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Support for the death penalty has dropped dramatically in the US, but in some places there's still a "death penalty assembly line" as this episode of The Gray Area explores.
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Our emotional relationships with our pets have only grown since the pandemic — and so has the financial price we pay.
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Most of the focus in this year’s midterms is naturally on Congress. But the battle to control state legislatures matters just as much, if not more.
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Football is by far the most popular sport in the US, but that isn’t stopping the NFL from investing in one of the least popular sports in the US.
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The case of a California couple who had more than 20 kids via surrogacy before being charged with child abuse illustrates how a lack of regulation can lead to chaos.
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Violent attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank — largely perpetrated by young militant Jewish settlers — have drawn international condemnation, but to little effect.
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A surge of hate against Indian immigrants and Indian Americans has broken out of the far-right influencer sphere and into mainstream Republican politics.
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Hakeem Jeffries will almost certainly be the next Democratic speaker of the House. What will he and his party do with all that power?
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How algorithms and instant fashion killed style — and how to get it back.
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Can a Republican candidate run for governor in a red state without bringing up Donald Trump a single time? We went to Ohio to find out.
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Drugs like kratom and 7-OH are widely available at corner stores and smoke shops. They've remained largely unregulated until now.
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It took "Jane Doe" two years to get an investigation reopened into allegations of sexual assault against seven men at Cornell University. Why does the legal system continue to fail survivors?
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A recent law-school graduate in Texas is facing disciplinary action over her “overexuberant” response to Charlie Kirk’s murder.
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You might not use diesel to fill up your car, but it fuels the US economy, and President Trump’s solution to lower diesel prices might just make things worse.
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The worries in China over AI are not the same as the worries in the US, but both countries agree they want to win the AI race for themselves.
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It’s not just about being nice. Manners allow us to peacefully coexist at work, in transit, and out in the wider world.
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Polling says less than 1 percent of voters consider AI a top concern this election cycle. Michigan congressional candidate Will Lawrence sees things differently.
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From live auction sites like Whatnot to games like Monopoly Go!, mobile apps are now designed to addict kids as well as adults.
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A majority of Americans have a negative view of Israel. Trump wants to send a massive shipment of bombs to the country anyway.
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It’s called the “burnerverse": an online community of anonymous college sports fans who mostly trash talk other teams, except when things turn very, very dark.
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