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Finding joy in your emails. Losing sight of what is real. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. Here’s what you might have missed during a busy news week.

She changed women’s rights forever

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For some victims, undergoing a rape exam felt like a second trauma. Then their evidence ended up in the trash. A CNN investigation found that police departments across the country destroyed hundreds of kits tied to cases that could still be prosecuted.

Kristy and Dana Dumont are ready to be parents. But their efforts to start a family have put them at the center of a religious freedom debate.

The problem with gun form liars

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Fewer than 1 in 1000 people are prosecuted for lying on the federal gun form. New research shows why that’s not enough.

Analysis: Facebook and Wells Fargo are in bottomless pits of scandal

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But the two companies have reacted to their crises in very different ways.

Living while black

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Here are all the routine activities for which police were called on African-Americans this year.

Opinion: What Meghan Markle, ‘Love Actually’ and Cardi B have in common

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The idea that you shouldn’t take no for an answer because everyone comes together at Christmas gives the selfish behavior of people like Thomas Markle and Offset the perfect cover – but that’s not where the similarities end.

A year of glamour and gaffes

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From her memorable “I really don’t care. Do U?” jacket to her pith helmet: Making sense of Melania Trump’s style in 2018.

Utility provider’s role in wildfires

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The suspect of an investigation to determine the cause of the deadliest wildfire in California history is not some deranged serial arsonist – it’s California’s largest public utility provider.