Early Addition: Of Course Americans Have Been Working Even More During Pandemic

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Published Sep 20, 2021

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A new study conducted by Microsoft found that the average American workweek has gotten 10% longer since the start of the pandemic.
Authorities believe they have found the body of missing New York woman Gabby Petito, who disappeared last month while on a vanlife trip with her fiancé, who has now gone "missing" himself.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a serious shot at losing his job in today's nationwide election.
Paul Rusesabagina, the activist and former hotel manager portrayed by Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, has been convicted of terrorism in Rwanda after providing financial support for a group that opposed the government.
The Taliban posted some confounding images of its soldiers riding around a lake in colorful bird-shaped boats while holding machine guns.
Great Britain has made the post-Brexit decision to ditch the metric system and go back to measuring things in pounds and ounces.
Last night's Emmys gave a ton of awards to very white shows and people and zero acting awards to any Black or brown people.
The production designers from Hacks gave the Wall Street Journal an extremely detailed breakdown of how they put together the home office in Jean Smart's character's Las Vegas megamansion.
A woman in her 60s who speaks "perfect English" was spotted by a fisherman stranded on a rock off the coast of Croatia, but she reportedly isn't able to tell the authorities who she is, where she's from, or how she wound up on the jagged rock.
Haruki Murakami wrote brief summaries for The New Yorker about his favorite novelty t-shirts (and included photos), and it's as delightful as you'd expect.
And finally, this dog has poise:

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