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Why advertisers aren’t coming back to Twitter

Elon Musk is still the problem.

The era of impossible subscription cancellations is nearing an end

The FTC wants to make it easier for you to cancel that gym membership, among other things.

What it looks like when a country doesn’t trust its banks

I went to Argentina and the US did a bank run.

Yes, there was just a tornado near Los Angeles. Is climate change to blame?

The tornado adds to the latest bout of extreme weather California is experiencing.

How Stephen Smith’s murder is connected to the Murdaugh family

A former classmate of Buster Murdaugh died eight years ago in a hit-and-run. The suspicious death is now officially a homicide.

How the US can stop the spread of Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus

With potential vaccines still in development, prevention is key.

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Rep. Frost and David Hogg on what Gen Z wants

Five years after March for Our Lives, one of the historic protest’s organizers and his historic friend explain why it’s easy to forget how much progress has been made. Plus, Rep. Frost breaks some news about his first proper piece of legislation.

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The Waco tragedy, explained

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What to know about TikTok’s fate in the US

Trump can run for president from prison. Just ask Eugene Debs.

9 questions about the threats to ban TikTok, answered

The case for Rick and Morty

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The Broadway musical getting protested by neo-Nazis

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How will we feed Earth’s rising population? Ask the Dutch.

The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale.

The rise of the TikTok scold

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9 questions about Ramadan you were too embarrassed to ask

The Fed prioritizes inflation over bank turmoil with its latest rate hike

Inside the Italian villa that launched some of the world’s great philanthropic programs

Google’s new AI chatbot seems boring. Maybe that’s the point.

The Supreme Court ponders a surprisingly difficult case about poop jokes

Why the news is so negative — and what we can do about it

Yes, Trump’s indictment could cause a constitutional crisis. Just look at Israel.

Season 4 of Succession is going to be a bloodbath

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What we know about Trump’s likely arrest

The massive Los Angeles public school worker strike, explained

Republicans are once again sticking by Trump as an indictment looms

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Why Illinois wants to end cash bail

A look at the cost of pretrial justice and what it means for public safety.

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Why the dyslexic brain is misunderstood

Is TikTok too big to ban?

The multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuits against Fox News, explained

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We need the right kind of climate optimism

The fight against factory farming is winning criminal trials

The Wagner Group, Russia’s maybe-private army in Ukraine, explained

The gas stove wars are far from over

The banking crisis might not be over

Joe Biden’s first veto takes on Republicans’ war on “woke capitalism”

UN climate scientists are running out of ways to warn us

Putin and Xi’s big Moscow meeting, briefly explained

The hush money case that may lead to Trump’s indictment, explained

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Against doomerism

It’s boom times for doom times but there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic that the future will be better — if we make it so.

The case for slowing down AI

The doomers are wrong about humanity’s future — and its past

The anti-abortion movement’s next radical legal argument

Wyoming banned the abortion pill. Some states are trying to go even further.