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Musk's moon mission divides Trump world - Sophia Tesfaye - Musk's moon mission divides Trump world - Sophia Tesfaye - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy might become a casualty in Trump's new space race

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Riley Gaines and the demonic trans panic - Amanda Marcotte - Riley Gaines and the demonic trans panic - Amanda Marcotte - Fake victims like Gaines evoke the little girls of "The Exorcist" and "The Conjuring"

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Please stop saying "boo basket" Andi Zeisler - TikTok and brands turned our most natural, nostalgic season into another marketing moment

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Oklahoma pushes "America first" schools - Jennifer Smith Richards - ProPublica - Oklahoma experimented with patriotic curricula and private school choice long before Trump's agenda

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Pennywise isn't Derry's biggest terror -- Melanie McFarland -- Salon talks to the makers of "It: Welcome to Derry" about building the town's history on America's fears

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Forget kimbap, cook royal Korean recipes -- Hanh Nguyen -- Only you, the home cook, can save these ancient Korean recipes seen in recent k-dramas – no time travel necessary

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Trump's enemies list keeps expanding -- Chauncey DeVega -- The administration's theater of cruelty has everyday people asking "Am I next?"

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Inflation is coming for Donald Trump -- Heather Digby Parton -- Trump and the GOP haven't learned from Biden's misread of economic perceptions

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"The Perfect Neighbor" crosses a line -- Coleman Spilde -- The Netflix documentary about manipulating the legal system has its own tricky problems with exploitation

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The beauty industry has its head up your butt -- Beauty's got its head up your butt -- Andi Zeisler -- From butt masks to "holecare," consumer beauty obsession is now hitting both ends

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Gangbanging in media land -- Jake Tapper -- The New Republic busts a cap in the New York Times' backside for ho-ing out on Iraq.

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Kash Patel and Vivek Ramaswamy get hit with a hard MAGA truth -- MAGA's hate machine devours its own -- Sophia Tesfaye -- The right's anti-Indian hate problem can no longer be contained to the internet

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How the Proud Boys invented antifa -- Amanda Marcotte -- The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump's White House

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Trump to GOP: Ban all early voting -- Alex Galbraith -- The president urged his party to put an end to mail-in ballots and early voting before the midterms

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That time a socialist ran for mayor -- Andrew O'Hehir -- Sometimes history rhymes like crazy: Morris Hillquit came 108 years before Mamdani, and his lessons still resonate

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Bessent: I'm a soybean farmer too -- Alex Galbraith -- The yeoman Treasury Secretary and former hedge fund manager said the trade war with China has hurt him

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Trump: Pence a "wimp" on Jan. 6 -- Alex Galbraith -- A new book reveals details of a tense conversation between Trump and Pence shortly before a mob stormed the Capitol

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How Trump blurs reality for his base - Andrew Rojecki, Tanja Aitamurto - The Conversation - How Trump blurs reality for his base - Andrew Rojecki, Tanja Aitamurto - The Conversation - The White House tailors its content to the beliefs, language and worldview of Trump's political base

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Trump's demolition shakes MAGA base -- Sophia Tesfaye -- The entire East Wing of the White House is gone — and people are angry

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Trump signals war in all but name -- Sabrina Haake -- The Pentagon's aircraft carrier deployment to the Caribbean is a major escalation

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Trump aims to burn global birth control -- Nicole Karlis -- After killing USAID, Trump administration intends to incinerate contraceptives meant for low-income countries

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Misty Copeland's final bow and legacy -- CK Smith -- Misty Copeland's final bow and legacy -- CK Smith -- ABT's 1st Black female principal dancer, mentor and advocate, Copeland's retirement celebrates her reshaping ballet

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Louvre heist arrests made, but no jewels -- CK Smith -- France's real-life caper now has its suspects, but the missing jewels and our moral fascination remain unsolved

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Tim Curry is Gen X's favorite villain -- Andi Zeisler -- Curry's new memoir, "Vagabond," takes stock of a fearless career that's not over yet

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The film that sees therapy how it is -- Coleman Spilde -- Mary Bronstein breaks down her sophomore feature's brutally realistic look at seeking treatment

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The Boss is back -- Kenneth Womack -- "Deliver Me from Nowhere" and "Nebraska '82" bring new life to a classic Springsteen era

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Stop waiting on horror to win Oscars -- Coleman Spilde -- After "Silence of the Lambs," a horror film may never win best picture again — and it doesn't need to

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Heists don't hit the way they used to -- Andi Zeisler -- Crown jewels or not, we don't need to see another rich person getting away with crime

