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History New Netflix movie about the Chicago 7 trial, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman David Pescovitz

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Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

Japan Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves David Pescovitz

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

donald trump Trump confirms that US cyberattacked Russia in 2018 Xeni Jardin

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

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Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today’s new “business normal” Mark Frauenfelder

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novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

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