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From questioning their expertise to sexualizing their appearance, women in sports media say old biases persist despite growing visibility. — Straight Arrow Illustration/Getty Images

Social Issues

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Women broke into sports media. Decades later, they’re still proving they belong

From questioning their expertise to sexualizing their appearance, women in sports media say old biases persist despite growing visibility.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in its campaign to expand detention centers nationwide to fulfill the Trump administration’s mass deportations, a government watchdog report said. — AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Government Oversight

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‘Uninformed decisions’ led to ICE wasting millions on detention facility expansion: Government watchdog

Since January 2025, ICE invested billions of dollars in new initiatives without conducting necessary analysis and planning, the GAO said.

Two giant pandas from China arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, beginning a new chapter for the zoo’s decades-long panda program just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted their arrival during a state visit to Washington. — REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo

Politics

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Giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta, renewing conservation partnership

Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, have arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China to begin a 10-year conservation partnership.

Social Issues

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1 reported dead in powerful storms hitting Northeast, mid-Atlantic

Storms pounding the Northeast claim as least one life as cities like Boston prepare for severe coastal flooding.

Pope Leo XIV issued one of his strongest condemnations of assisted dying Sunday, telling sick and disabled pilgrims at the Catholic shrine of Lourdes that causing death cannot be justified as compassion. — Alessia Giuliani / CPP / HANS LUCAS

Social Issues

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Pope Leo condemns assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ in France

Pope Leo XIV condemned assisted dying as “false compassion” during a visit to Lourdes, France, amid debate over medical aid-in-dying laws.

President Donald Trump predicted Sunday that oil prices would fall sharply once the war with Iran ends, as senior U.S. and Iranian officials traded accusations over why a proposed seven-day ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz failed to gain traction. — AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Politics

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US, Iran trade blame as Strait of Hormuz ceasefire talks stall

Ceasefire talks between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz have stalled over sanctions, blockade terms and nuclear oversight.

Five men suspected of committing offenses under the Explosives Act were arrested Sunday in an area near a U.S. air base, British police said. — Reuters/Toby Shepheard

Law and Order

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British police arrest 5 suspected of committing offenses under Explosives Act near US air base

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Sunday emergency services believe the incident is now contained.

The White House on Friday announced that President Donald Trump plans to use a move called a "pocket rescission” to cut over $800 million of federal funding approved by Congress. — Finn Gomez/Getty Images

Politics

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Lawmakers criticize President Donald Trump’s plan to cancel $810m in funds

Most of the funds rescinded are for programs that assisted immigrants, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Social Issues

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Women broke into sports media. Decades later, they’re still proving they belong

From questioning their expertise to sexualizing their appearance, women in sports media say old biases persist despite growing visibility.

Government Oversight

5m read

‘Uninformed decisions’ led to ICE wasting millions on detention facility expansion: Government watchdog

Since January 2025, ICE invested billions of dollars in new initiatives without conducting necessary analysis and planning, the GAO said.

Meeting shed light on international tensions over possible approaches to what could be the most significant technological development since nuclear. — Getty Images/ ANGELA WEISS for AFP

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A nuclear moment? Fractures show at UN Security Council meeting over AI safety

Meeting shed light on international tensions over possible approaches to what could be the most significant technological development since nuclear.

Expected to be one of the most secular generations, Gen Z is instead engaging in religious practices more than older cohorts on average. — Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/George Chan/Getty Images

Social Issues

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A generation expected to abandon belief is instead turning toward it

Expected to be one of the most secular generations, Gen Z is instead engaging in religious practices more than older cohorts on average.

Trump and Xi are meeting today on AI and rare earths. Here's why experts don't expect much to actually change. — Brendan Smialowski /AFP/Getty Images

Politics

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Trump and Xi meet today. Don’t expect any major breakthroughs

Trump and Xi are meeting today on AI and rare earths. Here’s why experts don’t expect much to actually change.

Attention Thieves

Aug 16

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Why an over-scrolled generation is turning to ‘grandma hobbies’ for mental health

It isn’t just a trend. The rise of crafting is a biological, neurochemical rejection of the digital attention economy.

