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A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken California

SAN FRANCISCO — Multiple mega fires burning more than three million acres. Millions of residents smothered in toxic air. Rolling blackouts and triple-digit heat waves. Climate change, in the words of one scientist, is smacking California in the face.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Senate Republicans Plan Vote on ‘Skinny’ Aid Bill

Senate Republicans plan to force a vote Thursday on their substantially scaled-back stimulus plan, in a maneuver all but guaranteed to fail amid opposition by Democrats who call the measure inadequate.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaccine Trial Is Halted After Patient’s Adverse Reaction

The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca halted global trials of its coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday because of a serious and unexpected adverse reaction in a participant, the company said.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Congress Returns to an Impasse Over Pandemic Aid

The impasse amounts to a fraught political situation for both parties less than two months before the November election, with millions still unemployed and cities and states beginning to enact significant budget cuts with no promise of relief from Congress.

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In Year of Voting by Mail, a Scramble to Beef Up In-Person Voting, Too

PHILADELPHIA — Unnerved by the difficulties of voting amid a pandemic and faced with both the political static injected by President Trump and the limits on expanding voting by mail, state and local authorities across the country are racing to rethink and reinforce the polling sites where tens of millions of people are still expected to cast their ballots.

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Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Killed by Officers During Arrest

LACEY, Wash. — Law enforcement agents shot and killed an antifa supporter on Thursday as they moved to arrest him in the fatal shooting of a right-wing activist who was part of a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Ore., officials said.

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Homeland Security Blocked Warnings of Russian Campaign Against Biden

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has declined to publish a July 9 intelligence document that warns of Russian attempts to denigrate Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental health, prompting new scrutiny of political influence at the department.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump’s New Virus Adviser Has Questioned Mask Use

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2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Heads to an Unsettled Kenosha

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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race

PORTLAND, Ore. — A fatal shooting in Portland, Ore., over the weekend led President Trump to unleash a torrent of tweets and attacks on Sunday, capping a volatile week of street violence that is becoming a major theme in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign.