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Why you have to wait 72 years for census records to be released : NPR

It's a rule that many genealogists plan their lives around.

Once a decade, the U.S. Census Bureau tries to gather the names, home addresses and other details of every person living in the country for a head count.

And 72 years after a national tally's Census Day, records with all of that information are shared with the public, including family historians eager to flesh out their genealogy charts.

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Biden nominates the 1st Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge : NPR

President Biden on Wednesday announced eight judicial nominees, including Nusrat Choudhury who would be the first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge.

Choudhury, currently the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, has been tapped to be a U.S. judge in the Eastern District of New York.