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As Kimmel mocks Trump, ABC’s TV station licenses are under review — here’s what that means
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has shown an ability to make a lot of noise at the government agency known in recent years to be a little sleepy. But his April 28 announcement that the Walt Disney Co.’s eight ABC TV stations will undergo an early review of their broadcast licenses is his loudest…
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Birth rates keep falling. We need to confront reality.
Let’s face it: Another baby boom isn’t coming anytime soon. The latest round of US birth data, released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show the general fertility rate has dropped to a new record low of 53.1 per 1,000 females between 15 and 44 — a 23 percent decrease…
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Republicans warned about ‘powerful alarm bell’ going off as Trump drags them down
According to a long-time Republican pollster, Republicans have a voter problem that is far and above worse than reeling back MAGA voters as Donald Trump’s influence wanes. In an opinion piece for the New York Times, conservative Kristen Soltis Anderson warned the GOP leadership that, what she has dubbed “normie” Republicans, are fed up with…
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Chandra Levy’s parents believe her mysterious death is connected to UFOs: ‘She knew too much’
They still think the truth is out there. The parents of Chandra Levy — a Federal Bureau of Prisons intern who mysteriously turned up dead 25 years ago — believe she could have been “wiped out because she knew too much” about UFOs. Susan and Robert Levy dropped the extraterrestrial theory about their daughter’s cold-case…
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For Ibram X. Kendi, It’s Nazis All the Way Down
A conspiracy theory is soothing to the believer not just because it promises a complete explanation for all that appears wrong with the world, but also because it confirms the sense that something is wrong with the world. Society is in flux: New technology is altering how we work and think, centuries-old definitions of gender…
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The LAPD once stopped American migration at the California border — to keep out the poor
HORNBROOK, Calif. — The expeditionary force, a squad of officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, deployed to this rugged little mountain town near the Oregon border with a singular mission. Stationing themselves along the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, the officers eyeballed passengers on California-bound trains, looking for hints of poverty: dirty clothes, worn luggage, or,…
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Watch Bad Bunny’s awkward run-in with ex Kendall Jenner’s mom Kris, sister Kim Kardashian at Met Gala 2026
Bad Bunny is keeping up with ex-girlfriend Kendall Jenner‘s family members. The singer had an awkward run-in with Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala 2026 red carpet Monday, captured in a now-viral video. The Grammy winner, 32, was spotted holding out his arm for a hug as he approached the 70-year-old matriarch.…
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A Snake Bite Revealed How We Can Help Heal the Planet
In the early morning, the cloud forest of Cusuco National Park in Honduras has an ancient, almost mystical feeling. The normally vivid colors of the flowers, lichen, and moss that thrive in this rare ecosystem seem dulled by the thick fog that pervades the forest canopy. But as the visual senses are dampened, the acoustic…
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Democrats Sound a Bit Too Giddy About the Midterms
The Democratic wilderness is starting to look awfully sunny. Gone, for the most part, are the blame-casting, hand-wringing, and paralysis-by-analysis that gripped the party after Donald Trump’s reelection. Same with the constant grousing about how the party is fractured, leaderless, locked out of power in Washington, and unloved across the country. Actually, that might all…
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A remote Northern California waterfall has gotten so popular that reservations are required
Sometimes, beauty is a burden. Such is the case with Burney Falls, a Northern California waterfall whose loveliness became such a siren song to costume-wearing Instagram mermaids, selfie-taking TikTok tour guides and off-the-beaten-track road trippers that crowds grew and grew, until the natural wonder just couldn’t handle it any more. Crowds in recent years have…