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MY SO-CALLED LIFE - pilot - 8/25/94, Claire Danes (pictured) played Angela Chase, a 15-year-old who wanted to break out of the mold as a strait-laced teen-ager and straight-A student.

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30 years after ‘My So-Called Life,’ its creator reflects on choice

This should be America’s next step to stay ahead of ruthless cybercriminals

Joy is more than a feeling. Listen to what it’s telling you

I’m a vaccine scientist. The devastating impacts of vaccine hesitancy have touched my life too

Why there is no such thing as a ‘natural’ disaster

Project 2025 is coming for our kids, too

I’m a former Olympic swimmer who almost drowned as a child. It’s a preventable danger

Americans are disaster-poor. Prepare pocketbooks for catastrophe now

What it will take to calm America

The freedom embedded in my family’s dreams became real 60 years ago

The stunning silence at the heart of ‘Twisters’

We’re abandoning pets in disasters — with tragic consequences

My teenage son had an influencer in his class. This is what it was like

‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we even be ready?

It’s time more horror films push back against queer stereotypes

I want a better world for women in comedy than the one in ‘Sorry/Not Sorry’

Fighting antisemitism, one curl at a time

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A property is engulfed in flames as the Thompson Fire burns, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Oroville, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

We built our world for a climate that no longer exists

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Gaza needs trained doctors. Israel is blocking Palestinian physicians like me

TOPSHOT - Participants wave French national tricolours during an election night rally following the first results of the second round of France's legislative election at Place de la Republique in Paris on July 7, 2024. A loose alliance of French left-wing parties thrown together for snap elections was on course to become the biggest parliamentary bloc and beat the far right, according to shock projected results. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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French voters save the Republic. Now comes the (really) hard part

Then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, together with his wife Akshata Murty and their children Anoushka and Krishna, light candles outside of 10 Downing Street, during the Hindu festival of Diwali, in November last year.

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What Britain’s first Asian prime minister meant to my family

FILE - In this Friday May 2, 1997 file photo, Britain's new Prime Minister Tony Blair, is greeted by a sea of flag-waving well-wishers in Downing Street. Blair's Labour Party won a landslide victory against the Conservatives in a General Election to end 18-years of Conservative rule. Twenty years on, opinion polls point to a big Labour defeat at the June 8, 2017 election. (AP Photo/Adam Butler, File)

I was Tony Blair’s speechwriter. This Labour win will be different

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The other former president who used Trump’s playbook – and lost

People walk past a mural of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on George Street in the central business district of Sydney on June 25, 2024. Julian Assange was released from prison on June 24 and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Assange is headed home. Will Aussies give him a hero’s welcome?

A Chinese coast guard ship, right, blocks Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4, center, and Philippine coast guard BRP Sindangan as they tried to enter the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea and multiple Filipino crew members were injured in high-seas confrontations Tuesday as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for a summit that was expected to touch on Beijing's aggression at sea. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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China’s ‘monster’ ship is a sign of a much bigger problem

French soccer star Kylian Mbappé is one of the world's best-known players and last year was included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People.

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This soccer superstar has many talents. Can he sway young voters?

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Putin’s North Korea visit comes at a crucial moment

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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In Gaza, fear of ‘the war after the war’

A general view of the mural at Trafford Park is seen on July 14, 2021 in Manchester, England. A Giant mural in support of the three England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka has been unveiled in Manchester. The England stars were targeted with racist abuse online after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final leading to defeat by Italy.

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European soccer’s latest racism controversy has an unexpected culprit

Hamas' Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar attends attends a meeting with members of Palestinian groups in Gaza City, Gaza on April 13, 2022. Palestinian groups in Gaza call for general mobilization wherever Palestinians are present to defend Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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The fanatical Hamas leader who calls the shots

Political op-eds

(Original Caption) Washington: President Richard Nixon goes before the television cameras to tell Americans of his resignation from the Presidency 8/8. Official photo released by the White House. 8/8/1974

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America keeps telling itself the wrong story about Nixon’s resignation

Why we can’t give up on capitalism

The new GOP strategy on abortion shouldn’t fool anyone

Why Trump can’t twist the immunity ruling to squirm out of his classified documents indictment

Why Jill Biden won’t urge the President to end his reelection bid

As college liberals, we know we can’t echo-chamber ourselves to victory

The real loser in Thursday’s debate

Is this the worst idea Trump has ever had? Almost

Joe Manchin: I’m putting my PAC’s money where bipartisanship is

Provoke & Persuade

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The long overdue death of the stick shift car

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - JUNE 4: Outdoor cafe at Kongens Nytorv near Nyhavn on June 4, 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Ole Jensen/Getty Images)

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The secret of being the world’s second happiest country

An employee hands a bag to a customer at the drive-thru of a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, April 1, 2024. California's newest fast-food law, which went into effect Monday, raises the minimum wage for most fast-food workers from $16 per hour to $20. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The downside of raising the minimum wage

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden debate at CNN's Atlanta studios on June 27, 2024.

