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26 September 2020
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President expected to announce pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday, setting stage for rightward shift -
Family expresses anger and disappointment after jury decided not to charge officers directly for killing of 26-year-old medical worker
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Late justice’s coffin moved from supreme court to Capitol, where family, politicians and friends attended service -
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Triple-digit temperatures could spark new fires just a few weeks after a record heatwave
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Jenny Mikakos resigns after inquiry into how Australian state allowed a second outbreak; Brazil deaths pass 140,000 and US cases reach 7m. Follow all the developments live -
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Cases rise by tens of thousands every day as CDC report shows Americans in their 20s main drivers of virus over summer
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From starring roles in Moonlight and Hidden Figures, to a genre-busting musical career, the actor and singer has always gone her own way -
In his new book, Issac Bailey considers the killing of George Floyd, the protests it inspired – and whether change will result
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Biden is trying to woo unhappy Republicans, when he should be mobilizing hundreds of thousands of Democrats -
Reactionary leaders are invoking communism as a way of attacking the left, says author and activist Richard Seymour
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What I’ve learned about long-term Covid-19 has forced me to mentally reframe the risk factors and the way the future could play out
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On Wednesday, we learned no one would be held accountable for Taylor’s murder. Why does justice continue to elude us?
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Tatum had 31 points and the Celtics stayed alive by topping the Miami Heat 121-108 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday -
Kevin Shattenkirk scored in overtime as the Lightning beat the Dallas Stars to take a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup final on Friday
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If the Renaissance artist’s wavy-haired youth can fetch $80m, will collections start selling off masterpieces to get them through the pandemic? Could the RA’s Michelangelo be next? -
The cult singer-songwriter made his name as a whimsical chronicler of US history. Now he’s made an electropop album about his country’s evils -
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In Brooklyn, locals say their everyday experience is far removed from the narrative being espoused by the president – and criminologists agree -
Reports suggest strategy to bypass results in key states under discussion, but legal experts say such an effort is likely to fail -
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With food in short supply and prices rocketing, a wave of new farmers are growing produce on roofs, balconies and beyond -
Queen’s granddaughter and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, expecting baby due early 2021
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Voting starts in the eastern state of Sabah, seen as a referendum on Muhyiddin Yassin’s unelected government -
Country has one month to deliver outstanding 289m cubic metres and ensure water for 14 major cities and growers -
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We Are Here, an exhibition of the work of new and established black female photographers in the UK, seeks to challenge their lack of representation in the sector. Sponsored by Nikon, it takes place at Blank Canvas, in Walsall, from 25 to 27 September -
From a peaceful former lock-keeper’s cottage to a steel houseboat in the middle of London -
The Guardian’s picture editors select highlights from around the world including stormy weather in England, mine sniffing rat and Milan Fashion Week
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