World Issues & Politics: 6 of 10
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+30Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
Two new high-profile studies add to the increasingly worrisome picture of how even mild cases of COVID-19 can have detrimental effects on brain health.
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+26Ghostwriters Try Steering Supreme Court Justices Away from Cases
Ghostwriting Supreme Court briefs is a little-known tactic that’s gotten some attention over ethics and whether the justices should do something about it.
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+25Chasing Utopia, Startup Style
A group of Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures are building startup societies that they believe will set them free. By Lily Lynch.
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+29Elon Musk got special favors and access from China that could leave him exposed, report says
The Tesla chief's relationship with China, where the EV company has a massive plant, is under increasing scrutiny.
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+40Video: Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza’s Civilians to Move for Safety
A Times investigation used aerial imagery and artificial intelligence to detect bomb craters that showed that one of Israel’s biggest bombs was used routinely in south Gaza.
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+41Texas Supreme Court pauses ruling that allowed pregnant woman to have an abortion
The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
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+33Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and treatments to match could aid progress in tackling the condition.
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+46Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut
Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson dies after suffering a cut to his neck from a skate in a Challenge Cup match against the Sheffield Steelers.
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+34Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Cardi B & More Support Bill Regulating AI Voice Cloning Via Open Letter
The ad bears the names of nearly 300 artists, songwriters and other creators who support the No AI FRAUD Act introduced in the U.S. House on Jan. 10.
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+32Amazon — like SpaceX — claims the labor board is unconstitutional
Amazon is pushing back on the labor board.
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+32Air Canada Ordered to Pay Passenger Damages After Chatbot Lied About Bereavement Discounts
The Tribunal judge said Air Canada’s suggestion that the chatbot was a 'separate legal entity responsible for its own actions' didn’t make sense.
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+43We smashed the windows of a major bank. A jury acquitted us. This is why | Gully Bujak
I think people everywhere, even on juries, have had enough of our leaders’ failure to tackle the climate crisis, says activist Gully Bujak
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+44This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia | CNN
Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week.
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+43Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
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+40US supreme court agrees to consider abortion pill access
Case will determine future of mifepristone in first major abortion issue to reach country’s highest court since it overturned Roe
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+26A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
Republican officials who believe in the legitimacy of elections have formed a group that's pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party that elections can't be trusted.
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+29Meta Encryption Privacy Fight Begins in Nevada State Court
Nevada will square off against Meta Platforms Inc. in state court Wednesday over a motion to temporarily block the tech giant’s use of end-to-end encryption in its Messenger platform for some of its youngest users, a legal showdown with potentially far-reaching consequences.
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+38You Know It’s a Placebo. So Why Does It Still Work?
As researchers try to make sense of “open-label” placebos—fake drugs that proudly announce their fakeness—the mysterious effect is starting to show up beyond the world of medicine.
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+47The EU is probing X's response to Israel-Hamas misinformation
Two days after EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent an "urgent" letter to Elon Musk over X's handling of misinformation, the governing body has opened a probe into the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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+40David Lynch's Wife Emily Stofle Files for Divorce After 14 Years of Marriage
David Lynch's wife Emily Stofle filed for divorce from the director and is asking for sole legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old daughter.




















