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The San Francisco Bay Area is in its fifth surge of the pandemic, surpassing last summer’s Delta variant peak. But public health officials says this wave is different.

A fire has been burning for weeks in the mountains above the town of Las Vegas, N.M. The town has a population of about 13,000, and some families have started to evacuate their homes.

Watch the legendary jazz bassist and members of his trio perform from The Blue Note’s prestigious stage.

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NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to bring home a pristine sample of Martian rock. But given the small chance of life on the red planet, they have to grapple with safety questions.

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There is a battle on in the Victorian seat of Kooyong, where Josh Frydenberg says he is in the ‘fight of his life’ against independent Monique Ryan. Chief political correspondent Sarah Martin joins Jane Lee to discuss why Australia’s treasurer is in danger of losing his formerly safe Liberal seat

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Recent legislative activities in countries show the U.S. risks being out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights.

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