Whitney Houston, American girl: Why America embraced Whitney Houston, and how it destroyed her
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Nikola founder Trevor Milton charged with securities fraud and wire fraud for making false and misleading claims about the status of the US company's electric trucks and technology
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Schools opened, suicide attempts in girls skyrocketed
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Activision Blizzard employees are walking out in protest
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Former eBay security manager sentenced to eighteen months in prison for his role in cyber-stalking campaign against eBay critics
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Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has passed away at 72
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Inside Blizzard developers’ infamous Bill ‘Cosby Suite’
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Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac Sky (2021)
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Walmart to pay 100% of college tuition and books for associates
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Amazon’s mission: Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building
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Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to electric vehicles
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What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder
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Open letter to NASA Administrator Nelson from Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos
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US parents say Peppa Pig is giving their kids British accents
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Activision Blizzard sued by California over ‘frat boy’ culture
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US railroads should be nationalized
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When an NBA player's shoe falls off, chaos reigns
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Forensic science can be a powerful crime-fighting tool, but misdeeds, dubious methodologies, and bogus claims threaten its reputation—and the reputation of science as a whole
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Cleveland Indians change name to Guardians
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PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans
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Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
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Origami Angel - Find Your Throne (2019)
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Why is young adult fiction the defining literary genre of the last two decades? What does its popularity say about modern American life?
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PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires
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The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags
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The FTC votes unanimously to enforce right to repair
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Sweden stuns US women's soccer team with 3-0 thrashing in Tokyo 2020 opener – first defeat under head coach Vlatko Andonovski since their appointment in 2019
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 19
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Food in New Orleans?
Hey All - Spending the month of July in New Orleans and it just occurred to me I could get some great rec's here. Anyone have any suggestions for places to eat/drink that aren't the usually...
Hey All - Spending the month of July in New Orleans and it just occurred to me I could get some great rec's here. Anyone have any suggestions for places to eat/drink that aren't the usually touristy spots? We aren't afraid of spice, and love baked treats as well. Would welcome any recommendations. Thanks!
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The racist history of austerity politics in America
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MIT predicted in 1972 that society will collapse this century. New research shows we're on schedule
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A remarkable silence: Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying
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Biz Markie, pioneering ‘Just A Friend’ rapper, has died aged 57
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California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature
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Airbnb raises violent crime rates in cities as long-term residents are pushed out, says US study
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Why do women earn less than men? Evidence from bus and train operators
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Big Tech is trying to disarm the US Federal Trade Commission by going after its biggest weapon: Lina Khan
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Sega sued for ‘rigged’ arcade machine
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US Consumer Product Safety Commission sues Amazon, citing over 400,000 hazardous products sold through its "Fulfilled by Amazon" program
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UCSF researchers achieve the ability to interpret neurological signals into speech
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of July 12
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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We infiltrated a counterfeit check ring! Now what?
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Culper Precision has stopped selling a kit that encases Glock handguns in Lego blocks, amid uproar and after the Danish toymaker demanded it cease and desist
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Billionaire Phil Anschutz and his wife are suing Colorado for a tax refund. How much they want is a secret.
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Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday after fifteen seasons
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San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus faces death threats after releasing satirical music video
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The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley"
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He's Barack Obama, he's come to save the day! (2009)
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After the Florida building collapse, condos struggle to fund big repairs
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In 'Stockholm Syndrome', the new documentary on rapper A$AP Rocky's 2019 assault trial in Sweden, the rapper recalls the moment things went from weird to surreal
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