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Top News After Plummeting, the Virus Soars Back in the Midwest By Julie Bosman, Manny Fernandez and Thomas Fuller States like Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin are riding a frustrating seesaw during the pandemic, with new coronavirus cases rising again after apparent progress. Body Bags and Enemy Lists: How Far-Right Police Officers and Ex-Soldiers Planned for 'Day X' By Katrin Bennhold Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader. Tammy Duckworth Is Nothing and Everything Like Joe Biden By Matt Flegenheimer Despite their disparate backgrounds, the Illinois Democrat has carved out a public life most evocative of the man she could join on the presidential ticket. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

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Editors' Picks New York Is the Subway Risky? It May Be Safer Than You Think By Christina Goldbaum New studies in Europe and Asia suggest that riding public transportation is not a major source of transmission for the coronavirus. Opinion A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway By Basharat Peer How a photograph of a young man cradling his dying friend sent me on a journey across India.

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