Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
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A wind-swept street in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on August 19, 2023, as Hurricane Hilary neared the Baja peninsula. The hurricane threatens to bring strong winds, flash floods, and dangerous surf conditions to popular Mexican tourist destinations like Cabo, as well as neighboring California. | Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty ImagesThe storm has caused significant flooding, power outages, and rock and mudslides in the Southwest, with more to... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesTrump won’t be onstage, but there will surely be a show put on. The 2024 presidential election is finally picking up, as the Republican Party holds its first presidential debate, hosted by Fox News, on Wednesday. As of Monday — the deadline to qualify — as many as 11 of the 14 declared candidates vying for the party’s nomination appear to have met the standards... Read more ›
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Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo, of the center-left political party Movimiento Semilla, leaves after a press conference in Guatemala City on June 25, 2023. | Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty ImagesAnti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has heralded a new era for Guatemala. Guatemala has elected a new president, Bernardo Arévalo, a former academic and diplomat whose campaign focused on fighting corruption, giving many graft-weary Guatemalans hope that building strong democrati Read more ›
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Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesIt’s set to kick the GOP primary off in earnest later this month. It’s official: Former President Donald Trump has said that he won’t attend the upcoming Republican debate, and possibly others, raising questions about how the... Read more ›
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Getty Images/iStockphotoThe academic calendar can help you with goal-setting, time management, and motivation. The great expanse of time that is a life consists of many days, weeks, and months waiting to be filled. Our earliest years are marked by formal education and structure imposed by parents and other caretakers, not to mention a dedicated break in the form of summer vacation. By early adulthood — and beyond — we’re largely... Read more ›
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Pink, performing on stage in London, where a fan handed her their mother’s ashes. | Burak Cingi/RedfernsWhy concertgoers keep throwing things at celebrities and no one can shut up at the movies. Some people shouldn’t be out in public right now. Movie theaters have become a lawless land where some moviegoers have no reservations about using their phones after films have started. Sometimes it’s not just a glance at the... Read more ›
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Construction in Rodeo, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesOne of the biggest changes in state politics in years, explained. Over the last decade, whenever California lawmakers tried to pass new legislation aimed at boosting the state’s alarmingly low housing stock, they’d come face to face with a politically powerful barrier: organized labor. It wasn’t that unions wanted no new housing in California, but their top priority was ensuring that any new... Read more ›
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Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo, a member of the center-left political party Movimiento Semilla, leaves after a press conference in Guatemala City on June 25, 2023. | Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty ImagesAnti-corruption presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo is heavily favored in polls. Guatemala is on the verge of electing Bernardo Arévalo, a former academic and diplomat whose campaign has focused on fighting corruption, giving many graft-weary Guatemalans hope that building strong... Read more ›
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Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty ImagesThe storm should hit Mexico Sunday and could cause historic rainfall in the Southwest. In a summer of extreme weather events, Hurricane Hilary is yet another atypical occurrence — a tropical storm headed for the West Coast of the United States. What it will likely mean for Southern California and the southwest is potential heavy flooding — and even flash flooding — with up to 10... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; ShutterstockIt’s tough to know how to talk about a life-threatening illness, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. When Chiara Riga was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at 27, she was absolutely stunned. As her feelings morphed into a form of acceptance, Riga tried to live her life according to some semblance of normal — aside from the fact that she was undergoing intensive cancer treatment,... Read more ›
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Four justices laugh during a ceremony at the Trump White House. | Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThere are some terrible things that even this Supreme Court isn’t willing to do. When you cover this Supreme Court for a living, it is tempting to fall into despair. The Court has spent the last few years relitigating long-settled fights over abortion and affirmative action. It consistently rules that the rights of LGBTQ... Read more ›
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Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty ImagesThe storm should hit Mexico Sunday and could cause historic rainfall in the Southwest. In a summer of extreme weather events, Hurricane Hilary is yet another atypical occurrence — a tropical storm headed for the West Coast of the United States. What it will likely mean for Southern California and the southwest is potential heavy flooding — and even flash flooding — with up to seven... Read more ›
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Andy Feng/Getty Images/iStockphotoGenerative AI tools are generating less interest than just a few months ago. When generative AI products started rolling out to the general public last year, it kicked off a frenzy of excitement and fear. People were amazed at the images and words these tools could create from just a single text prompt. Silicon Valley salivated over the prospect of a transformative new technology, one that it could... Read more ›
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A Cruise self-driving taxi pauses at an intersection in San Francisco. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe city’s bumpy experiment with self-driving taxis is spreading nationwide, too. Self-driving taxis are ferrying passengers across San Francisco and Phoenix, and they could be coming to a street near you very soon. The two leading robotaxi companies, GM’s Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo, are expanding commercial services to cities across the country, including Austin, Los Angeles,... Read more ›
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) talks with reporters after signing a flurry of education bills in May. An increasingly complex web of rules in the state has school districts confused over which courses they can teach — and which run afoul of the law. | Thomas Simonetti/Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe new war over AP Psychology is a glimpse at the confusing future of education in the state. Amid the... Read more ›
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Aerial footage shows the destruction wrought by a wildfire on August 17, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawai‘i. | Justin Sullivan via Getty ImagesThe social ties keeping Lahaina fed in the wake of disaster. MAUI, Hawai‘i — When Hawai‘i Governor Josh Green held a press conference on Wednesday, he revealed the state government’s focus on procuring federal resources, securing housing, preventing land grab profiteering in affected areas on Maui, and coordinating agencies... Read more ›
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A wasteland of burned homes and devastated communities is left on August 10, 2023, in Lāhainā, Hawaii. | Rick Bowmer/APThe wildfires that have been engulfing parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui since Tuesday, August 8, have killed at least 111 people in what is the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century. The blaze has destroyed more than 2,000 structures, forced residents to seek safety in the ocean,... Read more ›
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A for-sale sign is posted in front of a home on March 22, 2023, in San Anselmo, California. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIt could have near-term impacts for buyers and sellers. Mortgage rates hit a 21-year high this week, a milestone that makes home buying a much more expensive prospect for those who are interested in doing so. According to Freddie Mac, the rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has climbed... Read more ›
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People gather to help off load a boat with supplies in Kahana, Hawaii in the aftermath of the wildfires. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesA Hawaii resiliency expert on climate disasters, FEMA’s role in wildfire response, and the future of Big Oil lawsuits. President Joe Biden’s disaster declaration came within hours of the wildfires that tore through Lāhainā, Maui, last week, where the death toll is at least... Read more ›
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An aerial view of Lahaina after a wildfire tore through the town last week. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIncluding how you can help. The search for survivors is far from over, yet it’s already clear: The Maui fires are the nation’s deadliest wildfire event in more than a century. The blazes burned thousands of acres and killed more than 110 people — a greater death toll than any wildfire in California,... Read more ›
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