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The Ugly Deportation Case of Rumeysa Öztürk | National Review

The administration may appeal the latest decision and might well win. But its conduct has conveyed weakness in several respects. Source link

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Losing Faith in Atheism

If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals…

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A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds

Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969” (Stanley/Barker), and a related exhibition currently at the Clamp gallery, in Chelsea, makes me…

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Rivian finds a way to shine even as the EV market struggles in the dark

Rivian shocked the market with strong earnings results, proving itself an outlier in the electric vehicle market, which has been…

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Parents who blame Snapchat for their children's deaths protest outside company's headquarters

Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking fentanyl-laced pills…

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How to Watch All ‘Friday the 13th’ Movies: Where to Stream the Horror Franchise

Jaws made us afraid of the ocean; Halloween made us fear trick-or-treating stalkers; A Nightmare on Elm Street made it impossible to…

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“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite

Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to…

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‘Hannah Montana’ 2026 Anniversary: How Miley Cyrus Will ‘Honor’ Her

“I stand here still proud to have been Hannah Montana because she made Miley in so many ways,” Miley Cyrussaid while accepting her Disney…

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‘Wuthering Heights’ Book vs. Movie: The Differences Between Emily Bronte’s Work & the Film

It’s almost a guarantee that book-to-screen adaptations will differ from their inspiration. Now that Emerald Fennell‘s version of…

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Hudson Williams’ Family: Meet the ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star’s Mom & Dad

Hudson Williams has quickly become a rising name thanks to his role in Heated Rivalry , but behind the growing spotlight is a supportive…

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AI and Our Collapsing Creative Horizons | National Review

The real danger AI poses is to original thought itself. Source link

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Richard Brody Presents the 2026 Brody Awards

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Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend

Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission.…

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The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room

In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan…

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A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible

Burch tracks these cases, and has conducted her own research on plaintiffs’ experiences. Her findings are sobering: plaintiffs almost…

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Charli XCX Misses the Moment

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Instagram boss defends app from witness stand in trial over alleged harms to kids

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threatened to throw grieving mothers out of court Wednesday if they couldn’t stop crying during…

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Super Bowl spots spark fight over whether we're ready for ads from our chatbots

The chatbot wars entered the Super Bowl this year. At Super Bowl LX, a ChatGPT competitor paid millions of dollars for commercials mocking…

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Meta, TikTok and others agree to teen safety ratings

Meta, TikTok and Snap will be rated on their teen safety efforts amid rising concern about whether the world’s largest social media…

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'Ass power!' Hundreds gather in L.A. to play a video game about donkeys and the resistance

The donkeys are pissed off. Put upon, out of work and victims of decades-long systemic abuse, it’s time, they have decided, to protest.…

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Trial starts in L.A. lawsuit alleging Instagram and YouTube knew apps harmed kids

A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they…

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AI’s latest 20-something billionaire got his start at L.A. garage sales

The man set to become one of the world’s youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored…

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Who Is Alysa Liu? 5 Things About the 2026 Olympic Figure Skater

The 2026 Winter Olympics Milano Cortina officially commenced on February 6, 2026, and Team USA’s Alysa Liu started off the competition on…

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Celebrities in Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Music Video: Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee & More

If you’re an A-list actor or musician and looking for a new gig, search no further than Taylor Swift! The global pop icon has been…

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