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The Justice Department charged 13 Russians and three companies with a vast campaign to subvert the 2016 election and support Trump. 1/21

Here’s a breakdown of what the indictment says, and an example of what that subversion looks like. 2/21

The Boston Globe dedicates its front page to the next mass shooting, which may happen sometime next week. 3/21

Something we didn’t know previously: an AR-15 Is easier to purchase in Florida than a handgun. 4/21

Do you hate the NRA’s outsize influence on federal policies? Alas, it’s simply normal democratic politics. 5/21

See also: “The GOP Made Trump More Conservative—But Trump's Also Making the GOP More Conservative.” 6/21

Under a Visas Between Individuals Program, citizens would have the right to sponsor a migrant for economic purposes. 7/21

The sight of a Chinese actress in blackface, leading an African man dressed as a monkey around a stage as a way of celebrating a vital trading relationship on prime-time national TV, seems particularly ill-judged. The most watched entertainment program on the planet offers a mixed message about China’s investments in Africa. 8/21

Ever since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Coast Guard has been busy cleaning up hundreds of sunken, abandoned boats. 9/21

Ronan Farrow uncovers an elaborate system deployed by the President’s allies to hide his many extramarital relations. 10/21

Now that Trump's lawyer revealed he paid off a porn star, the porn star's lawyer says she's ready to talk. 11/21

A program of induced lactation enables the first transgender woman to breastfeed her partner’s baby. 12/21

More than 50% of people with anosmia (the loss of sense of smell) report feeling isolated from a decent social life. 13/21

A train conductor relates what it's like to be the involuntary killer of people who are determined to be run over. 14/21

A man and his elderly father make a 10-day pilgrimage around one of Europe’s highest mountains. 15/21

We're entering "Peak Olympics," the phase in sports when human athletic progress reaches its final plateau. 16/21

Short film: How to run 100 miles (in a row). 17/21

Interview with a man who buys houses for cash and advertises his business on handwritten street signs. 18/21

The Church of England encourages worshippers to give up plastics for Lent. 19/21

Teachers make a fetish of the five-paragraph essay, but it comes at the cost of students learning how to think. 20/21

A brief history of the waterbed, including its odd popularity with dairy farmers ("happier cows, happier milk"). 21/21


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