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President Joe Biden plans to touthis efforts to make healthcare more affordable as part of tonight's State of the Union address. / Politico
Private companies have committed $4.2 billion to Central America as part of an effort to reduce migration by targeting economic development. / Reuters
Meanwhile, monthly crossing attempts at the US-Mexico border remain near record highs. / Pew Research Center
The death toll from Turkey and Syria's earthquake tops 5,000. / ABC News
Complaints from Taliban soldiers who moved to Kabul to become administrators: "Life's become so wearisome; you do the same things every day." / Afghanistan Analysts Network
Unrelated: "The Taliban Can't Stop TikTok." / WIRED UK
To offset inflation, Berlin gives young people €50 "youth culture cards" to spend on clubbing or going to museums. / Dazed
Why veterinary medicine has such a high suicide rate: all the euthanasia. / Slate
Lhakpa Sherpa, who's climbed Mount Everest 10 times—the most ascents ever by a woman—works in a Connecticut Whole Foods between expeditions. / The New York Times
From May 2020, moments in history when sports were played in empty stadiums. / Throwbacks
Some other odd things: A cosmetics store designed as a tangle of ductwork. A trolley goes viral as a bookshelf. / yatzer, Penguin
Ice fishing, threatened by climate change, draws new fans with sonar and "wheelhouses." / The Economist
LZ Granderson: If the NFL truly wants to address racism, it should honor the four Black men who first integrated the league. (A good podcast interview on the same topic.) / The Los Angeles Times
See also: "How Massive the NFL Really Is, in Four Charts." / FiveThirtyEight
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