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Man Arrested After Threatening Wichita Mayor Over Face Masks
Text messages from the man contained a “very descriptive plan of execution,” including locating the mayor, hanging him and turning him into fertilizer, Mayor Brandon Whipple said.
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A man was arrested on Friday and charged with criminal threat against the Wichita mayor, who said text messages showed the man wanted to kidnap and kill him over his support for face masks
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‘I Just Kind of Lost It’: As Coronavirus Cases Soar, One Montana Town Reels
In the Mountain West, an outbreak has revealed the danger that the virus poses to jails and rural communities.
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The Mountain West has rapidly devolved into one of the most alarming coronavirus hot spots in the U.S. An outbreak revealed the danger the virus poses to jails and rural communities as the country recorded its eight millionth confirmed case.
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As the Virus Surges, Stark Differences Over What Is Around the Corner
President Trump’s health secretary voiced optimism on Sunday that vaccines and treatments would soon save the day, but governors and experts issued bleak warnings about the public letting down its guard.
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With infections rising and compliance eroding, “the next six to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic,” one expert said
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Community College Enrollment Is Way Down
Like way, way down. That could harm millions of Black, Latino and low-income students who enter the higher education system through the system.
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Freshman enrollment at community colleges is down by 22.7 percent. That could harm millions of Black, Latino and low-income students who enter higher education through the system.
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Scott Lilienfeld, Psychologist Who Questioned Psychology, Dies at 59
Dr. Lilienfeld disturbed the order in his own field by questioning the science behind many of its conceits, therapies and tools.
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He also wrote about conspiracy theories, hypnosis and psychopaths, always asking deeper questions. The psychologist Scott Lilienfeld has died at 59.
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When Armed Vigilantes Are Summoned With a Few Keystrokes
Kevin Mathewson, who quickly organized the Kenosha Guard on Facebook, said the Wisconsin city’s police were outnumbered during protests. The streets turned deadly after his call to arms.
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With the approaching election ratcheting up tensions in recent months, militias that formed via a few clicks on the keyboard have become both more visible and more widespread
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Reporting Live From Quarantine U.
Faced with soaring coronavirus caseloads, some universities told students to “stay put” for 14 days. College journalists report from their quarantined campuses.
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To stop soaring outbreaks, some colleges imposed 14-day quarantines on the whole student body. We enlisted journalists from five campus publications to report on life in lockdown.
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Heidi Larson Knows How to Build Trust in Vaccines
For the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, squashing viral rumors means building trust — and avoiding the term “anti-vaxxer.”
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With hard data gathered from around the world, Heidi Larson and the Vaccine Confidence Project have shown that what once seemed like the ghost of a problem is something troublingly tangible and real
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The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage
A surge in worldwide demand by educators for low-cost laptops has created shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another. Districts with deep pockets often win out.
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A surge in worldwide demand by educators for low-cost laptops in the pandemic has created monthslong shipment delays and pitted desperate schools against one another
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A Dose of Optimism, as the Pandemic Rages On
The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming, and the rest of us know what we need to do.
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"Events have moved faster than I thought possible. I have become cautiously optimistic. Experts are saying, with genuine confidence, that the pandemic in the United States will be over far sooner than they expected." -- The NYT's Donald G. McNeil Jr.
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‘I Feel Like I Have Dementia’: Brain Fog Plagues Covid Survivors
The condition is affecting thousands of patients, impeding their ability to work and function in daily life.
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A longtime nurse instantly forgets what patients tell her. A lawyer can't recognize her very own car. A neurologist can't remember the word "work" in a work meeting. Covid brain fog is debilitating, frightening and "very real."
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Latino, Evangelical and Politically Homeless
Hispanic evangelicals identify as religious first and foremost. That’s why, despite his harsh rhetoric on immigration, many back President Trump.
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Many Hispanic evangelicals identify as religious first and foremost. That’s why, despite his harsh rhetoric on immigration, many support President Trump.
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Some Conservatives Rally Behind Teenager Charged in Protesters’ Deaths
Supporters are donating to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, who prosecutors say killed two protesters of a police shooting in Kenosha, Wis.
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Kyle Rittenhouse, charged in the shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., has drawn supporters among some conservatives, who say he acted in self defense. His legal fund is getting donations. His mother got a standing ovation at a Republican event.
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Why Michigan Is Considered ‘Fertile’ Ground for Anti-Government Extremists
With its fervent gun culture and its gaping differences between urban and rural populations, Michigan has seen its divisions grow ever wider since at least the 1990s.
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The anti-government movements in Michigan accused of plotting violent acts, including kidnapping Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, share ideology with other far-right groups across the country
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Among the demonstrators who stormed into the Michigan Capitol in April to protest coronavirus lockdown measures were two brothers who have now been charged as part of an extremist plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and to commit other violence
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‘A Devastating Blow’: Virus Kills 81 Members of Native American Tribe
More than 10 percent of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has had the coronavirus, and the tribe is bracing for a second wave and more devastation.
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"It was a devastating blow to our people." More than 10% of the Choctaw community in Mississippi has had the coronavirus, which appears to be especially deadly in some tribal nations.
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The Virus Surges in North Dakota, Filling Hospitals and Testing Attitudes
As Covid-19 cases grow in the Great Plains, one official said residents need to know “how perilously close we are to the edge.”
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When Tammy Gimbel’s father was taken to a South Dakota hospital two weeks ago, he was told all the hospitals in town were full. He and Ms. Gimbel, who both had the coronavirus, hunkered down in her trailer to try to recover. He only got worse.
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Most Patients’ Covid-19 Care Bears Little Resemblance to Trump’s
The president had immediate access to first-class treatment as well as doctors who have honed their understanding of the disease over several months of the pandemic.
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“He’s got the best care in the world,” said one man whose 87-year-old mother had the coronavirus when she died in a nursing home. “I’m not sure that my mom got the best care in the world.”
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Texas Attorney General Is Accused by Top Aides of Abusing His Office
Ken Paxton, one of the most prominent conservative attorneys general, is already under indictment. The allegations of impropriety raised in a recent letter draw intense new scrutiny.
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Ken Paxton, one of the most outspoken conservative attorneys general, has been accused by top aides of offenses including improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal acts
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Getting the Virus Can Change a Politician’s Mind, Say Some Who Had It
“There is no zealot like a convert,” said a small-town Republican mayor who has embraced masks since catching the virus.
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Can getting the coronavirus change a politician’s mind? “There is no zealot like a convert,” said a small-town Republican mayor who has embraced masks since falling ill with the virus.
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Following Falsehoods: A Reporter’s Approach on QAnon
Kevin Roose, a Times tech columnist, has watched the baseless conspiracy theory grow from fringe internet subculture to mass movement, carefully calibrating his coverage along the way.
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"It’s important to track this stuff" because it's constantly growing and changing, writes @kevinroose. "Many of the most viral mistruths about Covid-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests, for example, have been pushed by QAnon groups."
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