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NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Murray Hiebert, senior associate of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.

New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use. The agreement reached Saturday, which is expected to be signed

Intelligence services launch investigation after Maia Morgenstern received message vowing to ‘set fire to your idiotic Jewish theater’

Senior health official urges continued caution despite low morbidity, noting the risk of variants and that children remain unvaccinated

President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate  Whitehouse.gov

DC police charge teen boys with carjacking as video resurfaces of botched teen girls’ deadly carjacking  Fox News Two teenage girls charged with murder, carjacking of DC Uber Eats driver  The Jerusalem Post Graphic video shows moment of deadly Uber Eats carjacking

Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ call with Trump, says hundreds of thousands of Covid deaths were preventable  NBC News Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ phone call from Trump following her Covid-19 warnings  CNN Trump White House COVID-19 coordinator Deborah Birx says most deaths could

Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ call with Trump, says hundreds of thousands of Covid deaths were preventable  NBC News

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had dire economic consequences worldwide, its impact on women has been especially harsh, setting back strides made towards gender and economic equity. Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, co-founders of TheSkimm, a digital media company aimed

Human error may be behind ship blocking Suez Canal: authorities  New York Post Stuck Ship in Suez Canal News: Live Updates  The New York Times What it’s really like steering the world’s biggest ships  CNN Suez Shows Civilization Is More Vulnerable Than We