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/ 8 months agoUS long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
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/ 8 months agoHow famines are formed: In Gaza and elsewhere, an underlying pattern that can lead to hunger and death
In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
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/ 8 months agoInternational prosecution of Israeli or Hamas leaders wouldn’t bring quick justice − and even bringing them to court will be difficult
Prosecuting leaders indicted for war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers...
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/ 8 months agoTeens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
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/ 8 months agoGreater Detroit is becoming more diverse and less segregated – but Asians and Hispanics increasingly live in their own neighborhoods
Detroit is one of the country’s most segregated regions, but census data shows how that’s changing in both the city and...
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/ 8 months agoJapan’s diplomatic charm offensive in US aims to keep Washington in committed relationship
Meetings with Joe Biden and Donald Trump suggest Japan is hedging over the outcome of the US election.
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/ 8 months agoMidwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US
A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa....
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/ 8 months agoWhy are some people faster than others? 2 exercise scientists explain the secrets of running speed
Your sprinting skills have a lot to do with genetics, but your brain also plays a big role.
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/ 8 months agoGhosted, orbited, breadcrumbed? A psychotherapist breaks down some perils of digital dating and how to cope
Online dating has its own jargon. But the feelings involved are nothing new.
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/ 8 months agoCollege administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from...
