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In California, It Will Take More Than a Parade to Save an Imperiled Census
Many Latinos in low-income communities say they are hearing a message about the 2020 census: Your participation is not wanted.
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The decision to end the 2020 census early is likely to jeopardize an accurate count of Latino immigrants and undermine the ability of their communities to receive federal dollars
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‘I Was a Little Scared’: Inside America’s Reopening Schools
In their first week back, students have faced altered classrooms and emergency quarantines. Here’s what they say school is like in the age of Covid-19.
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A student who tested positive for the virus after two days of classes at her Indiana high school was drinking grape Powerade when she realized she had classic symptoms. “I was trying to hydrate,” she said, “and I was like, ‘Definitely can’t taste that.’”
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‘The Photo Does Not Look Good’: Georgia School’s Crowded Halls Go Viral
The Paulding County schools superintendent defended the district’s reopening plans after social media criticism, and said wearing a mask is an unenforceable “personal choice.”
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Hannah Watters, the 15-year-old Georgia high school student who was suspended for sharing photos of packed hallways at her school, said on Friday that her suspension had been "deleted." “To everyone supporting me, I can’t thank you enough,” she tweeted.
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Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure
What is it like when a city abandons a neighborhood and the police vanish? Business owners describe a harrowing experience of calling for help and being left all alone.
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Faizel Khan owns a coffee shop in the Seattle neighborhood that was occupied for several weeks this summer. The city's mayor said the protests had “a block party atmosphere.” But that is not how he saw it.
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‘If We Get It, We Chose to Be Here’: Despite Virus, Thousands Converge on Sturgis for Huge Rally
Tens of thousands of motorcyclists roared into the western South Dakota community on Friday, lining Main Street from end to end, for the start of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
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Fears that the the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally could be a potential superspreader event did not appear to scare riders from attending on Friday
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A Family Cries ‘Justice for Hannah.’ Will Its Rural Town Listen?
People in rural areas are killed in police shootings at about the same rate as in cities, but victims’ families and activists say they have struggled to get justice or even make themselves heard.
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Though people in rural areas of the U.S. are killed in police shootings at about the same rate as in cities, victims’ families and activists say they have struggled to get justice or even make themselves heard
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‘Boxed Into a Corner,’ Sturgis Braces for Thousands to Attend Motorcycle Rally
The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may attract 250,000 people even though South Dakota’s coronavirus cases have been rising.
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When the coronavirus upended life across America in the spring, it forced the cancellation of graduation ceremonies, music festivals, marathons and other large gatherings. But the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is proceeding as planned.
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After Census Bureau Announces Early End to Its Count, Fears of a Skewed Tally Rise
With 60 million households still uncounted, the bureau said it would wrap up the survey a month early. Critics called it a bald move to politicize the count in favor of Republicans.
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The Census Bureau has moved up its deadline for finishing the 2020 head count by a month, to September 30. Critics said the move would lead to a badly flawed population count.
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Hurricane, Fire, Covid-19: Disasters Expose the Hard Reality of Climate Change
Twin emergencies on two coasts this week — Hurricane Isaias and the Apple Fire — offer a preview of life in a warming world and the steady danger of overlapping disasters.
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Twin emergencies on 2 U.S. coasts this week — Hurricane Isaias along the east coast and the Apple Fire in California — offer a preview of life under climate change: a relentless grind of overlapping disasters
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Covid Tests and Quarantines: Colleges Brace for an Uncertain Fall
Colleges are racing to reconfigure dorms, expand testing programs and establish detailed social distancing rules. And then, what to do about sex?
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Will it be OK for students to have sex outside their pods? Who will get Covid tests and when will results be returned? And what will campus life look like this fall? Colleges are rushing to figure all that out now.
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Inside the Battle for Downtown Portland
Night after night, calm gave way to chaos. See how the clashes between federal agents and protesters unfolded.
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Clashes with federal officers have largely been confined to a two-block stretch of downtown Portland. Recent activity has focused on the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse. The Trump administration sent federal agents to protect the building in early July.
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Why a Data Breach at a Genealogy Site Has Privacy Experts Worried
Nearly two-thirds of GEDmatch’s users opt out of helping law enforcement. For a brief window this month, that didn’t matter.
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The genealogy site used to crack the Golden State Killer case, GEDmatch, was hacked, its owner said. Equally jarring to users was what the data breach revealed about law enforcement activity on the site.
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Should Youth Come First in Coronavirus Care?
If medical rationing becomes necessary, some older adults are prepared to step aside. But many have the opposite concern: that they will be arbitrarily sent to the rear of the line.
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If medical rationing becomes necessary, some older adults are prepared to step aside. But most have the opposite concern: that they will be arbitrarily sent to the rear of the line.
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Native Americans Feel Devastated by the Virus Yet Overlooked in the Data
Statistical gaps can make it difficult to properly allocate public resources to Native Americans. When that’s the case, one leader said, “tribal nations have an effective death sentence.”
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"Not being counted is not new to us.” Even with significant gaps in the data available, the rate of known coronavirus cases in the 8 U.S. counties with the largest populations of Native Americans is nearly double the national average, our analysis found.
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What More Can California Do to Stop the Coronavirus?
Thursday: A conversation about navigating risk today. Also: Teachers push for limits, and Los Angeles basketball is almost back.
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Our reporter spoke to Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, the vice dean for population health and health equity at the School of Medicine at U.C. San Francisco, to understand why the virus is still spreading in the state and what can be done
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‘Not Sparing Anyone’: Texas Funeral Homes Can’t Escape Virus
The death toll in the Rio Grande Valley is forcing funeral directors to buy refrigerated trucks and bypass traditional services such as velorios.
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"The virus is not sparing anyone." In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, funeral homes — like hospitals — are overloaded and struggling to carry out basic services and keep up with the expanding coronavirus crisis.
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‘It Stings’: Portland Mayor Denounces Use of Tear Gas by Federal Agents
Mayor Ted Wheeler, who scrambled to put on goggles, criticized what he called the urban warfare tactic of federal agents who were in the Oregon city to quell unrest.
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“I’m not going to lie — it stings; it’s hard to breathe,” Portland's mayor said. “And I can tell you with 100% honesty, I saw nothing which provoked this response.” Read more about federal agents' clash with protesters: nyti.ms/3hvogX4 nyti.ms/3fWrbaT
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Derek Chauvin Charged With Multiple Tax-Related Felonies in Minnesota
The former Minneapolis police officer and his wife were charged with filing fraudulent tax returns from 2014 through 2019.
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd, was charged with multiple tax-related felonies, prosecutors announced
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Chaotic Scenes in Portland as Backlash to Federal Deployment Grows
The street demonstrations that have shuddered through Portland for 54 consecutive days have drawn out a complicated mix of emotions and grievances.
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In Oregon, a state with a deep history of racial-exclusion laws and spirited protest tradition, the Portland protests have been running for 54 consecutive days
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U.S. Northeast, Pummeled in the Spring, Now Stands Out in Virus Control
In just over two months, the Northeast has gone from the country’s worst coronavirus hot spot to its most controlled. “It’s acting like Europe,” one expert said.
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There's a growing gap between the virus response in the Northeast and regions to the South and West. By fall, "I would not be surprised if what we have is two countries, one neck-deep in coronavirus," and another "largely OK," said Harvard's @ashshkjha.
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