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Trump’s Rage Is Worse Than You’ve Heard

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Wet Markets Are Essential to Thai Cooking. So Why Are They Disappearing?

The Catastrophes Just Keep Coming

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Director of Media Relations? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Sports

Why I Changed My Mind About the Caster Semenya Case

Maya Moore’s Marriage to the Man She Helped Exonerate Is a Great Story in an Awful Year

The Big Ten Is Going to Try to Play Football After All, and It Might Not Be a Disgrace

I feel like I am being blackmailed.

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Dear Prudence Uncensored: The Forgotten Birthdays

Help! Why Won’t My Boyfriend Just Move in With Me Already?

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Can I Date Someone Who Wants Nothing to Do With My Kids?

What Happened When I Tried to Short the Dow

Facebook’s New Project Aria Could Be an Augmented Reality Turning Point

Migrants Packed Into an Overcrowded Greek Refugee Camp Because They Had Nowhere Else to Go. Then It Burned Down.

Don’t Get Caught Without These Eight Safety Tools

There Is No More Election Day

The iPhone’s Voice Memos Feature Might Be Tracking Your Location

Things Are Not Getting Better for Susan Collins

An Interview With the Scientist and Mom Who Had a Little Secret During Her CNN Appearance

Why I Changed My Mind About the Caster Semenya Case

Another Accusation of Sexual Assault Against the President

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