Cleaning up the biggest New Year's mess in America

While the rest of us head to bed in the early hours of Jan. 1, New York's sanitation team gets to work

January 1, 2018

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NASA's DART mission is a success as it crashes into asteroid

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I spy

Edward Snowden granted Russian citizenship

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Billion dollar price tag

Biden's student debt relief plan could cost the government $400 billion

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State of Emergency

Biden cancels visit to Florida over impending hurricane

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'roadmap to an attempted coup'

Former White House chief of staff texted voter fraud conspiracy theorist

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: September 26, 2022

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Briefing

Prosecuting the insurrectionists

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William Falk

Broken glass

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Feature

7 toons about DeSantis and Abbott's migrant relocation

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Abortion Fights

Arizona judge bans abortion statewide by reinstating 1864 law

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'Flabbergasted'