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Day care will never be germ-free. But we can make it less gross.

A child care provider teaches her 3-year-old charge how to wash his hands in Stamford, Texas, in February. | Bonnie…

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This DC party invite shows all the money to be made off the Ukraine war

Ukrainian servicemembers unload a plane carrying Javelin missiles, an American-made portable anti-tank missile, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 1. |…

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Elon Musk’s Twitter journalist purge has begun

Twitter CEO and owner Elon Musk The move seems connected to a debate over an account that tracked the whereabouts…

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World leaders are racing to protect nature — but the definition of one word is tripping them up

Delegates confer on targets of the draft global biodiversity framework at the COP15 meeting in Montreal, Canada, on December 4.…

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Star Wars’ evil Empire can feel a little corny — but then came Andor

Cassian Andor makes his way through the world under the Empire. | Lucasfilm Ltd./Lucasfilm Ltd Andor actually shows why the…

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Marijuana policy and a child tax credit are getting a last-minute push in Congress

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) speaks during a press briefing on December 7 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for…

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Let’s talk about the Twitter Files

Amanda Northrop/Vox There are substantive issues here to discuss. Big surprise: The Twitter Files — the reports based on internal…

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What it took to get reparations in New Zealand

Māori people are getting redress from the British crown in the form of land and cash settlements. New Zealand’s government…

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Ron DeSantis’s vaccine “investigation” is all about beating Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19. DeSantis is calling for a statewide grand jury…

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A fact-checked debate about legal weed

Two opposing perspectives and six true facts about cannabis legalization. There are few places in the world where you can…

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