amazing!” Serena Williams said of Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl win. Of course, he’s never won a title while pregnant. — NYT: Top Stories
The N.F.L. espoused racial unity and praised health care workers. But its inaction on racial diversity, its stereotypic imagery and its decision to host a potential superspreader event said something different. — NYT: Top Stories
FILE – This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling