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CDC: COVID-19 Is Airborne, Can Be Transmitted More Than 6 Feet Away

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Elon Musk’s Episode Was a Real Rollercoaster for Dogecoin

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Bombing Outside Girls’ School in Afghanistan Kills at Least 68, Wounds More Than 150

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Elise Stefanik Is a Special Kind of Realist

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Obama Family Dog Bo Dies After Battle With Cancer

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Will My Daughter Become an Entitled Brat if We Join a Country Club?

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

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Fear of the Rapture Consumed Everyone I Knew as an Evangelical Kid. I Finally See Why.

I Spent 10 Hours Listening to Marriage Advice From a Power Couple That Went Kaput. Whew.

The Constitution Requires the U.S. to Offer Vaccine Passports

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: Above and Beyond and Overboard

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I Told My Ex the Truth About Our Sex Life—and He’s Livid

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How Actor Blair Underwood Gets Inside His Characters’ Heads

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Dear Care and Feeding: Will My Daughter Become an Entitled Brat if We Join a Country Club?

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

Elon Musk’s SNL Episode Was a Real Rollercoaster for Dogecoin

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

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

CDC Admits the Coronavirus Is Airborne, Can Be Transmitted More Than 6 Feet Away

NASA Criticizes China After Rocket Debris Lands in Indian Ocean, Near Maldives

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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

So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter

The Horror Game Even Scaredy Cats Should Play

How The Circle Built Its Secret Weapon

Indian Government to 1.4 Billion People: Want a Vaccine? Learn How to Code.

What Soccer and the Facebook Oversight Board Have in Common

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

The 2017 Battle Over Net Neutrality Somehow Keeps Getting Weirder

Astronomers Are Warring Over the Name of a New Space Telescope

We Need a Leader to Show Us What Vaccinated Life Can Be Like. I Know Just the Guy.

The Jobs Report Was Shockingly Bad. Please Don’t Overreact.

Elon Musk’s SNL Episode Was a Real Rollercoaster for Dogecoin

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

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

Dear Care and Feeding: Will My Daughter Become an Entitled Brat if We Join a Country Club?

Dear Prudence Uncensored: Above and Beyond and Overboard

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

Unequal Access to Puberty Blockers Is Producing Two Classes of Trans Kids

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Obama Family Dog Bo Dies After Battle With Cancer

NASA Criticizes China After Rocket Debris Lands in Indian Ocean, Near Maldives

Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Top U.S. Gasoline Pipeline

CDC Admits the Coronavirus Is Airborne, Can Be Transmitted More Than 6 Feet Away

The Best Photo We Didn’t Use This Week: Which Billionaire Is Under This Halloween Mask?

Trump Justice Department Seized Washington Post Reporters’ Phone Records

Bombing Outside Girls’ School in Afghanistan Kills at Least 68, Wounds More Than 150

Help! I’ve Developed a Big New Crush. I’m Also Happily Married.