David Chen

sports reporter at The New York Times

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Political reporter for the New York Times

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Tens of millions of people bet on Super Bowl LVI. Sports betting in California is still not legal, but that could change this year.

Will California gamble on legalizing sports betting?

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Television commercials featuring Chinese music, pictorial characters and gongs suggest that China has morphed from a "Communist threat" to an economic menace.

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Television commercials featuring Chinese music, pictorial characters and gongs suggest that China has morphed from a "Communist threat" to an economic menace.

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