A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an officer opening fire on the woman as she drove away. Realistically, there’s virtually no chance […] Read more ›
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Alex Murdaugh and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian review evidence during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. | Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesAfter a lengthy, dramatic trial, the saga of the Murdaugh murders came to a swift conclusion. The trial of Alex Murdaugh, the man at the center of one of the most byzantine true crime... Read more ›
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, left, with Chief Justice John Roberts on the steps of the Supreme Court following his official investiture in 2017. | Win McNamee/Getty ImagesMoore v. Harper could wreck free and fair elections in the United States. Now it seems likely to disappear. Moore v. Harper, a lawsuit the Supreme Court heard last December, poses the biggest threat to US democracy since the January 6 attack on... Read more ›
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An EPA worker looks for signs of fish and agitates the water in a creek to check for chemicals settled at the bottom, following the train derailment on February 20, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. | Michael Swensen/Getty ImagesA group of senators have quickly come together with a bill that could change the way the rail industry operates. In the wake of the train derailment and toxic spill in East... Read more ›
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A TikTok ban would surely upset many of the nation’s teens. | iStockphoto/Getty ImagesSo you heard TikTok’s being banned. Here’s what’s actually happening. Since its introduction to the US in 2018, TikTok has been fighting for its right to exist. First, the company struggled to convince the public that it wasn’t just for pre-teens making cringey memes; then it had to make the case that it wasn’t responsible for the... Read more ›
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Alex Murdaugh and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian review evidence during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. | Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesThe Murdaugh trial just might be the first high-profile true crime case to feature both chickens and eggs. Twenty-eight days into the trial of Alex Murdaugh, the alleged perpetrator at the center of one... Read more ›
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Party Down is back, in a brave new world. | Starz14 years later, we’re all still trying to make it work. It’s important for the purposes of this article that you know my age: I am on the verge of turning 40. Having been raised in that brief interregnum between the Cold War and the war on terror, I, like many of my peers, assumed that I would live my... Read more ›
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TikTok’s younger users will now be told when they’ve been watching for a while. | Westend61/Getty ImagesTeens can still click right on through the new screen time limit. Amid growing concerns (and lawsuits) about social media’s impact on the mental health of children, TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s setting a 60-minute time limit on screen time for users under 18 and adding some new parental controls. Those “limits,” however,... Read more ›
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Schools and families are scrambling to feed kids after the end of a program that provided free lunch to millions. | MirageC via Getty ImagesA federal program allowed schools to provide free lunch to all children. Why did it have to end? In 2020, when schools across the country closed to slow the spread of Covid-19, federal lawmakers did something unprecedented: They decided to pay for free lunch for every... Read more ›
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at an Election Night rally on February 28, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. | Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty ImagesIncumbent mayors in Chicago almost never lose a reelection bid. But Lori Lightfoot ran into an issue that’s plaguing Democrats across the country. Lori Lightfoot made history four years ago when she won every ward in the city of Chicago to become the first Black woman and first openly gay... Read more ›
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New Vox Crossword puzzles come out Monday through Saturday | Amanda NorthropFor the curious in all of us. Can you solve it? Welcome to the Vox crossword. Puzzles come out Monday through Saturday. Make sure to bookmark this page (or add to your phone’s home screen) to find new ones each day. Or get a weekly email reminder by signing up for our Crossword newsletter. Puzzles are constructed by these... Read more ›
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Eli Lilly announced it would cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for virtually all customers at $35 per month. | Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe price of insulin has skyrocketed, but now one major drug company will limit patients’ costs. Drug companies are coming under immense pressure over prescription drug prices, particularly essential medicines like insulin — and they are starting to respond more aggressively. On Wednesday, Eli Lilly, one... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a keynote address announcing ChatGPT integration for Bing at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, on February 7, 2023. | Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty ImagesThe (problematic) case for building AI as fast as we can. OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT and the underlying technology for Bing’s Sydney chatbot, have always had a ludicrously ambitious mission: to bring the world AI systems that are generally smarter than... Read more ›
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A researcher works at a lab in Wuhan, China, in 2021. Some US agencies think that Covid-19 leaked from a lab in the city. | Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesWe don’t need to know how this pandemic started to begin to prevent the next one. Another round of debate about the origin of Covid-19 sparked this week when the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Department of Energy... Read more ›
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The Milky Way seen from Thung Salang Luang National Park Phetchabun in Thailand. | Getty Images/JackyenjoyphotographyEarth, for all we know, is the only planet with life on it. But how did it start? The defining feature of our world is life. For all we know, Earth is the only planet with life on it. Despite our age of environmental destruction, there’s life in every corner of the globe, under its... Read more ›
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Delmaine Donson/Getty ImagesAre we all influencers now? It was when I was researching a story on micro-famous LinkedIn users that I realized there truly was no escape from the influencer industry. If business bros with corporate jobs in tech and finance — stable, high-paying careers with cushy benefits! — felt the need to supplement their status (and possibly their income) by becoming influencers, what hope was there for the rest... Read more ›
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Chloe Cushman for VoxJeff and Randy run a T-shirt store and community destination that shows off their St. Louis pride. Jeff and Randy Vines are 44-year-old identical twins. They’re also the creators and co-owners of STL-Style, a St. Louis apparel store that has become a destination for locals and tourists alike. STL-Style has been in its Cherokee Street storefront since 2010, with no plans to expand into a bigger location... Read more ›
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Halle Berry strikes a pose after winning her Oscar in 2002. She’s still the only Black woman to win the top award in the Best Actress category. | Lee Celano/AFP via Getty ImagesMichael Schulman on why the Oscars are always behind the times, and his new book, Oscar Wars. What even is the point of the Oscars? Every year, I find myself asking that question, and every year I have... Read more ›
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Housing under construction in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 13, 2022. | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIt’s time to take on the NIMBYs. For decades, the US has built fewer homes than it needs — a trend that has led to soaring rent and home prices, hurt economic growth, and hampered attempts to address the climate crisis. Just how much more housing the US should have is debatable. But the estimates are... Read more ›
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