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anti-vaxxers Unvaccinated high school student is suing the health department for banning him from school during a chicken pox outbreak Carla Sinclair

politics Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, 116th Congress is most diverse ever Xeni Jardin

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AI Amazon is actively pitching face-recognition to ICE Cory Doctorow

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art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

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