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As more Americans get vaccinated, the raw numbers of serious breakthrough infections will inevitably increase — but those figures can be misleading. Here's what to know about severe breakthroughs, based on the latest data.https://n.pr/3E4Izpy 

More and more tech workers are publicly criticizing their employers — and the companies are cracking down on them. Employees say speaking out has taken a toll on their livelihoods, friendships and mental health.https://n.pr/3niBATa 

The director of photography on an Alec Baldwin movie was killed by a prop firearm discharged by Baldwin, authorities say. The film's director was also injured.https://n.pr/3G6IFPc 

Julie Green — an artist known for painting the last meals of death row inmates on hundreds of plates over the decades — died earlier this month at the age of 60.https://n.pr/3b1MyGK 

The Federal Reserve is putting new restrictions on investments for policymakers and senior staff at the Fed. The new rules bar them from buying individual stocks and from holding individual bonds, as well as other market products.https://n.pr/3jrlpBT 

School board members across the country are facing threats they never bargained for — and they fear for their kids' safety and their own.https://n.pr/3aWX7Li 

Abusive relationships are disturbingly common. According to the CDC, one in three U.S. women has experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by a partner, and one in four men has. Here are some ways to help a friend or loved one.https://n.pr/3pmb0uY 

The family of 3 who were inexplicably found dead with their dog on a hiking trail in August most likely suffered from a combination of hyperthermia and dehydration, local authorities say.https://n.pr/30Qwlm4 

Wes Anderson's 10th feature film, "The French Dispatch," adopts the format of a New Yorker-like Sunday magazine to tell three very different — but equally idiosyncratic — love stories.https://n.pr/3ji9E0f 

Banished from major social media platforms, Trump says that he plans to launch one of his own. But the sustainability of the venture — and many of the details — remain unclear.https://n.pr/3G8WWeo 

This fall, the estimated 65,000 delivery bikers in New York City won major job improvements when the city council passed several new worker protection bills. Some of what they won was so basic as to be "ridiculous," says delivery biker Gustavo Ajche.https://n.pr/3pozW4Z 

The Washington state AG is charging a Pierce County sheriff with false reporting after he called 911 claiming a Black newspaper carrier in his Tacoma neighborhood had threatened to kill him. Via @knkxfm https://n.pr/3njLtjt 

Years after agreeing to take part in research, families of kids with congenital Zika syndrome feel abandoned. "It's like we were lab rats," one caretaker says. "They come in nicely, collect information … and in the end, we don't know of any results."https://n.pr/3b1wvbX 

On Wednesday afternoon, Enes Kanter, a center for the Boston Celtics, traded his uniform for a t-shirt bearing an image of the Dalai Lama, and read a pro-Tibet message that has prompted Chinese broadcasters to take the Celtics off the air in China.https://n.pr/3vxar2m 

Simone Biles says she's "still scared to do gymnastics" — citing an ongoing struggle with the "twisties."https://n.pr/3GdGWrA 

Johnson & Johnson is drawing criticism after using a controversial bankruptcy maneuver to block roughly 38,000 lawsuits linked to claims its talc baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos.https://n.pr/3nxSyNB 

JUST IN: Human remains found in a Florida nature preserve have been identified as those of Brian Laundrie, the FBI says.https://n.pr/3E5LM86