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7 big Earth Day wins for the planet

Over the past year, humanity has made some huge policy gains to protect the planet. | Carol Yepes/Getty Images The…

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Why so many top Republicans want to go to war in Mexico

A Mexican soldier secures an illegal marijuana plantation in the municipality of Cosala, state of Sinaloa, Mexico, on October 2,…

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The bizarre true story of the last time America raised its retirement age

Alan Greenspan (left) and Sen. Pat Moynihan (right) ham it up at a meeting of the National Commission on Social…

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The wildly expensive, chaotic race for Dianne Feinstein’s California Senate seat, explained

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), speaks beside Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), left, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington,…

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In a leaked Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg tells employees “we’re in a different world”

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaking at the virtual Meta Connect conference in 2022. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The…

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Alec Baldwin’s criminal charges dropped in Rust shooting

Rust’s chaotic production resulted in the death of a cinematographer when Alec Baldwin’s prop gun accidentally discharged. | Angela Weiss/AFP…

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RIP, BuzzFeed News. Who’s next?

BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti in 2016, around the time of the media company’s peak. | AOP.Press/Corbis via Getty…

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The case against “stand your ground” laws

Community members gathered to attend a rally for Ralph Yarl in front of the federal courthouse in Kansas City, on…

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Twitter’s old blue checks are finally gone

The meaning and method of acquiring that blue check keep changing. | Getty Images/iStockphoto The ridiculous but important Twitter check…

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The big problem with cement, and how to fix it

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here’s how we get it to net zero. Cement accounts for 8 percent of…

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