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“You’re mother!”: Maya Rudolph leads “SNL” for a Mother’s Day-themed episode

On shows that take place the night before Mother’s Day, the cast members of “Saturday Night Live” have a longstanding tradition of changing...

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Controlled demolition scheduled Sunday at collapsed Baltimore bridge site

On March 26, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland collapsed after being struck by a massive cargo ship

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Where we find ourselves

In 2024, the number of anti-LGBTQIA bills put forward in the United States has far surpassed the number put forward in any previous year; five...

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Mesha Maren

Can you actually steal a recipe? The answer is legally (and ethically) complicated

Secret recipes have always held a certain allure in American culture. Their existence has helped mythologize companies, from Coca-Cola — which...

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Haley out: Trump’s VP nominee shortlist shrinks

Donald Trump’s VP nominee shortlist just got even smaller, as the former president confirmed that Nikki Haley, his former primary challenger and...

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Griffin Eckstein

Critics accuse pro-Israel Republican mega-donors of trying to tip the scales in a Democratic primary

It’s not a surprise that Republican mega-donors are spending big to influence the 2024 election. What is curious is that they – and a super PAC...

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Charles R. Davis

Trump's tax cheats on Chicago tower may cost him $100 million

Donald Trump double-dipped on tax breaks stemming from losses on his Chicago skyscraper, an ill-conceived move now sending him further into the...

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Griffin Eckstein

"He left me no option": Giuliani canned from conservative radio show, due to election lies

Rudy Giuliani’s daily talk show on WABC — a New York radio station — was canceled Friday, after he ignored repeated warnings about denying...

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Griffin Eckstein

When nature meets technology: Phone cameras bring the northern lights to life, during solar storm

Dazzling images of the northern lights — visible as far south as Arizona — have been made possible, in part, by dark mode photography features on...

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Griffin Eckstein

Apple and OpenAI to announce updates, as AI arms race intensifies

As OpenAI preps for a major news conference Monday, Apple is reportedly planning its own announcement on a major boost to Siri, an early voice...

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Griffin Eckstein

"Doctor Who" producer Russell T. Davies is bringing more joy to the Whoniverse "to find hope"

“Doctor Who” producer Russell T. Davies marvels at the fact that 25 years ago he was barely blinked at for casting three white heterosexual...

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Melanie Mcfarland

Can we end the Supreme Court's assault on voting rights? This legal scholar says there's hope

Joshua Douglas is an optimistic guy. He's a law professor at the University of Kentucky, where he teaches election law and voting rights. While the...

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Paul Rosenberg

Project 2025 targets election 2024

In his recent interview with Time magazine , Donald Trump shared a litany of false grievances and real promises should he return to the White...

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Gregg Barak

Motherless daughters of the ineffable sea

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. After a long day welding underwater naval mines off the Gulf coast of Florida in 1984, a six-foot-something...

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Rae Hodge

How Russia is winning in Africa: Wave of military coups gains Putin new allies

Russia's deputy foreign minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, recently visited Sudan, where he met Gen. Abdul-Fattah Burhan, commander of the Sudanese armed...

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Mohammad Ali Salih

A deadly coronavirus has resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, killing at least one patient

On Wednesday, May 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed an April outbreak of a coronavirus similar to SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19....

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Matthew Rozsa

Barron Trump backs out of RNC: Melania's team blames "prior commitments"

After the Trump campaign confirmed soon-to-be-graduate Barron Trump’s role as an RNC delegate, and his dad awkwardly forgot his age while reacting...

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Griffin Eckstein

Katie Britt is back at it, pushing a bill to launch a pregnancy tracking federal database

Alabama Senator Katie Britt, who gained national attention after her controversial response to President Joe Biden’s state of the union, proposed...

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Griffin Eckstein

Trump asks oil executives for a billion dollars, as they write environmental policy for him

Donald Trump tried to shake down a group of top oil industry executives for a whopping $1 billion dollar donation, providing a glimpse into the...

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Griffin Eckstein

Judge "finally just had enough" with Trump lawyers' bad faith behavior

Maggie Haberman, the New York Times reporter who’s been front and center in Manhattan Criminal Court for Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, sees...

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Griffin Eckstein

When it comes to the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef, we all lose

Rap due Metro Boomin's new diss song "BBL Drizzy" may be running in my head in an infinite loop like an unrelenting "Tom and Jerry" episode, but...

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Nardos Haile

Legal expert: Next witness Michael Cohen may be the "only person" who can connect Trump to scheme

Legal experts say the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump could hinge on the testimony of his ex-fixer Michael Cohen – who...

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Marina Villeneuve

Trump flubs son Barron's age, ahead of his graduation

Donald Trump seemingly forgot his youngest son’s age in a Thursday interview with Telemundo, responding to reports that Barron Trump would play a...

