Today's Headlines: Newsom Beat the Recall, Now Comes the Hard Part: Governing California

U.S. Booster Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent
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Thursday, September 16, 2021

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Newsom Beat the Recall, Now Comes the Hard Part: Governing California

By Shawn Hubler

Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing multiple crises. Ninety percent of California is in extreme drought. The median home price has eclipsed $800,000. Some 100,000 people are sleeping outside or in their cars.

U.S. Booster Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent

U.S. Booster Policy Is in Flux as Studies Add to Dissent

By Sharon LaFraniere and Noah Weiland

A week before President Biden's plan is to roll out, scientists are at odds about whether extra coronavirus shots are needed and for whom.

This Is Life in Rural Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover

Afghanistan Dispatch

This Is Life in Rural Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover

By Jim Huylebroek

Since the Taliban takeover, much of Afghanistan's countryside has seen a big drop in violence after 20 years of fighting. "It has been a long time now since a bullet hit our homes."

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Why We're Experiencing So Many Unusually Hot Summer Nights

The Upshot

Why We're Experiencing So Many Unusually Hot Summer Nights

By Aatish Bhatia and Josh Katz

Across the U.S., nights are warming faster than days because of climate change, and this effect is amplified in cities.

How Cryptocurrency Can Keep Americans Free

Opinion | Guest Essay

How Cryptocurrency Can Keep Americans Free

By James Poulos

The confluence of tech and finance has produced a nascent soft social credit system. Digital currency may be the only way out.

Today's Videos

Inspiration4 Successfully Launches Into Orbit

Video Video: Inspiration4 Successfully Launches Into Orbit

By Spacex Via Associated Press

The four crew members of the Inspiration4 mission, all civilians, reached orbit. The capsule they are riding in, named Resilience, will orbit Earth for three days at an altitude of up to 360 miles.

Biden Administration Pushes for Expanded Child Care Funding

Video Video: Biden Administration Pushes for Expanded Child Care Funding

By The New York Times

Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen urged an overhaul of the country's child care system. The Biden administration detailed failures by the private sector to provide affordable, high-quality care to families as the U.S. faces labor shortages.

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