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Bangkok Is Engulfed by Protests. What’s Driving Them?
Rebellious youths. A history of coups. A royal family protected by laws that can punish critics. All are key ingredients in the struggle convulsing Thailand.
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The New York Times
Protests in Thailand that began as a student-led revolt against the military’s influence on the classroom have grown to encompass a sweeping range of issues at the heart of the country’s deep-rooted social and economic disparities.
Here’s what to know
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Lee Kun-hee of Samsung Dies at 78; Built an Electronics Titan
Mr. Lee was convicted — and pardoned — twice for white-collar crimes, in a sign of the ills in South Korea’s relationship with its business dynasties.
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The New York Times
Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung into a global technology giant and was convicted — and pardoned — twice for white-collar crimes, has died at 78.
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Virus Surge Shadows Trump and Biden Campaign Events After Final Debate
Candidates made their cases as hundreds of thousands of people jammed long lines to vote in New York, Florida and elsewhere.
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The New York Times
With 10 days left until the election, President Trump and Joe Biden presented sharply divergent cases, both in words and actions, for how they would handle the pandemic still gripping the country.
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Lines Stretch for Blocks as New Yorkers Turn Out for Early Voting
Voters in New York City waited hours to cast ballots on Saturday, the first time that early voting has been allowed in the state in a presidential election.
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The New York Times
New Yorkers were allowed to vote early in a presidential election for the first time on Saturday. At Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center and other sites, people arrived hours before polls opened and lines stretched down the block.
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Arrest Leads to Tragedy in the Rio Grande Valley
Jorge Gonzalez Zuniga’s death after a brutal arrest prompted protests that are rare in a region where undocumented immigrants often prefer to stay silent.
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The New York Times
Protests over the treatment of undocumented immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas are rare. But the death of Jorge Gonzalez Zuniga after his arrest, and the decision not to prosecute the officers involved, sparked anger across the region.
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2020 Election Live Updates: Trump and Biden Hit Swing States, With 10 Days Until Election Day
The president cast his ballot in Florida, not far from a rally where Obama slammed Trump’s response to the pandemic. And from New York to Alabama, Americans lined up to vote in person.
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The New York Times
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who has vocally opposed filling the vacant seat on the Supreme Court until the next president is chosen, said on Saturday that she would nonetheless vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett next week.
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Far-Right Groups Are Behind Most U.S. Terrorist Attacks, Report Finds
White supremacist groups have carried out a majority of “terrorist plots and attacks” this year, according to a report by a think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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The New York Times
White supremacists and other like-minded groups have committed a majority of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. this year, according to a report by a security think tank that echoed warnings made by the Department of Homeland Security this month.
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The Science Behind Your Child’s Tantrums
And how to nip them in the bud before they start.
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The New York Times
Tantrums, common as they are among young children, are a complicated physiological response related to the brain’s threat detection system. It’s helpful for caregivers to understand what’s going on beneath the surface.
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While Her Father Rails Against ‘Idiot’ Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream
The first daughter is trying to woo the white suburban female voters who have become her father’s demographic kryptonite.
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The New York Times
Ivanka Trump is being dispatched by the Trump campaign as much as possible to speak to white, suburban female voters, a demographic that has been fleeing the president’s coalition.
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The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives
The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.
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The New York Times
Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S. through next spring, scientists reported on Friday.
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The New York Times
If people in the U.S. wear masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus, they could save the lives of nearly 130,000 people by next spring, a new analysis finds.
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How Many Plants Have We Wiped Out? Here Are 5 Extinction Stories
Botanists have laid out evidence that dozens of North American trees, herbs, plants and shrubs have gone extinct since European settlers arrived.
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The New York Times
“Humans like to put things into neat categories, but nature doesn’t present itself that way. Every plant on this list is its own little mystery.”
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It Was the Worst Day of the Pandemic. The Nation Is Almost There Again.
The United States reported more new cases of the coronavirus on July 16 than on any other day of the last seven months. The country is now nearing that record.
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The New York Times
Breaking News: The U.S. reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Friday, surpassing the mark set on July 16.
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Trump Family Ally Is Arrested on Cyberstalking Charge
Ken Kurson, a close friend of the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was arrested in connection with incidents stemming from his divorce.
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The New York Times
A Trump family ally and friend of Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, was charged on Friday with cyberstalking. The friend, Ken Kurson, had been up for a federal appointment two years ago when the FBI uncovered a swirl of allegations.
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Out of Work in America
We teamed up with local news organizations across the country to document the lives of a dozen Americans who found themselves out of work in the pandemic.
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The New York Times
A job is a paycheck, an identity, a civic stabilizer. During a pandemic, a job loss erases it all.
The New York Times teamed up with local news organizations across the U.S. to document the lives of 12 Americans who found themselves out of work this year.
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At Debate, Trump Presses Peculiar Hometown Strategy: Attack New York
President Trump called the city a “ghost town,” and he has often depicted it as a lawless zone, apparently in an effort to appeal to his base.
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The New York Times
President Trump, a Queens native, has described New York City as lawless and a “ghost town.” His shots at his home town appear to be designed to appeal to Trump’s political base and address personal scores with his foes.
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The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?
The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.”
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The New York Times
Breaking News: The Trump administration quietly closed a vaccine safety office last year, hampering efforts to track the long-term safety of a coronavirus vaccine.
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Ohio Coronavirus Map and Case Count
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
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The New York Times
Our U.S. tracking pages now show testing and hospitalization, giving a fuller picture.
In Ohio, where new cases are up about 63% over two weeks ago, testing is increasing but hospitalizations are also up — so more testing alone doesn't explain the rise. nyti.ms/35tPKrG pic.twitter.com/FaGSQMlhfY
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Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Nears Record, With More Than 75,000 Virus Cases
The tally is the second-highest daily total since the pandemic began, as eight states set single-day case records.
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The New York Times
As coronavirus cases continue to rise across Italy, Milan has set a curfew to curb the rising cases in the region.
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Where Europe’s Second Wave Is Filling Up Hospitals
People across much of Europe — including France, Italy, Poland and Spain — are now more likely to be hospitalized with Covid-19 than those in the United States.
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The New York Times
A second wave of the coronavirus is hitting Europe.
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has been steadily rising.
People there are now more likely to be hospitalized with Covid-19 than people in the U.S.
Here's what's going on.
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Met at Dunkin’, Married at Dunkin’
Sugar Good and John Thompson discovered there was more than coffee brewing during his early-morning stops at the store she manages in Edmond, Okla. He proposed in the parking lot, and they married at the drive-through.
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The New York Times
Sugar Good and John Thompson discovered there was more than coffee brewing during his early morning stops at the Dunkin’ donuts store she manages in Edmond, Oklahoma. He proposed in the parking lot, and they married at the drive-through.
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