The evolving process often reflects changes in social attitudes and immigration, as well as a wish for people in an increasingly diverse society to see themselves in the numbers produced by the federal government.
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Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending time behind bars
The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate is the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since the height of the Cold War.
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Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95
The legendary American mountaineer Lou Whittaker was matter-of-fact about the risks of mountaineering and said he didn’t want to die without knowing he’d lived.
Posted inNation & World, New England
‘Robot dog’ takes bullets for police on Cape Cod
The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 but dropped out after a weak showing in the early primaries.
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Baltimore union fears loss of 2,400 jobs on bridge collapse
Baltimore’s port is closed after the container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the water.
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Haiti’s transitional council signals its creation is nearly complete
The council members pledged to ‘execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order.’
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Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money case
Donald Trump complained on social media that the gag order issued Tuesday was ‘illegal, un-American, unConstitutional.’
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TikTok is under investigation by FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit
The investigation is the latest battle the social media company, which is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beijing-based parent company.
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Banksy tree mural that sprouted in London is fenced off after apparent vandalism
Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.