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Wednesday

The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers. LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Mountain Valley Pipeline would stretch 303 miles, from West Virginia to North Carolina. This 2018 file photo shows a section of downed trees on a ridge near homes along the pipeline's route in Lindside, W.Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption

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In an aerial view, a cleared lot where the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building once stood is seen on June 22, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. It had been a year since the tragic event where 98 people died when the building partially collapsed on June 24, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Student loan borrowers gather outside the Supreme Court building in February 2023. The court's ruling on President Biden's debt relief plan is expected in June or July. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption

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Ivy Lee, founder and editor of the independent Chinese-language magazine Sino Monthly, stands behind her desk at the magazine's N.J. headquarters. Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption

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'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

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Author Ava Chin poses next to the cover of her recent book, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming Author headshot via Tommy Kha hide caption

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Tuesday

Former FBI director James Comey before testifying on Capitol Hill in 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption

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James Comey knows the politics of NY law enforcement. Now, he's writing about it

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Aderrien Murry, 11, called the police as his mother asked — but when officers arrived, one of them shot him in the chest. A new lawsuit says officials failed to train and supervise its officers. Courtesy of Nakala Murry hide caption

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Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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A landmark appeals court ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy deal

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Tykee James, president of the DC Audubon Society, and Erin Connelly, holding her 10-month-old son, Louis, search in the treetops in Fort Slocum Park in Washington, D.C. Melissa Block/NPR hide caption

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Heads up! Stunning birds are all around us, even in dense cities

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