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Can genetically modified fruit help?

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In 2014, I went on a vigilante raid to “save” kids sold for sex. What we did haunts me now.

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Thanks to the new Resident Evil game, people worldwide have discovered their inner giant fetish.

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The 19-year-old superstar couldn’t escape her body, so she managed its rollout.

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I Went on a Vigilante Raid to “Save” Kids Sold for Sex. What We Did Haunts Me Now.

How Close Are We to Criminal Charges for Donald Trump?

A SCOTUS Ruling Protecting Payday Lenders Could Also Save Facebook and Martin Shkreli

Why Techniques for Treating PTSD Should Be Used With Racially Biased Cops

The World

Israel-Palestine Conflict Ignites, Prompting Rocket Fire and Airstrikes

What a Former Syrian Political Prisoner Wants You to Understand About His Country

Pandemic

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Vaccine for Children Ages 12 and Up

Tech Trouble

The Simple Reason Why Devastating Cyberattacks Keep Happening

Why Spotify Is Overrun With Artist Impostors

Late Night

John Oliver Tells Fellow White People What to Know About Black Hair

New president. New court. We’re ready for what’s next.

My Daughter Constantly Criticizes Our Messy Home. She’s Right.

Bananas Are in Trouble. Can Genetic Modification Help?

Housing

“This Is Slow Murder”: How My Hometown Has Been Silently Killing Us

A Radical Plan to Stop Rising Rents by Seizing Apartments From Landlords

The Reason Wood Prices Are Completely Out of Control

My friends think my girlfriend is a scammer just because she’s Russian.

Help! My Father-in-Law Pushed My 3-Year-Old Daughter.

Help! My Husband Wants to Move Out for a Year—and Leave His Kids

Dear Prudence Uncensored: Above and Beyond and Overboard

Help! My Mom Demands an Apology Every Time I Ask Her a Simple Question.

I Can’t Get Over What My Wife Does Every Time We Finish Sex

An Ambitious Plan Would Formally Protect 30 Percent of Earth by 2030. But There’s a Problem.

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 12 and Up

Israel-Palestine Conflict Ignites, Prompting Rocket Fire and Airstrikes

How Can We Share the Wonder of Space With Everyone?

Help! My Friends Think My Girlfriend Is a Scammer Just Because She’s Russian.

A Better Way to Argue with Your Partner

How Close Are We to Criminal Charges for Donald Trump?

“It’s Been Hard Not to Roll My Eyes”: Essential Workers Are Already Over Your Whining About Returning to Work

Bananas Are in Danger

Called by God

Why So Many People Are Horny for This 10-Foot-Tall Vampire Lady

Netflix’s New True Crime Hit Offers an Alternate Theory of the Son of Sam Killings

What DK Metcalf Proved by Racing Against Pro Sprinters

John Oliver Tells Fellow White People What to Know About Black Hair

SNL Jumps on the Mare of Easttown Bandwagon With a Gritty New Crime Show

Every Joke in Elon Musk’s SNL Monologue, Ranked From “Actually Funny” to “Huh!”

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is So Popular It’s Actually Become a Problem for Him

Some Very Simple Ways Platforms Could Better Protect Journalists From Harassment

Bananas Are in Trouble. Can Genetically Modified Fruit Help?

Spotify Is Overrun With Artist Impostors. I Tracked Some Down.

“This Is Slow Murder”: How My Hometown Has Been Silently Killing Us

Elon Musk’s SNL Episode Was a Real Roller Coaster for Dogecoin

What Soccer and the Facebook Oversight Board Have in Common

My Grandmother Says She’ll Stop Sending Me Money Unless I Get Pregnant

An Ambitious Plan Would Formally Protect 30 Percent of Earth by 2030. But There’s a Problem.

Is Billie Eilish’s “Big Reveal” Really So Shocking?

Help! My Friends Think My Girlfriend Is a Scammer Just Because She’s Russian.

A Better Way to Argue with Your Partner

Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter Constantly Criticizes Our Messy Home. She’s Right.

I Went on a Vigilante Raid to “Save” Kids Sold for Sex. What We Did Haunts Me Now.

Help! My Father-in-Law Pushed My 3-Year-Old Daughter.

My Husband’s Weird Sex Rules Are Driving Me Crazy

Elise Stefanik Is a Special Kind of Realist

Israel-Palestine Conflict Ignites, Prompting Rocket Fire and Airstrikes

Arizona’s Bonkers Recount

A Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Payday Lenders Could Also Save Facebook and Martin Shkreli

Why Techniques for Treating PTSD Should Be Used With Racially Biased Cops

How Close Are We to Criminal Charges for Donald Trump?

The Simple Reason Why Devastating Cyberattacks Keep Happening

FDA Authorizes Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Ages 12 and Up