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There Was One Widespread Rumor About the SNL Finale. It's Time for It to Come True. -- Scaachi Koul

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I Tried Out Those Weird Mushroom and Dandelion "Coffees" That Are All Over Social Media. What a Trip. -- Nadira Goffe

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Trump Thought He Could Wing It at His Summit With China's President. Not Exactly! -- Fred Kaplan

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Trump's New Grift Is His Most Brazen ... Ever? -- Jim Newell

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It's an Industry Almost Everyone Hates. Wall Street Loves It. It Could Demolish the Entire Economy. -- Nitish Pahwa

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We Do a Lot of Sneering at "Virtue Signaling." It May Be Time to Rethink Our Approach. Michael Brownstein and Alex Madva

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Alex Murdaugh's Murder Convictions Were Just Overturned. The Reason Why Is Wild. -- Laura Miller

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The DOJ Just Made a Shocking Confession About One of Trump's Worst Early Executive Orders -- Alexis Romero

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Jude Law's Newest Film Has Him Portraying a Notorious Dictator. How Close Does He Come to the Truth? -- Ellin Stein

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Sterling K. Brown Just Got His First Great Villain Role, and He Knocked It Out of the Park -- Nadira Goffe

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I Normally Have a Much Higher Sex Drive Than My Husband. Then He Got Injured, and, Uh, Wow. A Strange Sexual Phenomenon Happens When My Husband Gets Injured. So Far, It's Baffled My Mind. My Libido Is Usually Sky-High. But When My Husband Gets Injured, It Has a Baffling Effect on Me. document.getElementById('cmp9z353y001b3b7d7ir7akv6@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 3)].hidden = false - My Libido Is Usually Sky-High. But When My Husband Gets Injured, It Has a Baffling Effect on Me. Rich Juzwiak

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I Know Way Too Much About Infectious Diseases. Here's Why I'm Considering Taking a Cruise With My Family Anyway. -- Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

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It Costs $10. New Parents Have No Idea They'll Need It. -- Shannon Palus

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It's Controversial, Expensive, and Understudied. Men Are Lining Up—and Stripping Down—to Get It Done. -- Nathaniel Moore

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Jon Krakauer Wishes He Never Climbed Mount Everest—and Never Wrote Into Thin Air -- Laura Miller

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Britain's New Law Targeting a Beloved Vice Would Shock Americans. I Surprised Myself With My Own Reaction. -- Imogen West-Knights

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Nicole Chung -- My Adult Son Legally Changed His Last Name. My Husband's Reaction Is Absurd.

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Jessica Stoya -- I Got Home From Work and Caught My Wife Betraying Me. I Can Use This to My Advantage.

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Kristin Wong -- My Friends Always Host Our Hang Outs in Their Home. They Have an Infuriating Habit.

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true - Jenée Desmond-Harris - My Husband's Family Treats His Ex-Wife Like She's Royalty. After What She Did, She Doesn't Deserve It.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I Allowed My Mother-in-Law to Live in Our House. She Just Violated My Privacy in the Wildest Way.

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Michelle Herman -- I Shared a Harmless Observation With My Wife. Then She Opened Her Mouth.

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Elizabeth Spiers and Athena Valentine -- I Need to Make an Important Move for My Financial Future. It's Going to Devastate My Sister.

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Laura Helmuth -- Someone Reported My Boss. She Found Out, and She's Holding It Against Me.

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Yes, a Beloved College Is Closing. But It's Not As Bad As It Seems. -- Ethan Ris -- I study higher education for a living. The data doesn't lie.

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He Spends His Days Tracking America's Wildest Conspiracy Theorists. What He's Seeing Lately Is Eye-Popping. Luke Winkie - Will Sommer has watched our politics descend into darkness. We're not ready for what's coming next.

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How the SCOTUS Ruling in Callais Affects Reproductive Rights. -- Amicus

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Todd Blanche's Latest Audition to Be Trump's Attorney General May Be His Most Desperate Yet -- Shirin Ali

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