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An Extremely Common Feature of Gyms Could Be Threatening the Benefits of Your Workout

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I’m a Therapist for Older Asian Americans in L.A. County. The Shootings This Month Send a Clear Message.

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America’s New Favorite Song Is From Someone Who Hasn’t Topped the Charts in Years

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The World Is Done With Hot Teen Werewolves. So Why Does TV Keep Giving Us More?

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It is so absurd that I'd be laughing if it wasn't so, so serious!

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My Adult Daughter and Her Boyfriend Are Mooching off My Pension

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Henry Grabar

My Mother-in-Law Wants Me to Move In. Yikes.

She likes having me around.

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Why Alec Baldwin Could Be Found Guilty

Despite the appearance of an accident, prosecutors may have good reasons to charge him with criminal negligence.

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Culture

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Columbo and Chill

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How the internet turned a boomer TV cop into a sex symbol and queer icon.

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Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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The “Menswear Guy” Who’s Gone Viral on Twitter Is Confused About the Whole Thing, Too

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Of all the new Main Characters on Elon Musk’s Twitter, Derek Guy is the best dressed.

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An Extremely Common Feature of Gyms Could Be Threatening the Benefits of Your Workout

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My Dad’s Death Improved My Sex Life

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Believe me, I was just as surprised as you are.

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Help! A Teenage Coworker Is Trying to Get Me Fired Over a Total Lie.

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The Man I’m Seeing Says He Feels “Guilty” for Sleeping With Someone As Young As Me

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My Very Jealous Boyfriend Now “Wants” to Watch Me With Other Men

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The New Kavanaugh Documentary Changes Nothing

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Inside the Human Urge to Tinker With Other Species

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Advertisers Wanted to Spend Money at Twitter, but “Our Emails Have Been Falling Into the Abyss”

We Have No Idea What to Do With the Absurd Amount of Money We Got at Our Wedding

Inside the Human Urge to Tinker With Other Species

What if Someone Invented a Real Bigfoot?

An Extremely Common Feature of Gyms Could Be Threatening the Benefits of Your Workout

I’m a Therapist for Older Asian Americans in L.A. County. The Shootings This Month Send a Clear Message.

Echidnas Blow Snot Bubbles to Cool Down. Could We?

My Dad’s Death Improved My Sex Life

Help! I Was My Wife’s First Sexual Partner. I Told Her I’ve Had Better.

Help! A Teenage Coworker Is Trying to Get Me Fired Over a Total Lie.

Sex With My Older Man Is Great for Now… I’m Afraid It’ll Only Get Worse.

Uh, My Son’s 7-Year-Old Friend Is Trying to Convert Him

The Man I’m Seeing Says He Feels “Guilty” for Sleeping With Someone As Young As Me

My Very Jealous Boyfriend Now “Wants” to Watch Me With Other Men

The New Kavanaugh Documentary Changes Nothing

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Thinking Much Bigger Than a Few Measly Committee Assignments

Investigating The Dobbs Leak Investigation

How Much Does Racial Diversity on a Police Force Actually Matter?

Officers From the SCORPION Unit Killed Tyre Nichols. What Is the SCORPION Unit?

Biden’s Justice Department Finally Stands Up to Out-of-Control Texas Judges

Why Alec Baldwin Could Be Found Guilty

What It Was Like to Be a Target of Political Violence in New Mexico