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We can overcome vaccine hesitancy. Just look at the HPV shot.

What we can learn from the shot that protected a generation of women from cancer.

Alex Murdaugh stands guilty of killing his wife and son. That’s just scratching the surface.

Five deaths, millions in fraud, and 100 years of family power crumbling to ruin in South Carolina.

How the first chatbot predicted the dangers of AI more than 50 years ago

From ELIZA onwards, humans love their digital reflections.

9 questions about the threats to ban TikTok, answered

So you heard TikTok’s being banned. Here’s what’s actually happening.

SNAP boosts kept millions out of poverty during Covid. Now they’re gone.

Supplements to the program ended on March 1. Without an off-ramp, people are scrambling to fill the gap.

Donald Trump is now fully at war with the Republican Party’s past

Trump took the stage at CPAC, blasted his own party and declared that "I am your retribution."

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Gustavo Dudamel brought classical music to the masses in Los Angeles. Now he’s announced that he’s taking his talents to New York, which could revive classical music on one of its biggest stages.

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CPAC used to be a barometer. Now it’s all about Trump.

Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud

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Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son

J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.

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You can now buy a fraction of a house. Should you?

The Supreme Court signals that a terrifying attack on voting rights will vanish — for now

The Ohio derailment is spurring Congress to actually do something about train safety

Party Down’s new season says hustle culture is a scam

TikTok isn’t really limiting kids’ time on its app

The Chicago mayor’s race shows Democrats still have a crime problem

The campaign to make insulin less expensive just scored a major victory

OpenAI wants to build systems smarter than us

The FBI and Energy Department think Covid-19 came from a lab. Now what?

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How the Great Recession paved the way for influencers to inherit the earth

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How a 1996 US immigration policy changed everything

The most consequential immigration policy you’ve probably never heard of.

Money Talks: The identical twins running a hometown business

The surprising lesson from a century of Oscar scandals

The big, neglected problem that should be Biden’s top priority

Joe Biden is pretty good at being president. He should run again.

For now, the one thing Congress seems to agree on is China

How the Israeli settler rampage was emboldened by the new far-right government

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Why kids don’t get as cold as adults do

You probably won’t get any student loan relief, thanks to a GOP-controlled Supreme Court

Ron DeSantis’s war on “woke” in Florida schools, explained

“Make Trump a non person”: Rupert Murdoch’s Ron DeSantis pivot, explained by a legal filing

What’s the future of Black horror?

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The shadowy puzzle-box pleasures of Chinese spy thriller Hidden Blade

How the US can stick the landing, beat inflation, and avoid a recession

Cars transformed America. They also made people more vulnerable to the police.

Nigeria’s elections will determine the course of its democracy

The Supreme Court will decide if a whole federal agency is unconstitutional

Here’s what arming Ukraine could look like in the future