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picks NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over North Carolina's transgender bathroom law Xeni Jardin

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Games Bernband: explore a looming yet intimate alien city Rob Beschizza

canada Americans are getting fined for goofing off in Canada Seamus Bellamy

maine 100-year-old "Lobster Lady" gets a film about her unusual life Thom Dunn

politics Justifying police violence, Trump lies about Buffalo man bleeding from ear after police attack Xeni Jardin

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Ferguson, Missouri elected its first black mayor who is also the first female mayor David Pescovitz

picks Senate approves John Ratcliffe as top U.S. spy Xeni Jardin

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rona Complete genome of SARS-CoV-2 Rob Beschizza

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