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Your kid’s more likely to eat vegetables if you stick to an easy healthy habit during pregnancy
Gourd news for parents trying to raise healthy eaters! It turns out that the battle to get kids to eat their veggies starts much earlier than you might think — like in the womb — so mothers have a chance to influence tastes long before the “ewwws” and eyerolls begin. New research out of the…
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78 Super Bowls
On Saturday, Markwayne Mullin, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, used a speech at Kansas City International Airport to deliver an unusual message. Customs and Border Protection officers stood around him as a backdrop, and in his right hand, Mullin held the squishy pink ball he carries as a stress-management tool, gripping it as he…
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Millions of people voted for these animal welfare laws. Congress is trying to overturn them.
Key takeaways Most of America’s 6 million female breeding pigs are confined in gestation crates — tiny enclosures that prevent them from even turning around. It’s considered to be one of the cruelest farming practices. Voters in California and Massachusetts have voted to prohibit the use of the crates, and prohibit the sale of pork…
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‘Fatherland’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski Says He Made a Period Movie Because ‘I Am Lost Today’
Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski decided to make a film set in the divided Germany of 1949 because he doesn’t understand the state of the world in 2026, the filmmaker said at a Friday press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. Pawlikowski, whose “Ida” won the 2013 Oscar for Best International Feature Film and who was…
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Xi Warns Trump of ‘Thucydides’ Trap.’ What to Know About China’s Favorite Greek Reference for U.S. Relations
Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures as he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. —Evan Vucci—Pool/AFP/Getty Images “The world has come to another crossroads,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the two leaders began their summit in Beijing.…
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A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyways
María de Jesús Estrada Juárez came to the US from Mexico in 1998 at 15 years old. Later, she was a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the policy meant to protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors from deportation. When Estrada Juárez applied for a family-based green card in…
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Altadena’s latest rebuilding roadblock: Who pays the $70 million needed for sewage upgrades?
Michele Hanisee has been doing everything in her power to expedite the arduous process of rebuilding her Altadena home. But after navigating permitting delays, insurance stalemates and design flaws, there’s still one big unresolved issue that’s complicating her progress: sewage. Hanisee owns one of nearly 700 properties in Altadena that’s never had sewer lines, instead…
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The rise of the progressive billionaire candidate
Left activists who love Sen. Bernie Sanders have this year flocked to a surprising new champion: hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer. Key takeaways Tom Steyer, JB Pritzker, Ro Khanna, and Saikat Chakrabarti are all very wealthy candidates or politicians who have been surprisingly successful at winning praise from the left, given the general suspicion of…
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Why the hottest tech IPO of the year matters for the AI race with China and in the Middle East
Cerebras, an AI chipmaker, saw its shares nearly double on Nasdaq, closing up 70% with a $95B market cap. Cerebras’s powerful chips are key in the US-China AI tech race. Chris Buskirk, co-founder and chief investment officer of 1789 Capital, a key Cerebras investor, says the company’s IPO is geopolitically significant. On Thursday, shares of…
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Trump is set to drop a major news bomb — because an imminent real story has him terrified
The White House is bizarrely floating the idea of Donald Trump pardoning 250 people on June 14th, a number sinisterly tied to America’s 250th anniversary, a date that also happens to fall on Flag Day. And what a stunning coincidence that June 14th is also the day Donald J. Trump turns 80 years old. The…