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    How Four Cities Can Predict Murder in America

    There’s a workaround for researchers and policymakers faced with a big time lag in the release of national statistics.

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    How ‘Developer’ Became Such a Dirty Word

    It’s a demonized group, yet there are few solutions for the housing shortage that don’t at least partly involve more development.

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    Medicare for All? For More? Here’s How Medicare Works.

    As Democrats embrace the idea of expanding the federal health insurance program, we looked at what it covers and costs. It’s far from “free.”

    By Abby Goodnough

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    Democratic Debate Turns Ferocious Over Health Care

    The candidates sparred angrily over whether to wipe out private health insurance and institute a government-run health system.

    By Abby Goodnough

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    Would You Want a Computer to Judge Your Risk of H.I.V. Infection?

    A new software algorithm decides which patients are most likely to become infected with the virus. Does the assessment stigmatize patients?

    By Gina Kolata

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    Hospitals Would Have to Reveal Discounted Prices They Give Insurers, Under Trump Rule

    The proposal is part of the administration’s push to bring more transparency to health care markets.

    By Reed Abelson and Abby Goodnough

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    Economics Isn’t Dismal. It’s Useful.

    Economics is a superpower you can use every day, the University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers says.

    By Justin Wolfers

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    The Best (and Worst) Places to Retire

    A recent study ranked the 50 states based on the what’s important to older adults.

    By Michael Kolomatsky

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    White Anxiety, and a President Ready to Address It

    Evidence of concern about demographic and cultural shifts is not new. What’s different is the willingness to politicize it openly.

    By Emily Badger and Nate Cohn

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    3,271 Pill Bottles, a Town of 2,831: Court Filings Say Corporations Fed Opioid Epidemic

    Cities and counties are suing major drugstore chains and Walmart, contending they distributed billions of painkillers that devastated communities.

    By Jan Hoffman, Katie Thomas and Danny Hakim

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    Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign

    Re-election looks plausible even with a bigger loss in the national popular vote.

    By Nate Cohn

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    The Economy Looks Solid, but the Fed Plans to Cut Rates Anyway. Here’s Why.

    An acknowledgment that some old rules of thumb no longer apply.

    By Neil Irwin

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