Context first. Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama did not commission a brand-new gym. He asked that ...

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Last year, health officials in Seattle decided to stop requiring bicyclists to wear helmets. Independent research found that nearly half of Seattle’s helmet tickets in recent years went to unhoused ...