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Sean Combs attends an event in Atlanta in August 2023. Paras Griffin/Getty Images

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ case raises questions about the many observers who might have ignored his alleged crimes

Staff Writer - November 25, 2024

Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images

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What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is

Will Rogers made a career out of making fun of politics and politicians − with a generous spirit. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

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View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense: cowboy commentator Will Rogers’ wisdom for 2024

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Sinatra’s films shattered the postwar myth of the white American male

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The #BettyWhiteChallenge highlights the growth of animal philanthropy and the role of rescues

Quincy Jones conducts an orchestra in Rome in May 2004. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images

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Why Quincy Jones should be prominently featured in US music education...

Staff Writer - December 15, 2024

Thai men can be ordained from a few days to the rest of their lives. Pakin Songmor/Moment via Getty Images

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What ‘The White Lotus’ gets wrong about the meaning and goals...

Staff Writer - March 27, 2025

Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images

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What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

Lynch, the director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ died in January 2024 at the age of 78. Hector Mata/AFP via Getty Images

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David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

Will Rogers made a career out of making fun of politics and politicians − with a generous spirit. George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images

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View politics critically but charitably and with good old common sense:...

Staff Writer - September 23, 2024

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Sinatra’s films shattered the postwar myth of the white American male

Staff Writer - December 11, 2015

Rescue workers search debris for victims of the Labor Day hurricane of 1935, a Category 5 storm that devastated parts of the Florida Keys. Bettman/Getty Images

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Hemingway, after the hurricane

Staff Writer - October 18, 2024

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Was the Kim Kardashian Robbery an Inside Job—or Even a PR...

Rob Hill - October 6, 2016

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EXPLORING NATURE

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

Jean Wactawski-Wende, University at Buffalo Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they...

Tatooine’s moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the ‘Star Wars’ movie series were filmed. Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

May 2, 2025

Fireflies in Boulder, Colo., during the summer of 2023. Radim Schreiber/Firefly Experience, CC BY

Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching

May 1, 2025

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Grant Maslowski

Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal

April 29, 2025

The universe is filled with countless galaxies, stars and planets. Astronomers may find life one day, but they will need extraordinary proof. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi

‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much...

April 27, 2025