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Slate - Top Stories

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 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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Neil Gorsuch Is What Happens When a "Debate Me" College Dweeb Is Given All the Power in the World -- Susan Matthews

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The Biggest Ongoing Gerrymandering Fights -- Shirin Ali

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

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The Latest Overblown Literary Outrage Is Here, and It's a Real Doozy -- Laura Miller

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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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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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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Husband Decided to Make a Change That a Lot of People Are Doing These Days. Now He's Unrecognizable—And So Is Our Sex Life.

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A.J. Daulerio - My Husband and My Son Have a New Hobby. It Involves Terrible Cruelty.

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

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A Hit New Show Is the Ideal Watch for Jane Austen Fans -- Rebecca Onion -- You will fall for The Other Bennet Sister.

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How Do the Sex Scenes in Off Campus Stack Up to Heated Rivalry? Let's Evaluate. -- Nadira Goffe and Rebecca Onion

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It's a Common Pastime That's Often Considered Harmless Fun. One Woman's Story Should Serve as a Warning. Carlos Orsi - Maybe it's time to stop dabbling in astrology.

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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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