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Don’t Call Georgia’s Election “Stolen”

Why the Right Is So Obsessed With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Night of the Gingko Lets Us Watch Climate Change in Real Time

Are Kids Flashing Nazi Salutes at Your School? Here’s How to Handle Them.

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QB Alex Smith Suffers Theismann-Like Leg Injury Exactly 33 Years After Theismann

The Joyous, Wholesome Trend of Celebratory Group Photos Is Getting a Little Stale

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Steve Carell Tries to Distract Horrified School Kids From Frozen Cosmonaut Outside Space Station

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Trump’s Old Tweet Bashing Funding for Smokey Bear PSAs Is Actually Perfect

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Bill Nelson Concedes the Florida Senate Race to Rick Scott

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Ralph Breaks the Internet Finally Gives Us the Disney Princesses We Need

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North Carolina Voters Brought Their State Back From the Brink of Democratic Collapse

The Dartmouth Sexual Harassment Allegations Are So Much Worse Than I Thought

How Pete Davidson—Who Can’t Act or Do Impressions—Took Over SNL

I hate the optics of it: The men sit around drinking, while the women wash up.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Angry Neighbor

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Why Democrats Should Not Call the Georgia Governor’s Race “Stolen”

The Joyous and Wholesome NFL Trend of Celebratory Group Photos Is Getting a Little Stale

Bill Nelson Concedes the Florida Senate Race to Rick Scott

Alex Smith Suffers Theismann-Like Leg Injury Exactly 33 Years After Theismann

Are the Browns Actually Going to Interview Condoleezza Rice to be the Team’s Head Coach?

Collection Specialists Are the Secret Employees Who Quietly Keep the Museum World Running

During Wildfire Tour, Trump Suggests Doing More Raking Like Finland Could Prevent California Wildfires

On Saturday Night Live’s Cold Open, Laura Ingraham Looks Into Voter Fraud, Facebook, and, of Course, Vaping

Watch Steve Carell Attempt to Distract Horrified Schoolchildren From the Frozen Cosmonaut Floating Outside the Window of the International Space Station

Trump Says Pence Is “100 Percent Loyal” Amid Reports He’s Questioning the VP’s Loyalty, Role

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The Joyous and Wholesome NFL Trend of Celebratory Group Photos Is Getting a Little Stale

Alex Smith Suffers Theismann-Like Leg Injury Exactly 33 Years After Theismann

Are the Browns Actually Going to Interview Condoleezza Rice to be the Team’s Head Coach?

Watch Steve Carell Attempt to Distract Horrified Schoolchildren From the Frozen Cosmonaut Floating Outside the Window of the International Space Station

On Saturday Night Live’s Cold Open, Laura Ingraham Looks Into Voter Fraud, Facebook, and, of Course, Vaping

What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Overlord

The FBI Says Hate Crimes Are Soaring. It Actually Has No Idea.

Climate Change Creates Conditions That Allow for Disasters Like the Camp Fire

The Dartmouth Sexual Harassment Allegations Are So Much Worse Than I Thought

Facebook Says It Wants to Give Away Some of Its Power. But Will It Really? How?

It’s Far Too Easy for Countries Like Russia and China to Hijack Internet Traffic

The FDA’s New E-Cigarette Regulations Respond to an “Epidemic” That Doesn’t Really Exist

Tech Companies Like Facebook Should Have to Safeguard Your Data Like Lawyers and Doctors Do

The Night of the Gingko Lets Us Watch Climate Change in Real Time

My Daughter’s Teacher Is Atrocious—What Should I Do?

The Gizmos to Buy Your Techie This Holiday (Before They Sell Out)

Why It’s So Hard to Watch People Your Age Do Better Than You

How Parents and Principals Can Overcome the Rising Tide of Hate in Our Schools

With Seventeen Moving to “Digital-First,” the Era of the Teen Print Magazine Is Over—as It Should Be

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My Daughter’s Fiancé’s Parents Think We’re Paying for the Wedding

Do New Yorkers Even Want Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs?

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House Democrats Are Already Pursuing a Dumb Tax Stunt, and the Left Is Very Annoyed

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New York’s Amazon Deal Will Be a Lasting Monument to Andrew Cuomo’s Economic Incompetence

Amazon’s New York Headquarters Will Have a Helipad Because of Course It Will

Cities Should Never, Ever Agree to an HQ2 Contest Again

Collection Specialists Are the Secret Employees Who Quietly Keep the Museum World Running

Democrats Have Made One Thing Very Clear About 2020: They’re Over White Men

Why Democrats Should Not Call the Georgia Governor’s Race “Stolen”

Bill Nelson Concedes the Florida Senate Race to Rick Scott

Trump’s Old Tweet Bashing Funding for Smokey Bear Forest Fire Prevention PSAs Is Actually Perfect

Democrat Declared Winner in Orange County House Race, Marking a Clean Democratic Sweep of the Onetime Conservative Stronghold

During Wildfire Tour, Trump Suggests Doing More Raking Like Finland Could Prevent California Wildfires

Trump Says Pence Is “100 Percent Loyal” Amid Reports He’s Questioning the VP’s Loyalty

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