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The star basketball player became enthralled with the Hanafi Movement, a group that later committed a terrorist attack on Washington, D.C.

Pugilism may get a Justice further on the speaking circuit than civility.

From the commentary: The major reason U.S. death rates are comparatively high is probably the high number of high-risk, susceptible patients in its population — ... than in most other countries.

As 2020 ended, the U.S. accounted for 25% of the world’s COVID-19 cases. Now it accounts for just over 15%, and the fraction is dropping steadily.

U.S. COVID deaths are still high, but lets learn from forecasters mistakes.

It is not always possible to predict the outcome of an event, from a football game to the pandemic, before it ends.

However you're spending the holidays this year, these podcasts will keep you company.

Trump was warned to tell his supporters to be peaceful, but he refused.

Will the moral qualms become too much for Twitter’s power users?

Sam Bankman-Fried vaporized money—and trust in institutions.