On a 6-3 party-line vote, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that state officials may accept “gratuities” from people who wish to reward them for their official actions, despite a federal anti-corruption statute that appears to ban such rewards. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the opinion in Snyder v. United States for the Court’s Republican-appointed majority. […] Read more ›
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The Supreme Court handed down a stern rebuke to some of the most right-wing judges in the country on Wednesday, holding that no, judges do not get to micromanage how the Biden administration speaks to social media companies. The vote in Murthy v. Missouri was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh […] Read more ›
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Inflation and the economy are still the biggest issues on many voters’ minds heading into the 2024 election, even though inflation has come down from its dizzying height in June 2022, when prices were climbing at almost 9 percent. Last month, it was a much more manageable 3.3 percent. But it’s still not entirely clear […] Read more ›
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It turns out seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression usually associated with the darker winter months, can take hold in the summer, too. While its symptoms can be different from its winter counterpart — cold-weather SAD typically makes people lethargic, while summer SAD makes them more agitated — it’s also a condition triggered […] Read more ›
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Reality TV is experiencing some growing pains. During last year’s WGA and SAG strikes, former Real Housewives of New York City star Bethenny Frankel ignited an industry conversation about the lack of protections and fair pay for reality performers. Since then, Bravo and its network spokesperson Andy Cohen have been hit with a stream of […] Read more ›
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One strange thing about the American unemployment insurance (UI) system — which provides weekly payments to jobless people who meet certain criteria — is that it’s not insurance against being unemployed. More accurately, it’s insurance against losing a job “through no fault of your own,” which makes UI more like “getting laid off insurance.” Aside […] Read more ›
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Are your ears doing okay right now? Do you know? I don’t. I’m wearing noise-canceling headphones, blocking out the din of traffic passing by so that instead Spotify’s Deep Focus playlist can let me do what it promises. It’s awesome … but I can’t help but wonder: Is this damaging my hearing? Our increasingly urban […] Read more ›
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The last time Joe Biden and Donald Trump debated, the country and the world were in a mess. The coronavirus pandemic was raging, the first vaccines were still months away from being rolled out, and Trump had just recovered from a Covid infection (which he might have had when he debated Biden the first time). […] Read more ›
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I’m pregnant. I’m traveling. I’m terrified. Read more ›
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democratic lawmaker who’s been vocal in his calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, lost his New York primary on Tuesday, following intense scrutiny of his position on Israel. Bowman’s defeat marks the first successful challenge of a progressive incumbent this year, and comes after pro-Israel advocacy groups spent heavily […] Read more ›
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Julian Assange — the WikiLeaks founder who has spent the last 14 years resisting extradition to the US on Espionage Act charges — is set to be released on Wednesday after spending the last five years at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison. In exchange for his freedom, he will plead guilty to a criminal charge under […] Read more ›
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We started our Money Talks column to take a closer look at people’s relationships, their money, and their relationships with money, all of which intersect in unexpected ways. We’ve heard from dozens of people in conversation with their business partners, friends, loved ones, and the not-quite categories in between, on topics ranging from how they […] Read more ›
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Last week, Louisiana enacted legislation requiring every public school in the state to display a specific version of the Ten Commandments in each classroom. “I can’t wait to be sued,” Republican Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed a few days before signing the new law, erasing any doubt that the purpose of this legislation is to coax […] Read more ›
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It’s a disconcerting but unmistakable fact that in an age of climate change-related natural disasters, parents may now find themselves fielding more questions from their children about wildfires, tornadoes, extreme heat, and hurricanes — and facing the prospect of guiding their kids through an emergency. Given all the stressors families face on a daily basis, […] Read more ›
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Television shows getting terrible reviews isn’t anything new. But there’s something fascinating happening with the fourth season of The Boys. It’s not just that people have suddenly turned on Amazon’s hit superhero satire, it’s who those people are and why they’ve changed their tune that’s so interesting. Since premiering to critical praise on June 13, alleged […] Read more ›
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Imagine you’re eight months pregnant, and you wake up in the middle of the night to a bolt of pain across your belly. Terrified you might be losing your pregnancy, you rush to the emergency room — only to be told that no one there will care for you, because they’re worried they could be […] Read more ›
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In much of the world, nature sounds like birds or maybe insects — the cheerful, rhythmic cheeps of a robin, say, or the buzz of a cicada. In Puerto Rico, it sounds like frogs. Lots and lots of frogs. If you walk into pretty much any forest on the island you’ll hear a loud, almost […] Read more ›
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More than 1,300 people have died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to some of Islam’s holiest sites, succumbing to the brutal temperatures in the Gulf region. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always had hot summers, but temperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit during this year’s pilgrimage, conditions that may become […] Read more ›
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a progressive lawmaker who’s been vocal in his calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, is the latest member of the Squad to face an aggressive primary challenge — one that highlights Democrats’ larger divide over the US’s approach to Israel. Bowman, a two-term lawmaker, is known for backing progressive policies, including Medicare-for-All […] Read more ›
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Israel seems like it might be winding down the intensity of its war in Gaza — just as another fight it’s waging is winding up. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated in a television interview on Sunday that he intends to move some of the country’s forces to the northern border to fight the Lebanon-based […] Read more ›
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