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The Murdaugh Murders finally go to trial — but the case so far is thinner than you might think
Alex Murdaugh and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian review evidence during his trial for murder at the...
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A day in the life at TikTok as it tries to win Americans’ trust
The lobby of TikTok’s Culver City, Los Angeles, headquarters. Shirin Ghaffary This Tuesday, following its recent...
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What do we want police body cams to do?
Fullerton Police Sgt. Jon Radus wears his body camera high on his chest attached with a...
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Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore)
A palm oil plantation in Perak, Malaysia, on November 12, 2019. Joshua Paul/Bloomberg via Getty Images...
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What Andrea Riseborough’s controversial nomination reveals about the Oscars
Andrea Riseborough at a Q&A following a To Leslie screening for SAG members on December 7,...
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The FBI’s search of Joe Biden’s beach house, explained
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on November...
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Avian flu is really bad for birds. What about for us?
Chickens at a farm in Sheffield, Illinois. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images Maybe you’ve noticed: Eggs...
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How the 2011 debt ceiling crisis could bring the US to the edge of disaster again
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV),...
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GoodRx made money off your health data. The FTC is making it pay.
Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan is finding new ways to take on an old problem:...
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What should be kept off-limits in a virology lab?
A Centers for Disease Control scientist in a protective airtight suit, handling influenza virus specimens, in...
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The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images That was quick: Artificial intelligence has gone from...
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Lucky girl syndrome and the endless rebranding of "The Secret"
Dion Lee for Vox If 2020 was the year that TikTokers discovered The Secret — that...
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Biden is ending the Covid public health emergency. Here’s what that means for you.
Free at-home Covid-19 tests will be a thing of the past with the end of the...
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Insulin is way too expensive. California has a solution: Make its own.
One in six Americans with diabetes (like Laura Marston, pictured here in 2016) who use insulin...
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Remember the Stormy Daniels "hush money" case against Trump? It’s back.
President Donald Trump greets people at a New Year event at his Mar-a-Lago home on December...
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Clean energy is taking over the Texas grid. State officials are trying to stop it.
Texas is the largest wind energy producer in the United States. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Clean energy...
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Avatar: The Way of Water made $2 billion worldwide. Wait, really?
This is what Sigourney Weaver would look like as an angsty teen half-Na’vi. Weaver voices her...
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Ron DeSantis wants to make it much easier for the government to kill people
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference in 2018. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty...
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How effective altruists ignored risk
In May of this past year, I proclaimed on a podcast that “effective altruism (EA) has...
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Your favorite tech giant wants you to know it’s a startup again
When Meta’s head of people, Lori Goler, posted a memo to the company’s internal employee message...
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With coworkers like Marjorie Taylor Greene, what can Democrats do on oversight?
Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) scream “Build the Wall” as President Joe...
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How years of instability came to a head in Peru
Peruvian demonstrators clash with riot police in Lima, Peru, on January 28, 2023, as protests against...
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Hate winter? Try these tips.
Getty Images Depending on where you live and your personal disposition, winter fills you with either...