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If Good News had a patron saint, it would be the Swedish professor of global health Hans Rosling.Rosling, who died in 2017, was a wizard at using data and storytelling to challenge misconceptions around global development and progress. With statistics in hand, Rosling could convince the most determined pessimist that the world was, on balance, getting better. And there’s no better example of the Rosling touch than a TED talk he gave in 2010 called “The Magic Washing Machine.” “Laundry day” used to actually mean an entire day of soaking clothes, heating water, hauling, scrubbing, rinsing, wringing, and hanging. But...

Get all the facts without the spin.On Monday, October 27, President Donald Trump’s legal team filed a 111-page appeal of his New York conviction that followed a contentious prosecution led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The appeal was filed with the New York State Supreme Court. The appeal calls for the complete dismissal of the “most politically charged prosecution in our Nation’s history.”Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records after a trial in New York. The case was put on hold until 2029, when the 47th president leaves office.A spokesman for the president’s legal representative...

Rioters then shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks. A Border Patrol transport van carrying illegal aliens attempting to get to the safety of the perimeter was then attacked. Border Patrol agents were able to secure the van and get it into the perimeter. The mob of rioters grew more hostile and violent, advancing toward agents and began throwing rocks and other objects at agents, including one that struck Chief Greg Bovino in the head. Border Patrol agents repeated multiple warnings to back up and that chemical agents would be deployed if warnings were ignored. Riot control measures were...