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How Cuties, a French Netflix movie, became part of America’s culture war

Cuties has kicked up controversy. | Netflix A movie critiquing the sexualization of young girls is accused of doing the…

4 years ago

“Unprecedented”: What’s behind the California, Oregon, and Washington wildfires

A firefighting aircraft flies over Healdsburg, California, to support efforts to contain the LNU Lightning Complex fire. | Ray Chavez/MediaNews…

4 years ago

Facebook’s new voter information center gives Americans fact-checked voting information

Facebook is rolling out a voting information hub to try to register 4 million Americans to vote | Photo by…

4 years ago

The great rebuild

Deanna Sison at the takeout window of her Little Skillet restaurant in San Francisco in April. | Hearst Newspapers via…

4 years ago

House Democrats held the first hearing on DC statehood in 25 years

Mayor Muriel Bowser, rides a bus to a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue ahead of a House hearing on a bill…

5 years ago

Trump’s feud with California over emissions standards and homelessness, explained

Trump in California on September 18, 2019. | NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images Trump announced two actions on the same day that…

5 years ago

Bill de Blasio wants to make public campaign financing a reality nationwide

Bill de Blasio’s latest policy proposal is to bring a little bit of New York City to the rest of…

5 years ago

What we know about the whistleblower complaint about President Trump

Getty Images House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff says he wasn’t properly informed, and he wants answers. An internal Trump…

5 years ago

Amazon will start letting people pay with cash because not everyone has credit cards

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. | MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images The new Amazon PayCode service is the company’s latest attempt to court…

5 years ago

More than a quarter of all birds have disappeared from North America since 1970

A sparrow, probably yelling for help. | KenCanning/Getty Images A new study finds 3 billion fewer birds are flying through…

5 years ago