Sports Stories That Hit Home in 2021

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Banned Books, Parisian Spaghetti Dinners and Other Letters to the Editor

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Covid: Woman isolates in toilet for five hours after positive mid-flight test

A US teacher says she spent five hours in the toilet after testing positive for Covid-19.

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The Most-Read Food Stories of 2021

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Virginia Confederate monuments likely headed to black history museum

A black history museum and culture centre in Richmond may soon receive the controversial memorials.

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These graphics show where cases are soaring fastest around the world.

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Tesla to recall 475,000 cars in the US

The number of cars being recalled is nearly equivalent to the firm's global deliveries last year.

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Spurred by Omicron, Europe Is Setting Coronavirus Infection Records Every Day

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Covid: Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases - WHO

The warning comes as record cases are once again reported across the US and Europe.

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Russia orders health and drug checks for foreigners

Business groups criticise a new law requiring mandatory fingerprinting, drug tests and STD checks.

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How to Clean Suede Boots and Shoes

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Malawians mourn ex-First Lady Anne Chidzira Muluzi

Tributes are paid to Anne Chidzira Muluzi, the first woman to hold the title there, who died aged 69.

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How We Treat Farmed Animals

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Israel tries to contain avian flu outbreak after 5,000 wild cranes die

Some 5,000 wild cranes have died and hundreds of thousands of chickens and turkeys are being culled.

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‘Ain’t Too Proud’ will close on Broadway as Covid takes its toll.

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‘El peor escenario es que todo se seque’: Chile discute su nueva Constitución, mientras enfrenta el cambio climático

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Jordan MPs fighting in parliament session live-streamed on local television

The argument began as the chamber debated constitutional reforms, including gender equality.

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Many universities, citing the Omicron surge, push start dates back or move to online instruction.

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Ghislaine Maxwell jury faces longer hours because of Covid

The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial asks jurors to meet for an extra hour a day.

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France sets new restrictions amid record cases.

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¿Bienvenido Juan Carlos? España se reencuentra con un monarca caído en desgracia

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‘People Want Jewelry With Meaning’: How Breast Milk Became a Gem

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10 Photos of the Year From California

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A ‘Tragic Mistake’ by Officer Potter, but Not a Criminal One

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US animal shelter shocked after 800 parakeets surrendered

A Detroit animal shelter said the birds were handed over in a "very unhealthy situation".

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New York expands coronavirus testing as case counts continue to climb.

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‘Brown Girls,’ a Daring Debut That Follows Its Characters Through Life and Beyond

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For Pop Music, 2021 Was the Year of the Deep Dive

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Sweeping private-sector vaccine mandate goes into effect in N.Y.C.

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I’ve Spent 25 Years as a Joan Didion Thief

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Expert Report of Dr. Theodore Chan

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Trial Testimony of Dr. Gary Vilke

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Dr. Oz is eyeing politics, but his dubious medical advice has him under the microscope.

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Hollywood Tests the Limit of Marquee Names a Single Film Can Hold

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Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101

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Declaration of Mark Kroll, Ph.D.

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Hundreds more flights are canceled as Omicron scrambles air travel.

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Trial Testimony Declaration of Dr. Tom Neuman

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Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?

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Is Disney the Met’s Fairy Godmother?

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Fauci warns against complacency amid data that Omicron causes milder illness

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El Salvador Releases 3 Women Serving Long Prison Sentences for Abortions

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Many African countries are toughening pandemic restrictions in the face of a Covid surge.

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Pest Control

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Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California

Beachgoers in Morro Bay area are ordered to stay out of the water after an accident on Christmas Eve.

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N.F.L. playoff implications are everywhere as Covid impacts rosters.

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For some, Christmas was close to normal. For others, it was yet again disrupted by the coronavirus.

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Flight cancellations grow as Omicron disrupts Christmas.

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India, wounded by Delta’s disastrous spring surge, expands vaccinations and starts boosters to fight Omicron.

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Sardi’s, Broadway’s iconic watering hole, is back, just in time for Omicron show closures.

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U.S. Covid hospitalizations are rising among children. New York urges parents to vaccinate the young.

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Anti-Coup Protesters in Sudan Press Their Demand for Return to Civilian Rule

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A U.S. Navy combat ship is stranded in Guantánamo Bay with a virus outbreak.

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Winter Storms Threaten to Disrupt Travel in the Northwest

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As Prices Rise, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers

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As Russian Threat Looms, Ukraine’s Government Is No Laughing Matter

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Is It Safe to Have a New Year’s Eve Party?

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Group Raises $20 Million to Preserve ‘Lost’ Brontë Library

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Bosses Have a New Headache: How Long Should Sick Workers Isolate?

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'Let's go, Brandon': Caller pranks Biden at White House event

A father from Oregon uttered a term that is code for an obscenity directed at the president.

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Lazy Lasagna

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Democrats Say They Are Serious About State Elections. But Are They Too Late?

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