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The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
Every time we send an email, tap an Instagram ad or swipe our credit cards, we create a piece of…
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More Fun Facts About Jobs and Cities and States
I think I got more emails about my Monday newsletter — “Why Are There So Many Shampooers in New Jersey?”…
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A Door-to-Door Effort to Find Out Who Died Helps Low-Income Countries Aid the Living
FUNKOYA, Sierra Leone — Augustine Alpha begins gently. “Who lives in this home?” he asks the young man, who has…
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Forecasters Face Loss of Data as Weather Balloon Flights Are Cut
The National Weather Service has cut back on weather balloon launches at some of its sites because of shortages of…
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Politics
More Evidence Bolsters Durham’s Case Against Democratic-Linked Lawyer
WASHINGTON — The Trump-era special counsel scrutinizing the Russia investigation has acquired additional evidence that may bolster his case ...
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F.D.A. Allows Second Coronavirus Boosters for Everyone 50 and Older
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators authorized second booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday for everyone ...
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Biden Administration Plans to Offer Second Booster Shots to Those 50 and Up
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster…
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Health Agency Under Cuomo ‘Misled the Public’ on Nursing Home Deaths
ALBANY, N.Y. — The administration of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo failed to publicly account for the deaths of about…
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One More Census Takeaway: The End of an Era of Counting the Nation?
WASHINGTON — Beyond the reports of undercounts and overcounts in population totals, there is another takeaway from the post-mortem of…
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These Small, Cheap Devices Help Monitor Haiti’s Earthquakes
When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti in 2010 and killed an estimated 200,000 people, there was only one working seismometer…
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