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  • Charli XCX posesLifestyle

    The words that defined 2024—from ‘enshittification’ to ‘brat’ and ‘brain rot’

    By
  • The Peanuts pose in front of a Peanuts inspired Christmas window.Success

    ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost never aired because CBS executives didn’t like it

    By The Conversation and The Associated Press
  • Worried concerned girl in Christmas Santa hat having problemsTech

    Avoid holiday scams in 2024: Red flags and recovery strategies

    By The Conversation and The Associated Press
  • Young sleeping woman and alarm clock in bedroom at homeHealth

    Why you feel better waking up naturally vs an alarm, according to a neurologist

    By Beth Ann Malow, The Conversation, and others
  • A bull dog with red devil horns sits on a couch.Lifestyle

    The forgotten role of dogs in the Salem witch trials

    By The Conversation and Bridget Marshall, UMass Lowell
  • A man looks at waves crashing against the Malecon promenade in Havana due to the passage of Hurricane Milton on October 9, 2024.Environment

    3 big reasons people defy hurricane evacuation orders and stay behind

    By Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation, and others
  • Michael JordanSuccess

    100 years ago, a Black-owned basketball team from Harlem ruled the sport. Now the NBA doesn’t have a single Black owner

    By Jared Bahir Browsh and The Conversation
  • Shawn FainSuccess

    The UAW just won a huge raise to $40 per hour from Ford and Stellantis, says Detroit-based labor expert

    By Marick Masters and The Conversation
  • White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. These findings are important because they suggest that efforts to promote equitable health care in the U.S. over the past two decades do not appear to have translated to clinical […]Health

    White patients are more likely than Black patients to be prescribed opioids for pain in US emergency departments. Here’s why it matters

    By Trevor Thompson, Sofia Stathi, and others
  • With each passing day of the ongoing war in Gaza and the gruesome news that it brings, many of us find ourselves checking the news the minute we wake up and last thing before going to bed. Doing so could be harmful to mental health.Family

    A PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure to violent, disturbing war images from Israel and Palestine

    By Arash Javanbakht and The Conversation
  • Israeli hostagesPolitics

    Former National Intelligence Counsel chair sees ‘no happy ending’ for Gaza hostage situation

    By Gregory F. Treverton and The Conversation
  • Young Asian woman having high fever while checking body temperature, female sneezing and runny nose with seasonal influenza, taking medicine, virus, coronavirus, illness, respiratory, allergicHealth

    FDA panel says an active ingredient in leading cold and flu medicines doesn’t work. Here are alternatives that do

    By Lucas Berenbrok, Colleen Culley, and others
  • The midtown skyline and interstate highway system as it merges into downtown Atlanta in the late evening. Viewable are great light trails from the traffic on the highways, Georgia Tech University, and various midtown skyscrapers.Finance

    I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

    By Brian Y. An and The Conversation
  • Israel tanksPolitics

    20-year intel, FBI vet lays out what Israel’s ground war will run into: Suicide attackers, roadside bombs, IEDs, snipers, and more

    By Javed Ali and The Conversation
  • Group of young friends playing mobile games on smartphoneFamily

    Teens are spending the equivalent of a 40-hour work week on their devices. Here’s how to help them find the right balance

    By David Rosenberg, Natalia Szura, and others