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Reviving the spirit of civil discourse -- Melanie McFarland -- When illogical shout fests are passed off as debate, this considerate roundtable may be just what we need

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Food stamps, redefined by red states -- Francesca Giangiulio -- Republican governors push to ban soda and candy from SNAP. Critics call it political, not practical

2 months ago

Return to the office, done right -- Nina Jagannathan -- Why some companies insist on employees returning and how data-driven strategies make it beneficial

2 months ago

How much to tip for 1 coffee, delivered? -- Joy Saha -- A woman's coffee order was cancelled by her driver over what he believed was an insufficient $3.50 tip

3 months ago

The financial therapist will see you now -- Melanie Lockert -- If the latest headlines are stressing you out, there's someone you can talk to — at a price

2 months ago

Why women are wary of the AI rush -- Andi Zeisler -- Why women are wary of the AI rush -- Andi Zeisler -- New technology has always been used against women. Why should we trust artificial intelligence not to be?

2 months ago

Welcome to the club. That'll be $200K -- Esther Luz -- Fees can cost six figures, and the waitlists stretch for months. But the exclusivity keeps them humming

3 months ago

How to protect yourself from solar scams -- Vanessa McGrady -- For many, solar power makes sense. But some big companies are preying on people with expensive plans

2 months ago

Meme coins: Fun hobby or wild gamble? -- Daria Solovieva -- The digital tokens started as internet memes, but investors are increasingly in on the joke

2 months ago

Jane Goodall taught us about ourselves -- Carlyn Zwarenstein -- The renowned scientist, who died at 91, transformed our understanding of primates — and ourselves

25 days ago

Satellites are censoring the stars -- Carlyn Zwarenstein -- With satellite numbers skyrocketing over the next few years, the time to grasp the implications is now

2 months ago

Think twice before a parasite cleanse -- Elizabeth Hlavinka -- Science is still figuring out the gut microbiome. It's a breeding ground for misinformation

2 months ago

Creatures of the night, unite -- Carlyn Zwarenstein -- Dark sky proponents mull the rights of nature to battle light pollution. Here's how it would work

3 months ago

Humans think — AI, not so much -- Carlyn Zwarenstein -- New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of

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Why the internet is obsessed with crabs - Carlyn Zwarenstein - Why the internet is obsessed with crabs - Carlyn Zwarenstein - Does carcinization mean humans will one day grow pincers? Not exactly, but the concept is still fascinating

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Why gulls don't deserve the hate -- Brianna Grant -- There's a lot we get wrong about our least favorite seabirds

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Maybe don't anthropomorphize octopuses -- Elizabeth Hlavinka -- Seeing ourselves in animals could limit what we find out about them. Not seeing ourselves in them could, too

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Elevate Hamburger Helper like "The Bear" -- Melanie McFarland -- Elevate Hamburger Helper like "The Bear" -- Melanie McFarland -- In the tender "Worms" episode, Sydney turns Hamburger Helper into a masterclass in care and doing more with less

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Cheesecake, perfected with granola -- Ashlie D. Stevens -- No-bake, weeknight-friendly and topped with a sweet, crunchy layer — this cheesecake is effortless decadence

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Newsom deploys Guard to feed California -- Joy Saha -- "This is serious, this is urgent — and requires immediate action," the governor said in an Oct. 22 statement

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The sweet heart of Diwali -- Joy Saha -- For cookbook author Vijaya Selvaraju, Diwali begins with ghee, cardamom and her mother's sweets

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The 8 best Trader Joe's candies -- Joy Saha -- Whether you're team gummy, chocolate or sour, Trader Joe's has something just for you

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Foul food sends Delta flight back to LA -- Francesca Giangiulio -- A Delta flight turned back to L.A. after a passenger's spoiled food made the cabin unbearable

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Why do we bob for apples? -- Joy Saha -- The wacky tradition has long been spotlighted in pop culture and seasonal state fairs. But its origins go way back

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Snapple brings back glass bottles -- Francesca Giangiulio -- The beloved glass bottles are returning — pop cap, Snapple Fact and all — but only for a limited time in New York

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"Where will you spend eternity?" -- S.J. Stover -- An evangelical theater experience like "Sleep No More" meets Dante's "Inferno," as interpreted by Franklin Graham

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What owning a cemetery taught me -- Sarah Gundle -- Despite being featured on Zillow Gone Wild, the house — a renovated church — sat on the market for nearly a year

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Finding peace with your ghosts -- Caleb Wilde -- Humans find comfort in binaries — someone is either dead or alive — but some things exist in the in-between

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My affair with witchcraft -- Sarah Herrington -- Reeling from two break-ups — romantic and spiritual — I went to a local witch's Halloween healing event

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