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Giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta, renewing conservation partnership

Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, have arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China to begin a 10-year conservation partnership.

3m read

British police arrest 5 suspected of committing offenses under Explosives Act near US air base

British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Sunday emergency services believe the incident is now contained.

Health

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Behind the byline: Meet epidemiologist-turned-journalist Jess Craig

Straight Arrow’s health reporter takes you behind the scenes of how she investigates health claims and determines what deserves your attention.

Subscriber Exclusive

After a group of hackers stole and leaked internal data from a Flock camera, a renowned security researcher found numerous vulnerabilities. — Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images

Privacy

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Flock cameras are even more vulnerable than we thought

After a group of hackers stole and leaked internal data from a Flock camera, a renowned security researcher found numerous vulnerabilities.

Subscriber Exclusive

Media

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This news ‘innovation lab’ will replace investigative journalism with AI-generated lifestyle ‘content’

Is AI-generated lifestyle news what consumers crave? Plus, how partisan outlets are framing the Kennedy Center’s demise.

Subscriber Exclusive

Cattle ranchers from Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma say that ICE operations in their states are negatively affecting the agricultural community and driving up beef prices. — Austin American-Statesman/Hearst Newspapers/Getty Images

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Cattle associations say ICE enforcement has ‘chilling effect’ on ag community, beef prices

Officials in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have reported seeing heightened immigration enforcement in recent weeks.

The Trump administration is proposing major changes to the 2030 census that could affect political representation, voting maps and how race and ethnicity are recorded in the once-a-decade population count. — Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

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The 2030 census could count people differently under Trump proposal

The Trump administration proposed changes to the census that could affect political representation and how race and ethnicity are recorded.

The private jet industry is booming, but a new report says taxpayers, airline passengers and the public are picking up part of the financial and environmental tab. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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Private jet-setting is booming. But are you helping foot the bill?

Private jet travel is booming, but a new report says taxpayers and airline passengers may be paying some of the financial and climate costs.

“Loose Change” turned 9/11 conspiracy theories into the “first internet blockbuster.” Its creators say they made a monster. — Straight Arrow Illustration/Getty Images

Media

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Their documentary launched lingering conspiracy theories about 9/11. It’s a monster they can’t escape

“Loose Change” turned 9/11 conspiracy theories into the “first internet blockbuster.” Its creators say they made a monster.

A quarter-century after 9/11, whether students learn about the attacks often depends on where they live. Most states have no mandate. — William Thomas Cain/Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

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25 years after 9/11, most states still do not require its history to be taught

A quarter-century after 9/11, whether students learn about the attacks often depends on where they live. Most states have no mandate.

OpenAI said over the weekend it is pausing training on its latest frontier models. — Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP via Getty Images

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OpenAI pauses training on some models, says agents targeted government sites

OpenAI’s tech meddled with websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

More than 100 times more people have autism today than 50 years ago. Is autism actually becoming more common? — Alex Wong/Getty Images

Health

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Are more children developing autism, or are doctors diagnosing it differently?

More than 100 times more people have autism today than 50 years ago. Is autism actually becoming more common?

Many once believed autism wasn't caused by biology at all. Have decades of research brought us any closer to autism's cause? — L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal/ via Getty Images

Health

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Inside the decades-long search for autism’s causes

Many once believed autism wasn’t caused by biology at all. Have decades of research brought us any closer to autism’s cause?

Health

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Autism research is entering a new era. Here’s what scientists are learning

Autism is one of the most intensely debated topics in health. But researchers say the science has entered one of its most promising periods.

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Behind the byline: Meet epidemiologist-turned-journalist Jess Craig

Straight Arrow’s health reporter takes you behind the scenes of how she investigates health claims and determines what deserves your attention.

Subscriber Exclusive

The economic fallout from the war in Iran threatens to leave some Americans in the literal cold this year. That’s because of the high cost of heating oil, which residents of the Northeast rely on to keep their homes warm in the winter months. — Getty Images

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