Getty ImagesSome actually good news about Americans’ abortion access. On March 1, the New York Times reported that over the following few weeks, some retail pharmacies owned by Walgreens and CVS will begin dispensing mifepristone, a key drug used in medication abortions. It’s a big change: Before the pandemic, people could only obtain the drug in-person at the office or clinic of the health care provider who prescribed it. But... Read more ›
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Bitcoin is approaching its highest value ever. | Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBitcoin’s surge is fueling crypto optimism. Bitcoin is nearing its record-high price, previously set in 2021 at about $69,000, and some financial experts say the cryptocurrency’s recent surge could cement its status as a viable alternative to state fiat currency. This is a big moment for bitcoin, which has long been vying for legitimacy among traditional investors. Recent... Read more ›
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A young queen conch. | Jennifer Doerr/NOAA SEFSC GalvestonQueen conchs in the Florida Keys are struggling to mate. Scientists are going to help them mingle. The sex life of a conch is, for a snail, quite thrilling. In the spring and summer, the queen conch — a large, ornate species of marine snail — hunts for a mate in the warm, shallow waters of Florida and the Caribbean. Rather than... Read more ›
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A man stands by as a fire rages in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of bombardment by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). | AFP via Getty ImagesMore than 8 million people have been displaced during the war, and more than 13,000 people have been killed. The world has no shortage of horrible stories —... Read more ›
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A woman holds a sign expressing Latino support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his campaign rally at the Orange County Fair and Event Center, April 28, 2016, in Costa Mesa, California. | David McNew/AFP via Getty ImagesHigh Hispanic turnout could actually benefit Trump, according to recent polls. Since Barack Obama’s reelection in 2012, many conservatives have grown increasingly afraid of the republic they claim to love. That year,... Read more ›
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Ashton Spatz, center, a financial aid adviser with the University of Illinois at Chicago, assists Jessena Sanchez, left, and her daughter, Leslie Delve, a sophomore at UIC, during a FAFSA workshop on Feb. 23, 2024, at the Student Financial Aid Office. | Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesWhy so many college applicants are worried about being able to afford school. The federal form used to apply for financial... Read more ›
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Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) speaks to the press during a campaign event on February 24, 2024, in Emeryville, California. | Josh Edelson/Getty ImagesThe presidential primaries are basically over. But there’s still plenty to learn from California, Texas, and North Carolina. Fifteen states conclude their primary voting on March 5, a “Super Tuesday” that ordinarily shapes presidential primaries. This year, however, those presidential primaries are a snoozer: President Joe Biden and... Read more ›
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Princess Kate the last time she was seen in public, greeting the crowd after attending the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023, in Sandringham, Norfolk. | Stephen Pond/Getty ImagesUntil March 4, the princess hadn’t been seen in public since Christmas. Princess Kate, formerly Kate Middleton, one day to become Catherine, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, has finally reappeared. Sort of. The Princess of Wales was... Read more ›
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An embryologist at West Coast Fertility Centers in Fountain Valley, California, freezes embryos in liquid nitrogen. | Jay L. Clendenin/Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe anti-abortion legal theory that could jeopardize IVF around the country. The Alabama Supreme Court touched off a nationwide furor in February when it ruled that frozen, fertilized embryos legally count as “children.” The ruling upended the lives of patients undergoing IVF in Alabama and opened up... Read more ›
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Then-president Donald Trump and Justice Amy Coney Barrett. | Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNo one is coming to save US democracy, except for ourselves. In the last few days, the Supreme Court delivered two body blows to anyone hoping that former President Donald Trump might face consequences for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election. On February 28, the Court ordered the most important of former President Donald Trump’s four... Read more ›
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Former president Donald Trump greets two of the men he placed on the Supreme Court, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThis is the second major victory the Supreme Court handed Trump in less than one week. On Monday, the Supreme Court handed down a sweeping victory for Donald Trump — his second in less than a week, after the court placed Trump’s federal criminal... Read more ›
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Signage on a shopping cart at a Manhattan Trader Joe’s grocery store in New York in December 2021. | Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeaving food safety to private enterprise has risks. On March 2, Trader Joe’s announced a chicken soup dumpling recall because the products are potentially contaminated with plastic fragments of permanent marker. It’s hardly the first time something like this has happened, and not even the first... Read more ›
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A BYD Seagull hatchback at the Shanghai auto show in 2023. | VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesBiden needs to decide if he likes the climate more than he hates China. You can’t buy the Seagull in the US. But I bet you wish you could. A small hatchback around the size of a Mini Cooper, the Seagull is a fast-charging electric car and claims a range of up to 250 miles... Read more ›
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Julianna Brion for VoxIncluding when to do them yourself, when to seek out help, and helpful strategies for keeping track of it all. Caitlynn Eldridge, an Omaha-based certified public accountant with 14 years of experience including two years at Deloitte Tax Services, has done a lot of tax prep. She’s also worked with many different demographics, from business owners to billionaires to single parents trying to make ends meet. After... Read more ›
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Julianna Brion for VoxYes, doing your taxes is hard. No, you don’t need to shell out hundreds of dollars to file them. Every American has the option to file their taxes for free, but very few actually do. This is according to Beverly Moran, an emerita professor of law and sociology at Vanderbilt University, who focuses on tax law, and who adds that 70 percent of tax filers have the... Read more ›
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Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesContraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception. The national debate over IVF, unfolding after an Alabama court decision prompted multiple clinics in the state to halt operations, prompts a question: What might be next? Could other fertility treatments and even birth control be under threat given that Roe v. Wade is no longer the law? If the idea that... Read more ›
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A Canada goose stands on the snow-covered figure of a Tyrannosaurus Rex at Cologne Zoo in Cologne, Germany in January 2024. | Federico Gambarini/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesInside the wild world of AI doomsdayers. If you’ve followed the news in the last year or two, you’ve no doubt heard a ton about artificial intelligence. And depending on the source, it usually goes one of two ways: AI is either the... Read more ›
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Then-president Donald Trump and Justice Amy Coney Barrett. | Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNo one is coming to save US democracy, except for ourselves. The Supreme Court has ordered the most important of former President Donald Trump’s four criminal trials to be put on hold indefinitely. It’s an extraordinary victory for Trump and a devastating blow to special counsel Jack Smith. The Court’s decision also raises serious doubts about whether... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesA guide to having actually interesting conversations with strangers. Andy Lowe was not naturally blessed with the gift of gab. But even he, a self-described shy, introverted person, understands its functions. Lowe works at a technology public relations firm where chitchat with clients and journalists is just another part of the job. As a previous user of dating apps (Lowe is happily partnered now), he realized banter reigned supreme.... Read more ›
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Maria Stavreva/Getty ImagesIsolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its Covid-19 guidance in a big way: People infected with the virus, or with other respiratory viruses, no longer need to isolate for five days before going back to work or school, the agency said. Instead, the agency advises that people can leave home if they’ve been... Read more ›
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