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Courtney Dorning

This week marks the one year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Here’s a timeline of how the day unfolded.
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics found that select unopened Lego sets on the secondary market saw an average annual return of 11% — that’s higher than gold.
In 2000, lawyers and election officials endlessly examined and debated butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Now, the legal arguments are more complex and center on the rules governing mail-in voting.