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The Cincinnati skyline is lit up in orange the night the Bengals beat the Kansas City Chiefs to land a spot in this year's Super Bowl.

The Bengals find some luck in the Year of the Tiger, and Cincinnati is celebrating

Fans in Cincinnati are ecstatic over their win against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. The team's victory coincides with the Lunar New Year and a cleansing of bad history.

How to roll out big ideas and avoid the Museum of Failure

A new book develops a science of scaling.

How some states are trying to upgrade their glitchy, outdated health care technology

The pandemic exposed how old-school tech hampers access to health care and other public services. With new federal funding, states finally have a way to upgrade, if they seize the opportunity.

Author Toni Morrison pictured at Princeton University in New Jersey in October 1993. She is known for her 11 novels, but her single short story has often been forgotten.

Toni Morrison's only short story is available in book form for the first time

The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday.

Trump escalates racist rhetoric and plays on white grievance at recent rallies

The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.

Residents wait in line to vote outside of the Tippecanoe branch library on Oct. 20, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisc. Minimum standards for access to in-person early voting are one reform that both Republicans and Democrats have backed.

There are election reforms that both Democrats and Republicans seem to like

After failing to pass a voting rights bill, Democrats in Congress haven't made their next move clear. Bipartisan talks have begun over smaller measures that election experts still see as necessary.

At the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, African Americans carry placards demanding equal rights, integrated schools, decent housing and an end to bias.

Here's the story behind Black History Month — and why it's celebrated in February

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.

Elana Meyers Taylor and Kaysha Love of USA look on after competing in the two-woman bobsled. Meyers Taylor recently tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating in Beijing.

Third U.S. Olympic bobsledder tests positive for COVID-19 before Beijing Games

37-year-old Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist, announced on Twitter that she tested positive for COVID-19 two days after arriving in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games.

Curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys will be the first U.S. athletes to compete in Beijing in a mixed doubles match against Australia two days ahead of the opening ceremony.

American curlers get an early start at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Two days before the opening ceremony in Beijing, U.S. curlers Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys face an Australian pair in a mixed doubles match that was nearly upended by the COVID pandemic.

A Buddhist monk raises his clenched fist while marching during an anti-military government protest rally on Tuesday, Feb. 1 in Mandalay, Myanmar. The new U.N. special envoy for Myanmar says violence has intensified since the military took power a year ago and sparked a resistance movement in the country.

1st anniversary of Myanmar military coup marked by strike and international concern

The anniversary of the Feb. 1, 2021, coup prompted a nationwide "silent strike" by those inside the country who oppose the military's takeover.

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