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Overdoses in L.A. jails fueled by long waits for drug addiction treatment, staffers say
Cleavotta Morgan said her son, Daejon Morgan, called her every day from his cell at Men’s Central Jail. The 20-year-old inmate would ask her to pass the phone around to different members of the family. She’d often put the receiver up to his dog Hunter’s ear so he could hear the animal’s excitement at the…
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Trump privately confirms GOP’s greatest midterms fear: report
President Donald Trump has reportedly told associates and at least one foreign leader that he isn’t worried about the political cost of his decisions ahead of November’s midterms. The 80-year-old president’s comments confirm what many Republicans have feared for months — that Trump is willing to let the party absorb the fallout from his choices,…
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Amazon MGM Drops Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Completed Sam Altman Movie After OpenAI Investment
Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming film “Artificial” will be shopped around to other studios after being dropped by Amazon MGM as distributor, according to multiple media reports. The movie in post-production stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The news notably comes four months after Amazon invested $50 billion in the artificial intelligence company. “We have…
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Photos of the Week: Chair Hat, Shouting Choir, Demolition Derby
Ömer Taha Çetin / Anadolu / GettyA woman rides an Akhal-Teke horse in a wetland in Ankara, Turkey, on June 1, 2026. Chip Somodevilla / GettyNational Park Service employees and contractors use vacuums to remove green algae from the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The NPS…
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Why MLB’s Pride Night cap condemnation isn’t the anti-Christian crackdown conservatives claim
Amid the first days of grief after Alex Vesia and his wife lost their newborn daughter last fall, Vesia noticed something as he watched the World Series on television. He paused the broadcast, then checked the video, then texted another player to make sure. 51. Dodgers teammates wore his number on their caps. So did…
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Trump’s midterm meddling escalates as conspiracist spy chief triggers scheme: report
President Donald Trump’s maneuver to install a conspiracist atop the nation’s intelligence apparatus may have dire consequences for November’s midterm elections, a new report warns. Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency with no known intelligence experience, takes over this month as acting director of national intelligence. The new spy chief will…
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Why Snapchat Is Hollywood’s Under-the-Radar Pipeline to Gen Z | Analysis
On Thursday, “House of the Dragon” fans could see themselves on a Times Square billboard, framed by the iconic Iron Throne. At first glance, the collaboration between HBO, Snapchat and Outfront Media’s Duffy’s Duo billboards may seem random. But in reality, it’s the latest example of Hollywood’s deepening relationship with Snapchat. In order to be…
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Gas Prices Could Take Months to Return to Pre-War Levels Even After U.S.-Iran Deal
A person pumps gas at a Shell gas station in Austin, Texas, on June 16, 2026. —Brandon Bell—Getty Images It could take months for gas prices to fall to pre-war levels and economies to fully recover even after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war on Wednesday, analysts tell…
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A Modern-Day Playtime Nightmare
Pixar’s cruelest and cleverest trick has been successfully convincing audiences, over several decades, that all kinds of creatures—even inanimate objects—can have rich inner lives. In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that…
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We Are Admittedly a Bit Startled by This Medical Case Report About Giving an Elderly Woman With Advanced Alzheimer’s a Gigantic Dose of Psychedelic Mushrooms Just to See What Would Happen
Scientists continue to investigate the potential clinical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, for everything from a potential anti-aging treatment to therapy for depression and anxiety. Some have even suggested it could even be an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neurodegenerative condition that affects more than seven million Americans. Case…