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COVID-19 Popular pastor, who claimed he could cure Covid-19 by touch, dies of Covid-19 Mark Frauenfelder

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coronavirus The makeshift coronavirus hospital in Central Park requires workers to oppose LGBTQ rights Thom Dunn

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fake news The New Deal was partly motivated by a desire to kill the fake news epidemic of the Gilded Age Cory Doctorow

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nanotechnology Researchers print electronic tattoos directly onto the skin David Pescovitz

Funny Squirrels stash 200+ walnuts under SUV hood Xeni Jardin

Event "Happy Accidents," exhibition of Bob Ross paintings opens in Virginia Rusty Blazenhoff

racism Mississippi: White woman who pulled gun on Black couple at KOA campground fined $250 Xeni Jardin