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5 Predictions for The Pitt Season 3
(L-R): Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Abbot and Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby in The Pitt Season 2 finale. Another shift at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center has come and gone—and with it, a slew of new patient problems, professional dilemmas, and interpersonal hang-ups for everyone’s favorite day shift staffers to attempt to work through. The
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How Can Astronauts Tell How Fast They’re Going?
Here on Earth, it’s easy to know how fast you’re driving. You get a good sense of it just by seeing trees and cows pass by. And of course you also have a speedometer that counts how many times your tires rotate per second and computes a speed based on their circumference. (Fun fact: Put
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There’s a wide gap between rumor and fact. That’s where Eric Swalwell lurked
The implosion of Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign and his once-promising political career has left a great many questions rising from the smoldering wreckage. Questions about his character, judgment and staggering recklessness. The question — as misguided as it is inevitable — of why his accusers hadn’t come forward sooner. (My columnizing colleague, Anita Chabria, incisively
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Live Nation lost in court. Here’s what it means for concerts.
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Live Nation will have to face the antitrust music, a federal jury in New York ruled this week, declaring that America’s preeminent concert middleman is an illegal monopoly. This was not
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Trump suffers major blow as 20 Republicans ‘revolt’ in chaotic late-night scramble
A total of 20 Republican lawmakers “revolted” against President Donald Trump early Friday morning by refusing to back a bill that would extend a controversial surveillance program, and despite the president’s explicit call for GOP lawmakers to do so, the Associated Press reported Friday. “First they unveiled a new plan that would have extended the
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UK PM Keir Starmer under pressure to quit over US ambassador security scandal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer came under renewed pressure to resign on Friday despite sacking a senior official following news that Britain’s former ambassador to the US had failed security vetting but was still handed the job. Starmer, who won the largest majority in modern history for Labour at a national election in 2024, faces
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If you keep listening, Prince’s lyrics will keep teaching
It’s been a decade since Prince died — though his words are with me every day. The tattoo on my right biceps reads “rich in personality,” borrowed from the opening verse of 1984’s “Baby, I’m a Star.” Hey, look me over Tell me, do you like what you see? Hey, I ain’t got no money
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Powerful Trump allies ‘squirming’ at president’s ‘genocidal rhetoric’: WaPo
Donald Trump’s ramped-up saber-rattling and erratic pronouncements are also having the effect of rattling European leaders who once embraced his form of nationalism, leading them to publicly express their differences. According to the Washington Post’s Steve Hendrix and Stefano Pitrelli, longtime Trump ally Nigel Farage — who spearheaded Brexit — is now publicly distancing himself
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The Influencers Normalizing Not Having Sex
Incels—men who identify as involuntarily celibate—have long dominated conversations about loneliness and sex, both within the manosphere and on the broader internet. But the data shows that young women, too, are having less sex. According to the National Survey of Family Growth, sexlessness among young adult women between the ages of 22 and 34 rose
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Trump’s empty bluster worked until he took on the pope and Iran
Until recently, President Trump always found a way to fail forward, through a combination of spin, threats, payoffs and bluster. OK, that’s the simplistic interpretation. The fine print tells a less-glamorous story: a man born on third base who spent decades insisting he’d hit a triple. Still, it’s hard to argue with success. When Trump