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This week, I’ve been writing about iPads and the future of Google, watching American Fiction and Bodkin, rewatching Her because of… reasons, endlessly replaying the songs of Windows95man, learning how to make better...
Many study participants hadn’t seen a doctor. Some said they weren’t able to because clinics had burned down or because they prioritized getting housing, jobs, and food after the disaster.
A University of Hawaii study examining the health effects of last year’s deadly wildfires on Maui found that up to 74% of participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health, and almost half showed signs of compromised lung function.
Thieves prowl neighborhoods at night looking for cars parked outside so they can carry out so-called relay attacks.
They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid a surge in auto theft enabled by the technology designed to make it easier to unlock and start vehicles.
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Each region could well argue for its own, but one may have the strongest case.
Results from a week of sales tell a story of a masterpiece market come down to earth, the cooling of young art stars — and a hack starting to come to light.
President Luis Abinader goes into Sunday’s race as the clear front-runner, bolstered by nativist migration policies, a strong economy and an anticorruption drive.
A record number of new migrants has left many with legitimate asylum cases unable to find a lawyer to keep them from being deported.
A terrible man is in the cross hairs of American justice, but immorality alone doesn’t make him a criminal.
From years of watching debates, I think the winners always showed us something about civility.
Comedies make you laugh. Thrillers make you cheer. Some Hollywood films used to make you sob your eyes out. We need those movies again.
It’s not the poll numbers that worry me, exactly. It’s the denial of what’s behind them.
A coach’s soccer legacy is often reduced to titles and trophies. In Liverpool, a beloved manager will endure in murals, music and shared memories.
She had appeared onscreen as a conservative voice since the 2016 presidential race. A political strategist, she had worked for Republican presidential candidates.
Pakistanis suspect the national intelligence agencies of being behind practically everything — even street performers working for tips in Islamabad.
You may feel richer as you pay your mortgage down and home values go up. Using that equity is another matter entirely.
Either by choice or because they are priced out of the market, many people plan to never stop renting. Building wealth without home equity requires a different mind-set.
The former president’s defense appeared to chip away at Michael Cohen’s credibility, but legal experts said the case is still the prosecution’s to lose.
Call it neopopulism: a bipartisan attitude that mistrusts the free-market ethos instead of embracing it.