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Griffin Eckstein

Massive solar storm to hit Friday evening could disrupt communications, power and GPS, NOAA warns

The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) — a division of the National Weather Service (NWS) — at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

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Rae Hodge

Virginia school board decides to rename schools after Confederate traitors, reversing 2020 decision

The names of Confederate military leaders will be restored to two public schools following a school board vote in Shenandoah County, Virginia. By a...

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Nandika Chatterjee

“Making The Shift”: 6 things we learned from Oprah Winfrey's live broadcast with WeightWatchers

Following the premiere of her prime-time program, “An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution,” Oprah Winfrey is once again...

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Joy Saha

Steve Bannon could be headed to prison for defying a subpoena after federal court rejects his appeal

A federal court on Friday rejected Steve Bannon’s appeal of his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan 6. House select committee....

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Nandika Chatterjee

“Hack Your Health”: 6 things we learned from Netflix’s documentary about the human gut microbiome

In the past 15 years, scientists have learned a lot about the complex microbial organisms that colonize our intestine. Turns out, our digestive...

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Joy Saha

Target caves to right-wing backlash, says it will not sell Pride Month merchandise in many stores

Target will not be selling its infamous Pride Month Collection in about half of its stores following conservative blowback over the LGBTQ-themed...

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Nandika Chatterjee

Stormy Daniels taunts Donald Trump, says "real men" would take the stand and testify

Stormy Daniels trolled Donald Trump after spending a combative day in court fielding questions from the former president's legal team, urging him...

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Nandika Chatterjee

"These people are f***ing children!": Jon Stewart torches GOP freakout over Biden's Israel ultimatum

Comedian Jon Stewart on Thursday's edition of "The Daily Show" called out Republican hypocrisy in their reactions to President Joe Biden's vow to...

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Nardos Haile

Martinelli’s Gold Medal Apple Juice has been recalled over high levels of arsenic

Martinelli's has issued a voluntary recall for a single lot of its apple juice due to elevated levels of arsenic that surpassed the standard set by...

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Joy Saha

A major sriracha shortage is on the horizon as severe drought conditions threaten pepper production

Huy Fong Foods is halting production of its world-famous Huy Fong Sriracha amid severe weather that is threatening the brand’s supply of spicy...

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Joy Saha

Judge scolds Trump's lawyers, asking "why on Earth" they didn't object to Stormy Daniels' testimony

Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday scolded Donald Trump’s lawyer, Susan Necheles, for failing to raise more objections during adult film star Stormy...

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Nandika Chatterjee

"Complete disaster": Legal experts say lawyer grilling Stormy Daniels "made it worse" for Trump

Hindsight is 2020, but as Judge Juan Merchan explained to Donald Trump’s defense team on Thursday: If you didn’t want a problematic alleged...

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Charles R. Davis

Rick Scott's one-man rally for Trump exposes GOP abandonment

There have been a lot of raised eyebrows over the fact that with the exception of one appearance by his son Eric, Donald Trump's family is not...

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Heather Digby Parton

What gets lost in the campus protests

Student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have taken place at colleges and universities in at least 45 states, as well as in Mexico and...

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Chauncey Devega

Fireflies populations are dwindling, but it doesn't take much to provide spaces for them to thrive

At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of...

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Rae Hodge

"Reaching her expiration date": How Marjorie Taylor Greene fell so fast from MAGA stardom

Making an Icarus allusion is tempting, except it would go right over MAGA heads. Plus the Greek myth of the ambitious young man who flies too close...

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Amanda Marcotte

Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we're "flying blind" with H5N1

After public health officials confirmed H5N1, the virus also known as bird flu, jumped from poultry to cows and recently infected an American,...

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Nicole Karlis

Does healthy narcissism exist? Why experts say there are positives to this personality disorder

When most people picture a narcissist, we think of self-centered, awful people who lack empathy. But it's a real mental disorder that is more than...

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Matthew Rozsa

Investigation launched into Judge Engoron’s “very troubling” chat with lawyer about Trump case

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct is investigating a conversation between the judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s...

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Igor Derysh

Barron Trump officially in the mix, repping Florida at Republican National Convention

Barron Trump — the youngest of Donald Trump's brood, who turned 18 on March 20 — is joining his siblings in the family's political endeavors as...

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Kelly Mcclure

A return to facts over “fake” news

According to former co-counsel for Trump's first impeachment and Obama White House Ethics Czar Norm Eisen, within the next three weeks, the leading...

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Brian Karem

King Charles III snubs Prince Harry, gives William his military title

King Charles III has reportedly bestowed a military title reserved for Prince Harry to Prince William, making his eldest son and heir to the throne...

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Gabriella Ferrigine

MTG's bid to oust "MAGA Mike" Johnson badly fails as Democrats derail "GOP chaos caucus"

The majority of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday saved far-right Speaker Mike Johnson from Rep. Marjorie...

