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Bay Area-based Rapid Robotics today announced a $12 million Series A. The new round, led by NEA, brings the company’s total funding up to $17.5 million. It joins a recently closed seed round, announced way back in November of last

Irate Parisians have accused the mayor of negligence – with some sharing images showing areas of their city dirty and rundown.

Ben Carson blasts Omar’s ‘disgusting’ Georgia-Apartheid comparison, says Biden doesn’t understand ‘Jim Crow’  Fox News Georgia’s SB 202 voting law really is that bad  Vox.com What’s in the Georgia law? Voters can cast mail ballots without photo ID, in-person requirements not changed  Fox

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a tentative statewide reopening date of June 15, provided vaccine availability increases and hospitalizations remain low. (Image credit: Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.)

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NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker staff writer Raffi Khatchadourian about the story of a survivor of China’s crackdown on Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Province.

The U.S. and Iran have started indirect talks — mediated by other countries — to try to revive the 2015 nuclear deal that former President Trump pulled the U.S. out of.

US and Iranian officials said initial indirect talks in Vienna on Tuesday aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal were “constructive”, with negotiations set to continue this week as US President Joe Biden looks for ways to revive the agreement.

“Just because [someone is] speaking does not mean they are breathing adequately,” Minneapolis police medical support coordinator Nicole Mackenzie testified. (Image credit: Court TV/Pool via AP)

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is said to have more health problems, and supporters have protested at his prison to demand he receive better medical treatment.