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J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history

9 questions about Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, answered

3 unexplainable mysteries of life on Earth

Did the Fed break Silicon Valley Bank?

Is this a bailout?

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The desperate pandering of Tucker Carlson

What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

The Delphi murders were a local tragedy. Then they became “true crime.”

Why it’s so hard to get answers on long Covid

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son

Alex Murdaugh stands guilty of killing his wife and son. That’s just scratching the surface.

The shadowy puzzle-box pleasures of Chinese spy thriller Hidden Blade

Consumers are reaching a breaking point

A new indictment shows how Sam Bankman-Fried’s political influence worked

R. Kelly has received his second jail sentence for sex crimes. Here are all the sexual misconduct allegations against him.

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Why in the world do we hand out awards to adults?

Can the Republican establishment finally stop Trump this time?

A juicy new legal filing reveals who really controls Fox News

Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?

Quantumania’s post-credits scene gives us Marvel’s next big bad

How crypto failed Black investors

Joe Biden is mad about hidden fees and you should be, too

The rise of the Trump-Russia revisionists

Nobody but your doctor should know your menstrual history

Why you know the names of tons of medicines you’ll never need

Is the economy kind of good now?

How this billionaire lost half his net worth in a matter of weeks

Obesity in the age of Ozempic

The State of the Union address's history, explained

Alec Baldwin’s criminal charges and Rust’s chaotic production, explained

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The death of the customer service hotline

The problem with Ticketmaster, explained not by Taylor Swift

Peacock’s The Traitors should be your new reality TV obsession

What it means to be a “good” Real Housewife

Were bivalent boosters worth it?

A new study says Russian trolls didn’t sway the 2016 election. Was the threat overhyped?

How scientists discovered the universe is really freaking huge

Fears of a white-collar recession are overblown