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Why the 1980s were a golden age for the NBA’s press corps

Everyone was accessible. Reporters sat close to the court and could capture sights and sounds — those crucial, little things that make a story sing.
A statue of a newsboy on a bicycle delivering newspapers wears a mask outside the offices of the closed Edmond Sun Monday, May 4, 2020, in Edmond, Okla. In a "To Our Readers" column, The Edmond Sun announced it would merge with The Norman Transcript with that newspaper providing its news coverage. The column cited the economic downturn as a result of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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CBS News names a new president and it’s, actually, two people

This caps a week in which network news executives at ABC and CBS played a dizzying game of musical chairs.
The Edmond (Oklahoma) Sun, July 25, 1889. (newspapers.com)

The coronavirus has closed more than 70 local newsrooms across America. And counting.

At first, the pandemic cost newsrooms jobs and communities critical work. Now it’s starting to end entire newsrooms.
A box containing vials of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines in a cold storage warehouse in Istanbul, Monday, March 29, 2021 (Turkish Health Ministry via AP)

5,800 fully vaccinated people have gotten breakthrough COVID-19

That’s 0.008% of fully vaccinated people. Plus, a Pfizer booster shot is likely, Moderna says its vaccine is strong, an upcoming surge, and more.
Attorney Ben Crump, representing the family of Daunte Wright, holds up images depicting X26P Taser and a Glock 17 handgun during a news conference at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

How often do police confuse firearms for stun guns?

PolitiFact wondered how it happens, what precautions would keep it from happening and how courts have ruled in similar cases. Here’s what they found.
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