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Big questions about Covid-19 booster shots, answered

How omicron reframed the booster debate. Much of the messaging from authorities around Covid-19 booster shots has been confusing —…

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It’s beginning to look a lot more expensive for Christmas

Bean, the cat, is really into presents, regardless of the cost. | Rani MollaThe holidays feel more expensive this year…

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Don’t be fooled: The Supreme Court’s Texas abortion decision is a big defeat for Roe v. Wade

Abortion rights activists carry cutouts of Supreme Court justices outside the Supreme Court as it prepares to hear a case…

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What Peng Shuai’s rape accusation says about China

Peng Shuai plays in the 2020 Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. | Fred Lee/Getty ImagesThe tennis star’s disappearance is part…

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Antarctica was once a rainforest. Could it be again?

An artist’s rendering of the rainforest that grew in Antarctica during a “supergreenhouse” period about 90 million years ago, by…

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Israeli spyware was used against US diplomats in Uganda

A woman walks past an NSO Group building at one of the company’s branches in the Arava Desert on November…

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One Good Thing: Money Heist, a joyful TV series about fighting the system

In July 2020, employees dressed in Casa de Papel-inspired garb protest the closure of a Nissan factory in Barcelona where…

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Biden’s bewildering decision to expand a Trump-era immigration policy

Asylum-seeking migrants, at right, pray for a group of migrants, left, who have already received asylum petition appointments during a…

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There need to be consequences for Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic comments

Rep. Lauren Boebert speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol in June. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Inaction normalizes…

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Sudan’s civilian prime minister is back. Here’s why thousands are still protesting.

A protester lifts the Sudanese national flag at a rally in Khartoum, Sudan, on November 21, following the announcement of…

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