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If BMI Is Flawed, Is Race-Sensitive BMI Better?
In recent years, the perils of body mass index, or BMI, have become a hobbyhorse for professionals in several fields of medicine and research. For decades, doctors have used BMI to help diagnose and treat obesity, diabetes, and other chronic conditions, even as evidence has accumulated that the metric is a poor proxy for excess…
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Tony Awards nominations 2026: Full list (updating live)
Contenders are almost lined up for the 79th Tony Awards. Tony nominee Uzo Aduba and Tony winner Darren Criss on Tuesday morning will announce the nominees live on CBS and YouTube. The 79th Tony Awards will return to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on June 7. The ceremony, hosted by Pink, will air…
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Lawmakers break 60-year norm to demand Trump come clean on ‘open secret’: report
A group of 29 House Democrats has petitioned the Trump administration to come clean and acknowledge what has been described as an “open secret” among U.S. intelligence for nearly six decades, The Washington Post learned and reported on Tuesday. That “open secret” is Israel’s nuclear weapons program, which the United States or Israel have never…
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Tony nominations 2026: The complete list of this year’s nominees
Tonys season has begun. The nominations for the 2026 Tony Awards, honoring the best of Broadway, were announced Tuesday by former nominee Uzo Aduba and former winner Darren Criss. There are 30 Broadway productions eligible for 2026 Tony nominations — compared to the 42 last year, according to Deadline. AP At the 2025 Tonys, “Maybe…
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The Secret of Elizabeth Strout’s Appeal
How does she do it? Not just the neat trick of beguiling highbrow critics while at the same time pleasing millions of readers who don’t care about literary bona fides. The real feat is harpooning the reader artlessly (or so it seems), with language as plain as a Congregational church, a paucity of dramatic incident,…
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Supreme Court resembles a feuding family with arguments that go on for years
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court often resembles a feuding family where the same heated arguments go on for years. The justices disagree over race, religion, abortion, guns and the environment, and more recently, presidential power and LGBTQ+ rights. And while they try to maintain a cordial working relationship, they don’t claim to be good friends. “We…
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Trump agency accused of ‘very stalker-like’ targeting of employees who mourned Alex Pretti
The Department of Veterans Affairs has investigated at least four employees for speaking to the press after attending vigils honoring Alex Pretti, a VA worker killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis in January, drawing accusations that the agency is using intimidation to silence staff members. Becky Halioua, a recreational therapist and union leader at…
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
Employees at Google DeepMind in London have voted to unionize as part of a bid to block the AI lab from providing its technology to the US and Israeli militaries. In a letter addressed to Google’s managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers…
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This year’s Met Gala proved one thing: The real devil who wears Prada is Jeff Bezos
Apparently not content with bankrupting Sears, Toys R Us, Radio Shack and countless other businesses; buying and then maiming the Washington Post; and leading the Tech Bro right turn to MAGA, Jeff Bezos did his level best to ruin this year’s Met Gala. Simply by being a part of it. The normally frothy run-up to…
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Top Ken Paxton donors are sitting out as he ‘struggles’ to finance his campaign: report
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn is sputtering financially, with major donors who previously bankrolled his campaigns now sitting on the sidelines — a striking display of the deep fracture within the Republican Party between its business-oriented establishment and its hard-right MAGA base, writes the New York Times’ Lauren…