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Jessica Corbett

Biden vows to cut off offensive weapons for Israel if it invades Rafah

While some Palestine defenders on Wednesday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's threat to withhold bombs and artillery shells from Israel if it...

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Brett Wilkins

"Colossal blunder": Legal experts warn Trump lawyer's "bullying" of Stormy Daniels may backfire

To remain in Donald Trump’s good graces as one of his lawyers, it helps to be seen as aggressively fighting for his interests – even if, by doing...

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Charles R. Davis

"Jurors won't like it": Experts say Trump lawyer's victim-shaming of Stormy Daniels was a "disaster"

Trump defense attorney Susan Necheles did not listen to her critics. Instead of dialing back the aggressiveness she showed Tuesday, when she first...

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Charles R. Davis

“They were never going to pick me”: John Leguizamo on how rejection made him

"I've been rejected my whole life," actor John Leguizamo told me. After starring in over 100 movies, earning a Special Tony Award, an Emmy Award,...

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D. Watkins

"Not unlike Mr. Trump": Stormy Daniels hits back at lawyer's suggestion that she's cashing in

It was a curious approach, given the client. On Thursday, defense attorney Susan Necheles, during more than two hours of cross-examination, sought...

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Charles R. Davis

Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard

In recent years, there's been increasing hype about the potential health risks associated with so-called "ultra-processed" foods. But new evidence...

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Gary Sacks

Panera says it will finally stop serving its Charged Lemonade following wrongful death lawsuits

Panera Bread is officially discontinuing its infamous Charged Lemonade months after the highly caffeinated beverage was tied to several wrongful...

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Joy Saha

This potato salad — with secret ingredients — is the ideal side dish for your upcoming summer BBQs

I am a potato aficionado and can live up to that brag any day of the week. First, I have an inordinate amount of love in my heart for all potatoes,...

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Bibi Hutchings

"This is embarrassing": Law professors skewer Trump lawyer's "lying women" defense

What the Manhattan jury weighing the case against Donald Trump makes of adult film star and director Stormy Daniels’ testimony this week could...

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Marina Villeneuve

Stormy Daniels testimony reveals the triumph of #MeToo

Until her long-anticipated testimony at Donald Trump's Manhattan fraud trial Tuesday, the mainstream media had leaned on misleading terms like...

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Amanda Marcotte

Trump trial delays bring focus to crucial Supreme Court case

Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York is like an insatiable maw or some type of blackhole or a galactic vacuum cleaner that is sucking up...

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Chauncey Devega

Scandal in the pageant world: Why did Miss USA and Miss Teen USA both quit?

The world of pageants is seemingly never without controversy, but this week's news that both the reigning Miss USA and Miss Teen USA relinquished...

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Nardos Haile

Youth transgender care policies should be driven by science

I n the U.S., 23 states have passed legislation to ban medicalized care for minors with gender dysphoria, or the experience of distress that can...

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Joshua Cohen

"We are so innocent": Trump fumes after judge denies 2nd motion for mistrial

Donald Trump spoke to reporters on his way out of the courtroom on Thursday, fuming over Judge Juan Merchan's decision to deny a second motion...

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Kelly Mcclure

Florida clarified abortion rules after enacting ban. Doctors say it's "gaslighting" and unhelpful

One day after Florida’s six-week abortion went into effect, the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) issued clarifying “rules”...

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Nicole Karlis

YouTube accused of censoring Macklemore's pro-Palestine song, "Hind's Hall"

YouTube is facing allegations that it has censored Macklemore's pro-Palestine protest song, "Hind's Hall." The rapper, formally known as  Ben...

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Gabriella Ferrigine

"I'm in menopause!" Halle Berry shouts to end stigma

Actress Halle Berry, 57, took to Capitol Hill last week to lobby for bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing clinical research into — and de-...

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Rae Hodge

"I know what the truth is": Andy Cohen on the many "Real Housewives" lawsuits and critiques

The Bravo reckoning is finally being addressed by Andy Cohen, the face of the "Real Housewives" franchise, Bravo itself and longtime host of "Watch...

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Nardos Haile

More than a trade war: Trump is targeting Mexico

One of the most inane of all MAGA Republican claims is the insistence by militant right wingers and insurrectionists that they are pacifists. Take,...

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Heather Digby Parton

Trump's trial paints him as a clown — but MAGA sees a boss

“He’s a man. He’s a husband. He’s a father. He’s a person just like you and just like me.” Donald Trump’s attorney told the jury in the...

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Chauncey Devega

"Cursing audibly": Judge rebukes Trump for uttering "vulgarity" during Stormy Daniels testimony

Donald Trump appears to have lost his cool during adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ testimony in his criminal hush money trial on Tuesday, cursing...

