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A.J. Daulerio -- My Wife Wants to Get Rid of My Daughter's New Toy to "Protect" Our Son. This Is Not a Realistic Approach.

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

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Big Corporations Are Funding MAGA Reality TV Shows. It's Starting to Look ... Suspicious. -- Luke Winkie

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It's a Midsize City. It Makes the News Every Six Years. You'd Never Guess the Reason. -- Rosie Thomas

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It Was One of DOGE's Most Absurd Abuses. A Court Finally Exposed It. -- Shaun Ossei-Owusu

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George W. Bush's Former Press Secretary Has Found Her Next Gig. I'm Not Sure She's Up to the Job. -- Rebecca Onion

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Florida's Attorney General Is Fighting to Outlaw Surrogacy. Adoption Could Be Next. -- Mark Joseph Stern

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My Father's Hidden Life Was in a Box in His Office. By the Time I Found It, It Was Almost Too Late. Jordan Hirsch

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It's the Most Sickening Part of the Internet. You Wouldn't Want Your Kids on It—but It Might Already Be Too Late. -- Sabrina Jones

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He's One of SNL's Most Beloved Alums—and One of the Most Polarizing. A New Documentary Examines Why. -- David Mack

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I've Always Helped My Sister With Money When She's Needed It. Now I'm Regretting That Choice. -- pay dirt

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We're Done With My Wife's Brother After How He Treated Our Son. Her Mom Insists We're Being "Precious." -- care and feeding

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My Longtime Friends Love to Bring Up a Particular Sore Spot From My Past. I'd Rather Not Be Reminded. -- dear prudence

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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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