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A Promising Young TV Star Was Sentenced to 92 Years for a Brutal Crime He Says He Didn't Commit. Then a Prison Guard Delivered a Life-Changing Message. -- Wes Ferguson

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I Spent 9/11 With Abdul El-Sayed on the Trail in Michigan. What I Saw Shows What's at Stake. -- Aymann Ismail

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We Might Finally See Consequences for Gerrymandering Abuses -- Shirin Ali

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The Fracturing in American Judaism That Macklemore Just Exposed to the World -- Alex Kirshner

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Who's to Blame for Inflation? Trump's Handpicked Fed Chair Left Little Doubt. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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All 349 "Murmurs" in the Twilight Saga, Charted and Ranked -- Rachelle Hampton

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At Dolly Parton's Civil War–Themed Dinner Theater, There's Violence on Many Sides -- Aisha Harris

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Trumpworld Has Found Its New Jeffrey Epstein - Joshua Kolb

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We're Finally Moving Beyond Inexpensive, Disposable Clothing. Just Look at What Happened to Shein. -- Steffi Cao

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Slate Crossword: They're Jam-Packed! (11 Letters) -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Mini Crossword for Sept. 17, 2026 -- Nijah Morris

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The Pathogen Yersinia Pestis Is Responsible for Which Disease? -- Ray Hamel

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Was Silicon Valley Always Like This? -- Nitish Pahwa

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Cameras Keep Popping Up on Household Appliances. Guess Where They Just Put One Now. -- Steffi Cao

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Trump's New Effort to Mess With Student Visas Was Shot Down in Humiliating Fashion -- Jay Willis

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Republicans Found an Ugly New Way to Undo Losses in Abortion and Gerrymandering Cases -- Michael Milov-Cordoba

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The Supreme Court Put Efforts to Ban the Abortion Pill on Hold. Louisiana Decided It Can't Wait That Long. -- Mary Ziegler

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care and feeding - My Son Spends a Lot of Time With My Well-Off Family. I'm Not Sure It's a Good Idea.

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dear prudence -- I Want to Take My Brother-in-Law to Court Over Money He Borrowed for a Fake "Emergency."

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pay dirt -- A Surprise Notice From a Debt Collector Arrived at Our House. Then I Started to Unearth the Upsetting Truth.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Ex Said He Wanted to Get Back Together. I Declined. I Can't Believe What's Happening Now.

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Jessica Stoya -- Something Strange Tends to Happen on Trips With My Guy Friend. We've Never Talked About It.

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Nicole Chung -- My Parents Treat My Kids Differently Than Their Cousins. I Suspect There's an Insidious Reason Behind It.

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Kristin Wong -- I Have a Lifelong Dream for My Apartment. Fulfilling It Could Have Major Consequences for My Family.

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Laura Helmuth -- The 21-Year-Old Intern Just Got Hired for a Role She Definitely Isn't Qualified For. There's Something Fishy Going On.

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John Roberts' New Role Model Demonstrates Everything Wrong With the Supreme Court - Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan

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Forbidden Alphas, Cursed Billionaires, & The Rise Of Microdramas -- ICYMI

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John Mulaney Had One Moment at the Emmys Too Hot for NBC. It Was the Best Part of the Show. -- Nadira Goffe

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When My Sister's Addiction Killed Her, I Turned Into a Manic Detective. It Turns Out I Wasn't Alone. -- Dina Gachman

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One of Jeopardy's Most Beloved Traditions Vanished. I Spent Months Talking to the People Whose Lives It Changed. Then I Got Some News. -- Claire McNear

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Some People Think Elon Musk Snapped. The Controversial Four-Hour Documentary About Him Suggests Something Else. -- Sam Adams

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