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Debate coach: Biden and Trump both rambled. Here’s the key difference

The problem Joe Manchin highlighted is crucial for America’s future

How the Biden administration can ensure mask access to all Americans

What 2020’s pro-Trump phony electors means for 2024

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What Gen Z’s ‘happily ever after’ looks like

Public schools are not Sunday schools

The problem with de-aging our megastars

The ‘bossware’ battle reveals a dystopian reality

‘Kinds of Kindness’ has a cultish take on toxic work culture

Why I broke up my arranged marriage to a perfect mate

‘My vision went dark’: CNN reporter experiences 6G-force before hitching a fighter jet ride

Apple can still get back to its golden age

A target for scammers, Graceland still embodies Elvis Presley and the American Dream

The evolution of Bill Maher

What Tom Brady realized about his roast came too late

What people don’t understand about being bisexual

Could these laws fix America’s broken work culture?

I’m a 16-year-old high school student. This is why young journalists matter

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Ozempic isn’t just a ‘wonder drug.’ It can also be a warning sign

Long-time flight attendant Heather Poole has a message for passengers failing to buckle-up.

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I’m a flight attendant. Keep your #@$%&! seat belt on

Photograph of African American men, women, and children who participated in the Great Migration to the north, with suitcases and luggage placed in front, Chicago, 1918. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

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Sometimes the only way to resist is to leave

Pedestrians walk towards Goldman Sachs headquarters in New York, US, on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

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The absurdity of the return-to-office movement

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The fiercest fight of the 21st century – to save democracy

I met my dad for the first time when I was 4, and he was behind bars

Video A moment of desperation with his country’s flag made this pastor go viral

Your rights could be taken away rapidly. I know because it happened to me

Video Nathan Law: Democracy is not only Hong Kong’s fight

US 2024: The view from afar

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I’d rather live in the world’s ‘most dangerous place’ than America

The other former president who used Trump’s playbook – and lost

We Germans are making Trump ‘thunderstorm’ plans

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Cross-exam with Elie Honig

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in prior to testifying during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 21, 2022. - The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Republicans would be wise to get behind Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation

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Potential Supreme Court pick is one of the finest judges I’ve seen

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: (FILE PHOTO) Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann stands in a protective glass booth flanked by Israeli police during his trial April 5, 1961 in Jerusalem. The Israeli police donated Eichmann's original handprints, fingerprints and mugshot to Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial ahead of Israel's annual Holocaust remembrance day May 4, 2005 which this year also marks the 60th anniversary of the Nazi's World War II defeat in 1945. (Photo by GPO via Getty Images)

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60 years ago, we saw the face of evil

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 24: President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event is themed "Honoring the Great American Story." (Photo by Chris Carlson-Pool/Getty Images)

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Pro-Trump lawyer’s memo begins with a lie, then descends into madness

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a news briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. and Canada will close their border to non-essential traffic to try and stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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The worst of Trump’s pardons

CLYDE, OHIO - AUGUST 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to workers at a Whirlpool manufacturing facility on August 06, 2020 in Clyde, Ohio. Whirlpool is the last remaining major appliance company headquartered in the United States. With more than 3,000 employees, the Clyde facility is one of the world's largest home washing machine plants, producing more than 20,000 machines a day. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Something went terribly wrong with Trump’s defense

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Justice for George Floyd gets a step closer

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with members of the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

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The most devastating piece of evidence at the Trump trial

A billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Opinion: Putin’s army without a cause

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Single, childless and nearing 40, I saw one real option

We asked, you answered: How IVF and adoption changed your lives

Video Mom: Why I had these twins solo

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The shipwreck of our leaders

Astonishing about-face sends a message

Credibility is the key at Trump trial

A colossal failure, decades in the making

Seinfeld’s spoof riles up the critics

Why ‘My Way’ won’t go away

Supreme Court steps into a minefield

Which America do you choose?

The former president who did what Trump is trying to do

Darkness in daytime — how to spend those few minutes

Our possibly short national nightmare

One man who stood up to a dictatorship

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This picture taken on April 12, 2015 and handed out on March 21, 2022 by the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation shows Holocaust survivor Boris Romanchenko (2nd R) as he stands next to other former prisoners of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp during a commemoration ceremony at the camp's memorial site in Buchenwald near Weimar, eastern Germany. - As the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation said in a press release on March 21, 2022, Romanchenko, 96, was killed as his house in Kharkiv was hit by shelling during the Ukraine-Russia conflict. (Photo by Michael REICHEL / Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Michael REICHEL / Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by MICHAEL REICHEL/Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Me/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hitler could not defeat our friend Boris. Now Vladimir Putin has killed him

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Meet 18 people who think they know what will happen this year

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We just hit the biggest reset button in history

A mockup of a Soviet AN-602 hydrogen bomb (Tsar Bomb) is displayed at the exhibition devoted to the 70th anniversary of Russias nuclear industry in Moscow on September 1, 2015. The most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated was first tested on October 30, 1961, having 50 megatons of TNT equivalent. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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The unimaginable nightmare that haunts the world

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In Aleppo, we quickly learned hospitals are the most dangerous place

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100 op-eds that tell the story of the 2010s

Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Putin’s war was launched on a runway of lies

"We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine."That was the title of a video posted on Facebook Friday night by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he vowed to defend his country while standing on a Kyiv street with other leaders of his administration.

