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In mid-May 2026, posts appeared on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram claiming to show letters from governors ...

A month-long transformation challenge focusing on rapid skill acquisition and fitness. Harrison Ford’s rousing commencement speech goes viral: ‘The world my generation left you is a real mess’ Ronda ...

How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I am a 30-year-old woman, and I am seeing a new guy. We recently slept ...

In his new video, Harry Styles leads the greatest pep rally ever. The “Dance No More” clip begins with Styles walking into a circle of musicians, dancing and singing, and eventually when (college-aged ...

If being the good guy were easy, everyone would do it. Well, most people, anyway, I’d like to believe. But, as we know, doing the right thing sometimes means bending the rules. Finding a happy ending ...

The evidence pointing to systemic failure in the U.S.’s education system is overwhelming — and I’m not just talking about the massive number of students who sit in U.S. classrooms year-after-year ...

Whether you're looking to get ahead in your schoolwork, improve a business skill, edit video, or even master French pastry, ...

It's a long way from the old Trinity Meadows in Texas to establishing the opening odds for the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1), but that's the path Nick Tammaro has taken to becoming the morning-line ...

What's a jellicle cat? The cast of CATS: The Jellicle Ball gave their answer Tuesday morning with a flashy performance from the new revival. The performance opened with a few lines from "Jellicle ...

Cardi B’s Grow-Good haircare collection sold out in under an hour and we’d expect nothing less from the superstar rapper who won’t stop winning. Yesterday, Bardi Gang showed up in full force outside ...

The biggest danger isn’t that the markets can go crazy, but that they’ll make you go crazy, too. The war in Iran is a seething stalemate, the price of oil is up about 60% this year, inflation jumped ...