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/ 3 months agoHow the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
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/ 3 months agoWhy trying to protect freedom may work better than campaigning to protect democracy
Republicans have long focused on freedom as an election issue. Kamala Harris appears to be shifting the Democrats’ strategy to offer...
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/ 3 months agoIs it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Listening to music and doing homework can be in harmony − as long as you turn down the volume.
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/ 3 months agoDoes Hezbollah represent Lebanon? And what impact will the death of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah have?
Israeli strikes have wiped out much of the leadership of a group that has huge influence – if not popularity –...
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/ 3 months agoBrown bananas, crowded ports, empty shelves: What to expect if there’s a big dockworkers strike in the US
The International Longshoremen’s Association’s 6-year contract with the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports will expire on Sept. 30 at midnight...
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/ 3 months agoWhat White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last team to lose 120 games
Joan Whitney Payson, the first female owner to buy a baseball team, won over the press in the Mets’ disastrous 1962...
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/ 3 months agoHurricane Helene power outages leave over 3 million in the dark – history shows poorer areas often wait longest for electricity to be restored
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
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/ 3 months agoAutoworkers, Boeing machinists, cannabis drivers: Labor unions are mobilizing in new and old industries alike
US workers in general are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious position.
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/ 3 months agoPolice stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago
‘Driving while Black’: Researchers found that Black drivers make up 70% of police traffic stops on roads where only half the...
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/ 3 months agoPrepare your social media for the election − 3 tips to stay sane and connected without being overwhelmed
An impending election doesn’t mean that people have to avoid social media altogether. When used wisely, it can still be an...
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/ 3 months agoRising electricity demand could bring Three Mile Island and other prematurely shuttered nuclear plants back to life
Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early financially viable.
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/ 3 months agoThe contradictions of ‘Minnesota nice’
While Americans like to think of themselves as kind, generous people, many refugees would beg to differ.
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/ 3 months agoAfrofuturism thrives in Philly − 5 artists you should know
Local writers, painters, musicians and philosophers have long been inspired by the Black cultural movement that pulls from the past to...
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/ 3 months agoCubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system
CubeSats have already visited the Moon and Mars and are key components of upcoming deep space missions.
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/ 3 months agoTeachers feel most productive when they use AI for teaching strategies
Teachers turn to artificial intelligence for help with a variety of tasks. New research reveals which ones − and how −...
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/ 3 months agoWhy some flowers are so pleasing for Hindu gods and goddesses
Ancient Indian texts describe in detail which flowers are favored by which gods and the elaborate rituals around how to offer...
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/ 3 months agoEric Adams indictment: How campaign finance violations often grow into dramatic scandals
Federal investigations into irregular election spending can uncover wild stories. Politicians have used campaign money to pay rent, fund family vacations,...
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/ 3 months agoDrug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump − but not for everyone, and not enough
Both Trump and Harris seek to lower drug costs for patients. What headway have they made on realizing this goal?
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/ 3 months agoBig lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?
The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV batteries, but even...
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/ 3 months agoHow the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS
New developments, including the increasing diversity of faith communities and the advent of worship through streamed services, have rendered the IRS...
