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I was a pro soccer player — an unusual trick helped me run better
Run, Sébastien, run! During his Major League Soccer career, Sébastien Le Touxbuilt his reputation on relentless endurance, routinely covering more ground than younger teammates and opponents. “I was not strong, I’m pretty skinny, and I don’t really like physical contact, but running was something that I could do for an entire game,” the former Philadelphia
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CNBC brings down the fact-check hammer on GOP leader’s gas price claims
CNBC anchor Joe Kernen sparred with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Thursday morning, after Scalise made a number of false claims about inflation and gas prices under the Trump administration vs the Biden administration. “Prediction markets aren’t friendly to the GOP’s chances for holding the House,” said Kernen. “Do you think there’s any
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‘Love Is Blind’ star Chelsea Griffin addresses Kwame Appiah split rumors
“Love Is Blind” alum Chelsea Griffin shut down rumors that she and husband Kwame Appiah split. On Wednesday, the pediatric speech-language pathologist took to her Instagram Stories to share a photo of her, her husband and their dog enjoying the 66-degree weather on their patio. “Enjoying the bonus patio. Sitting in what was once a
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‘Do not be stupid!’ Trump menaces GOP lawmakers over Senate standstill
In yet another outburst on Truth Social on Thursday morning, Donald Trump aimed his ire at the Senate Republicans for not doing everything within their power to push his agenda through, claiming they are getting played by Democrats. Moments after harshly criticizing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for calling him out on Iran, Trump took to
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Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party ‘Tools’
Time and time again, owners of dumb phones—or minimalist phones—turn to their niche communities asking for extra features for their pared-down devices: an authenticator app, Uber, or a way to view hiking trails. They turned to these phones to reduce the time spent staring at a smartphone screen and cut the anxiety driven by the
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There’s a Hidden Shortcut to Mars, Scientific Paper Finds
It takes an average of 12.5 minutes for light to cover the distance between the Earth and Mars. Using currently available propulsion methods — and at a time when both planets’ orbits align perfectly, a “Mars opposition” that only happens every 26 months or so — traveling to the Red Planet could still take anywhere
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Trapped Trump has US on verge of its ‘worst strategic defeat in history’: analysis
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has delivered a devastating assessment of Donald Trump’s Iran war: the president is steering the United States toward humiliating defeat, and the only way out requires acknowledging a loss his fragile ego will never permit. According to Krugman, there is no viable path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz without
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Anti-Zionism stops pretending that it’s not just plain antisemitism
At least they’re getting open about it: “Anti-Zionists” have dropped the pretense that they love Jews and only hate Israel because they are so principled. A meeting of the notoriously hard-woke Park Slope Food Co-op — where debates about the politics of parsley are as bitter as locally grown horseradish — took an ugly turn
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Beginning of a bigger backlash against Trump policy expected on key date
International Workers Day on May 1 commemorates the great labor struggles of the 19th and early 20th centuries, when workers fought and died for decent wages and working conditions. The militant energy of the early labor movement, long dormant in the United States, has been making a comeback recently as Americans chafe at economic instability,
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Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels Renews Contract Through April 2028
Warner Bros. Discovery has renewed Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels’ contract through April 2028, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The new employment agreement, which will kick in on July 11, replaces Wiedenfels’ existing four-year contract that is set to expire on July 10. Under the terms of the