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Colin Farrell's Apple TV Show Is Back. After a Wild Season 1 Twist, Now the Real Mystery Is Clear. -- Laura Miller

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Burger King Fired the "King" as Part of a Goofy Apology Tour. But the Real Reason Why Isn't a Joke. -- Joshua Rivera

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I Visited Washington D.C.'s Putrid Reflecting Pool. What I Saw Was Far Worse Than I Expected. -- Christina Cauterucci

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This Is the Week J.D. Vance Became Vice President -- Jim Newell

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Another Buzzy Indie Horror Movie Is Poised to Break Out. It Has a Genius Conceit. -- David Mack

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Spielberg Never Told Her That Her Scene Would Be the Movie's Climax. Now She's Going Viral for Her Performance. -- David Mack

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I Went to One of the Last-Ever Shows of a Beloved Rock Band. What I Saw Was Haunting and Strange. -- Luke Winkie

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Taylor Swift Once Told Country "We Are Never, Ever Getting Back Together," but Now Here We Are -- Chris Molanphy

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Slate Mini Crossword for June 20, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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He Spent Years Calling Out Women's "Cottage Cheese Thighs"—and Worse. He Says He's Sorry. I Met Him to Discover the Truth. -- Krista Diamond

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Donald Trump's Star-Studded Concerts Were a Huge Failure. Obama's Latest Coup Is Rubbing Salt in the Wound. -- Heather Schwedel

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The Supreme Court Issued an 8–1 Ruling on Plea Deals. The Accord Won't Last. -- Alexis Romero

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Neil Gorsuch's New Gun-Rights Decision Is a Love Letter to Legal Weed -- Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern

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true - Elizabeth Spiers - My Dog Was Mauled and Almost Died. What the Other Owner is Doing Now is So Rude It's Unthinkable.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- My Wife's Ex-Lover Betrayed Her In the Worst Possible Way. I'm Baffled by Her Response.

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Jamilah Lemieux -- My Daughter's Father Is Emotionally Toxic. I Have a Plan to Get Him Out of Our Lives for Good.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- I Tried a Popular Hack for Getting a Good Night's Sleep With My Husband. He Was Hesitant at First, But It Worked Wonders.

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- My Mother Has Become Obsessed With a Very Weird Holiday "Tradition." I'm Worried What It Will Do to My Kids.

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Jessica Stoya and Rich Juzwiak -- I Found a List My Wife Made Comparing Me to Another Man. What She Wrote Haunts Me.

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Michelle Herman -- My Wife Thought What She Told Our Grandson Wouldn't Get Back to His Mom. Well It Did, and Now We Might Lose Everything.

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Kristin Wong -- My Job Pays for Our Mortgage and Daycare. But I Might Give It All Up for My Spouse's Career.

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Laura Helmuth - I Found My Unemployed Girlfriend a Good Job. The Way She "Repaid" Me Is Unacceptable.

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Toy Story 5 Takes On a Dark Subject—and Comes Away the Best Pixar Sequel in Years -- Dana Stevens -- The clever, joke-dense new movie is a Pixar sequel that actually finds its purpose.

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The New Toy Story Makes the Series' Saddest Sequence Even More Devastating -- Sam Adams

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Welp, It's Time to Fess Up: We Got Sunlight All Wrong -- Rowan Jacobsen -- It's one of the only things that reliably increases health, longevity, and happiness. So why are we so hellbent on blocking it out?

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The Dumbest Way Pete Hegseth Is Draining the Military - Mary Harris - The military was once a lifeline for Black Americans. It's become something else.

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Justice Gorsuch's Ode to Weed -- Amicus

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