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Trump Plays on Racist Fears of Terrorized Suburbs to Court White Voters  The New York Times Trump nixes affordable housing rule in suburbs  Reuters Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message  CNN Trump’s racist housing tweet is par for his

California, Florida and Texas see record rise in COVID-19 deaths  Reuters California and Florida hit new daily record high coronavirus deaths  CBS News US coronavirus deaths near 150,000 as 21 states declared ‘red zones’  The Guardian Florida reports record increase in COVID-19 deaths

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock

Second-quarter GDP plunged by worst-ever 32.9% amid virus-induced shutdown  CNBC America’s economy just had its worst quarter on record  CNN Q2 GDP: US economy contracted by worst-ever 32.9% in Q2, crushed by coronavirus lockdowns  Yahoo Finance German economy shrinks by record 10.1%  Reuters GDP

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up the startup world, slowing some high-growth unicorns and promoting others onto the coveted list. In the earlier-stages of startup land, the same patterns of acceleration and braking can be found. TechCrunch wanted to dig

Masked pilgrims arrived Thursday at Mount Arafat, a desert hill near Islam’s holiest site, to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage in Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Japanese new space startup ispace has revealed the final design of its HAKUTO-R lunar lander, a spacecraft set to make its first touchdown on the Moon in 2022 if all goes to the updated plan (it had been set to

Ten whales were found dead on an Indonesian beach Thursday, officials said, with images showing locals rushing to push a still-living member of the stricken pod back into the sea. The marine mammals, ranging from 2-6 meters (6.5-20 feet) in

For 99 days, Vietnam seemed to have defeated the coronavirus. There wasn’t a single reported case of community transmission.

Buildots, a Tel Aviv and London-based startup that is using computer vision to modernize the construction management industry, today announced that it has raised $16 million in total funding. This includes a $3 million seed round that was previously unreported