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Emem, 2018, from <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2019/03/03/696969592/transforming-the-pain-of-black-lives-lost-into-portraits-of-magic-embodied">Infinite Essence </a>

Favorite Photos And Illustrations Of 2019

Here are images that resonated from the year: photos of families facing difficult decisions on the U.S. border, illustrations showing the struggles of student loan debt and otherworldly portraits.

Morning News Brief: Trump Tower Meeting, Calif. Wildfires

Trump again defended a meeting among top campaign officials and a Russian lawyer. An update on one of Northern California's largest wildfires. The significance of an upcoming white nationalist rally.

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Secretary of State Blinken is in China for meetings. Present Biden is reviewing tariffs on Chinese imports. Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday.

A satire of women's social discourse in the Queen Anne period depicts six women taking tea in a parlor, with figures on the left signifying hidden emotions and power struggles behind a genteel facade. Circa 1710.

The Real 'Favourite' Of Queen Anne's Era? Tea, And The Gossip That Swirled Around It

The Oscar-nominated film has reignited interest in the life (and love interests) of a corpulent, gouty, queen who liked chocolate more than tea. So why are Queen Anne and tea-drinking so closely tied?

An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line.

Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

News Brief: Houston Update, Trump And Russia

We have the latest on the crisis in Houston caused by flooding. Also, President Trump has visited Texas, and we have the latest on the Russia investigation.

Former Cabinet Minister Chris Huhne is among three former U.K. officials who allege the Murdochs' tabloids hacked into their voice mails to further a corporate agenda. In Huhne's case, revelations in Murdoch's papers led to scandal and a jail term.

Ex-British officials say Murdoch tabloids hacked them to aid corporate agenda

Ex-U.K. cabinet ministers allege Murdoch's tabloids hacked their voicemails for salacious scoops to try to intimidate them from blocking its takeover of a satellite TV firm.

Barbara Van Epps, director of the New York State Conference of Mayors.

Barbara Van Epps gets to work as new director of NYCOM

The New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officers has a new executive director for the first time in 17 years. Barbara Van Epps began at NYCOM in mid-August and has been with the organization since 2006.

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President Biden ends his reelection bid and endorses VP Harris as his choice to take over the top of the Democratic ticket. The GOP aims to tie Harris to Biden’s biggest troubles, including inflation.

Student housing in Albany's Pine Hills neighborhood.

New report from state comptroller finds severe housing costs burden New Yorkers

Although there is disagreement over the details of how to address it, most elected officials point to housing as a top concern in New York state. According to a new report by the state comptroller, Democrat Tom DiNapoli, almost 3 million New Yorkers face housing costs that take up more than 30 percent of their household income — and 20 percent are spending more than half of their income on housing.

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