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President Zelensky is a profile in courage

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What happened to our new Roaring ’20s?

US President Donald Trump (L) chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

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What Trump’s lavish praise of Putin reveals

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26 voices on why the free press matters

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I’d like to introduce you to the real Marilyn Monroe

A man wearing a face mask walks on a street in Manhattan of New York, the United States, Jan. 19, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will start shipping 400 million free non-surgical N95 face masks to distribution sites nationwide this week as part of the efforts to fight the surging Omicron COVID-19 variant, USA Today on Wednesday quoted an official source as saying. (Photo by Wang Ying/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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A humble prediction for what comes after Omicron

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San Francisco rape controversy will have a chilling effect

Fontana, CA - February 17: Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the next phase of Californias COVID-19 response called SMARTER, during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images)

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California’s endemic strategy is a vital step forward

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: A firework display is seen inside the stadium alongside the Olympic rings during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing National Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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Beijing Olympics hit the heights – and the depths

KIEV, UKRAINE FEBRUARY 3, 2022: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their talks at the Mariinsky Palace. Zelensky and Erdogan have signed an agreement on a free trade zone. Irina Yakovleva/TASS (Photo by Irina Yakovleva\TASS via Getty Images)

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Ukrainians are wondering if their comedian-turned-president can handle the world stage

Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje compete in the figure skating ice dance free fance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 17.

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My Olympic figure skating dream came true. Don’t let others get ruined

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I’m a mom, and mask rollbacks make me terrified for my kids’ health

Supporters arrive at Parliament Hill for the Freedom Truck Convoy to protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Ottawa, Canada, on January 29, 2022. - Hundreds of truckers drove their giant rigs into the Canadian capital Ottawa on Saturday as part of a self-titled "Freedom Convoy" to protest vaccine mandates required to cross the US border. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

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Canadian trucker protests are the latest example of Covid-19 absurdity

A woman visits a booth selling clothing during the 35th annual meeting of the French Muslim community on April 2, 2018 at Le Bourget, north of Paris.

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France is on a dangerous collision course with its Muslim population

This view from NASA spacewalker Thomas Marshburn's camera points toward his U.S. spacesuit legs, downward from the Canadarm2 robotic arm that he is attached to, and toward the International Space Station below him on December 2, 2021. The station's prominent features include (from left) the Kibo laboratory module's external pallet, the truss structure, its radiators, and the orbiting lab's Russian segment.

America and Russia cooperate in space. Why not on Earth?

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What ‘Succession’ got right about 2021

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As Olympics begin, the world is looking. But will anyone be watching?

Nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner fills a syringe with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to be administered to children from 5-11 years old are seen at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Covid-19 vaccine may soon be available for young kids. Here’s what parents should consider

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Why this modified pig heart transplant is a huge deal

Comedian Bob Saget attends The Scleroderma Research Foundation's "Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine" at San Francisco Palace Hotel on April 29, 2009 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage)

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Bob Saget turned my life around

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, on Jan. 21, 2022.

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Why China’s Olympics matter to Putin

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - FEBRUARY 13: Pope Benedict XVI leads the Ash Wednesday service at the St. Peter's Basilica on February 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Ash Wednesday opens the liturgical 40-day period of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting, penitence and alms giving leading up to Easter. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

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Pope Benedict XVI revelations are a chance to overhaul a rotten system

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Jamie Oliver is veering into cultural appropriation. Because he’s Jamie Oliver

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, who opposed the British fleet's arrival on January 26, 1788, to be celebrated as "Australia Day", organize a demonstration describing this date as "Invasion Day" in Melbourne, Australia on January 26, 2021. (Photo by Recep Sakar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Australia’s national day should be one of pride. Instead it commemorates an invasion

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This is an unmistakable win for incarcerated people

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The future of the GOP isn’t about Ron DeSantis or Glenn Youngkin

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How to stay sane heading into year three of the pandemic

TEHRAN, Nov. 11, 2019 -- Laborers work at the construction site of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Bushehr, southern Iran, on Nov. 10, 2019. The concrete placement for the construction of the second phase of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant started on Sunday. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz via Getty Images)

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America has taken its eyes off the ball on Iran

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: An American flag waves outside the United States Capitol building as Congress remains gridlocked over legislation to continue funding the federal government September 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution with language to defund U.S. President Barack Obama's national health care plan yesterday, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated the U.S. Senate will not consider the legislation as passed by the House. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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This is the revelation America is still waiting for