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Instead of winning billions for shareholders, the plaintiffs handed Joe Biden tighter control over the mortgage industry.

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The First NFL Player to Come Out Has Waited 46 Years for Carl Nassib

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My Mother Told My Sister She’d Make Her the Sole Heir to Her Millions

What Is Manifest, the QAnon-ish Conspiracy Show That Has Netflix Viewers Obsessed?

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Help! My Sister Wants to Visit, but Her Snoring Sounds Like Trains Colliding.

Help! My Ex-Boyfriend Wants to Pay Me to Go on Dates.

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The Ruling Suspending Rudy Giuliani’s Law License Is Kind of Hilarious

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A Scheme to Blow Up the Housing Market Backfired Spectacularly at the Supreme Court

A New Civil War Documentary Shows the Limits of Letting Everyone Talk

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“I Watched That Trailer, and Oh, Boy”: An Unhappy Furry on Netflix’s Animal-Head Dating Show Sexy Beasts

The First NFL Player to Come Out Has Waited 46 Years for Carl Nassib

The Saga of Nina Simone’s Twitter Account (ft. Kamala Harris)

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Why Is Venmo Suddenly Asking Me to Verify My Identity?

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A Chilling New Florida Law Will Survey University Students and Faculty About Their Political Beliefs

Your Consumer DNA Test Could Get Your Distant Cousin Convicted of a Crime

Why You Shouldn’t Worry About the Delta Variant (if You’re Vaccinated)

Why the U.S. Government Took Down Dozens of Iranian Websites This Week

How Quickly Should Companies Have to Disclose Data Breaches?

How to Make Peter Thiel Pay Taxes on His Shady $5 Billion Roth IRA

Why the Pope Won’t Rein In the Renegade American Bishops

Is It Legal That Britney Spears Can’t Remove Her IUD? Can’t See Her Friends? An Expert Explains What She Should Do Next.

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It’s Not a Billionaire Ex-Wives Club After All

Help! My Wife Wants Me to Stay With Her in the Normie Line Even Though I Have PreCheck.

Ask a Teacher: My Daughter Refers to Her Friend as Her “Secret Bully”

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The Ruling Suspending Rudy Giuliani’s Law License Is Kind of Hilarious

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One of Belize’s Most Powerful Politicians Is a Former Bad Boy Rapper

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