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Griffin Eckstein

Ten years after the Flint water crisis, distrust and anger linger

Flint, Michigan, is less than 70 miles from the Great Lakes, the most abundant fresh water on the face of the planet. It’s laced with creeks and...

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Anna Clark

There could be a "silver lining" to delaying Trump's classified documents trial, experts say

Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to postpone a trial in Donald Trump’s classified documents case could actually make it easier to move ahead with...

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Griffin Eckstein

"The Contestant": The 9 wildest moments from Hulu's documentary about Japan's extreme reality show

"I have always wanted to make people laugh. But there is a difference between making people laugh and being laughed at." This is what Nasubi, a...

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Gabriella Ferrigine

Hormel Foods voluntarily recalls two of its Planters nut products due to listeria concerns

If you're a big nut fan, you may want to check the brands or products you have in your pantry. As reported by Kate Gibson at CBS News, "Hormel...

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Michael La Corte

Experts: Cannon's "bias and incompetence" threaten Trump case as she sets "highly unusual" schedule

It took U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon almost a year to do what many observers thought was inevitable: kill just about any chance of Donald...

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Charles R. Davis

Meghan McCain stokes claims that Trump and Biden had plastic surgery

Meghan McCain on the latest episode of her "Citizen McCain" podcast attempted to debunk widespread speculation that each of the likely 2024...

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Gabriella Ferrigine

“I have cognitive problems, clearly": In 2012 deposition, RFK Jr. said a worm ate part of his brain

Doctors told Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that he had a dead parasitic worm inside of his brain, the independent presidential candidate divulged in a 2012...

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Griffin Eckstein

Experts: Trump lawyers "went too far" — but Stormy Daniels testimony may give them ammo for appeal

Adult film star and director Stormy Daniels provided graphic detail in her 2006 sexual encounter with Trump during her testimony Tuesday in...

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Marina Villeneuve

How "Baby Reindeer" empowered trans actor Nava Mau to play a woman so "entitled to her own emotions"

The "Baby Reindeer" cast on Tuesday at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles chatted about their experience starring in Netflix's wildly...

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Gabriella Ferrigine

“Fani Willis messed up badly”: Appeals court deals another blow to Trump's Georgia election case

The Georgia Court of Appeals has further delayed Donald Trump’s election interference case in the state, revisiting the question of whether...

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Griffin Eckstein

Major media outlets linked to company behind fake AI writers: report

AI-generated content from the same company that broke Sports Illustrated snuck its way into Us Weekly, Hollywood Live, and even the Los Angeles...

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Griffin Eckstein

Are natural flavors better than artificial?

One year for my birthday, when I was a kid, my grandma gifted me a red velvet bag of deluxe jelly beans. The flavors ranged from the standard...

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Samantha Maxwell

Abortion restrictions increase risk of intimate partner homicide, study finds

A new study published by scientists at Tulane University in Louisiana found that pregnant women in anti-abortion states face an increased...

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Nicole Karlis

With "Hind's Hall" Macklemore finally delivers an allyship effort that isn't embarrassing

Macklemore is corny. People have been saying that for years. His corniness worked when “Thrift Shop,” his megahit with Ryan Lewis, put them on...

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Melanie Mcfarland

Biden admin pauses shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel amid assault on Rafah: report

Anti-war voices on Tuesday welcomed Politico's reporting that U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is delaying "shipments of two types of...

08.05.2024 20

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Jessica Corbett

The absolute best air fryer chicken breast

I love chicken breasts. I’ve gone to bat for them many times before, never understanding how or why the “boring” narrative ever got started....

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Michael La Corte

"Sausage Race": 9 of the biggest takeaways from this week's baseball-themed "Top Chef"

The most recent episode of "Top Chef", titled "Sausage Race," was a bit of a letdown after the highs of the episode prior. In it, the cheftestants...

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Michael La Corte

Fine dining has embraced the hot dog

One of my all-time favorite food memories is going to The Hot Grill (and its now-defunct sister restaurant, The Rascal House) with my dad and...

08.05.2024 10

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Michael La Corte

The world's oceans just broke on an important climate change record

As climate change worsens, experts anticipate worsened tropical storms, more frequent wildfires, rising sea levels and shortages of important...

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Matthew Rozsa

The problem with that "Idea of You" ending

I've always wanted to be in my own fan fiction. As a teenager who grew up at the height of One Direction's undeniable global fame and Harry Styles'...

07.05.2024 10

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Nardos Haile

Poll finds fewer Americans are concerned about climate change

Even though humans are experiencing the hottest months in recorded human history, and scientists warn our species is living on "borrowed time," a...

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Matthew Rozsa

How ancient Egyptian tech could save modern libraries from scourge of bookworms

There are dozens of insects and arthropods that fall under the umbrella term "bookworms" — and true to their name, they feed on humanity's pulp...

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Rae Hodge

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