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Liberia’s Presidential Election Goes to a Runoff
George Weah, a former soccer star who has been president since 2018, ran neck and neck with his main opponent in a rematch of the West African country’s last such contest.
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A TV Icon Leaves the Stage: Suzanne Somers (1946-2023)
Suzanne Somers was so full of life that it’s hard to believe she’s gone. Everything about her on-screen personality hummed with the energy of a woman who wanted to make the most of every moment she had on this planet as she turned her fame into a career of advocacy (sometimes for controversial causes) and…
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Roger Ebert on the Films of Martin Scorsese
Just as we did with Christopher Nolan this summer, we thought we’d use the release of a new film by Martin Scorsese (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) to look back on the many times that Roger Ebert wrote about the work of this undeniable master filmmaker. Of course, Roger and Martin’s relationship is well-documented, and…
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The Delinquents
In Buenos Aires, a hapless bank treasurer comes up with a plan to change his life forever. He steals substantial money from his workplace, intending to never work again. After the robbery, he meets his similarly depressed co-worker and convinces him to hold on to the money while he serves his time. It’s an odd…
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If You’ve Ever Heard a Voice That Wasn’t There, This Could Be Why
With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.
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The Popeyes truffle chicken sandwich wants to be fancy. It’s a flop.
Turns out, adding truffle sauce to the chain’s famous spicy chicken sandwich is a case of gilding the lily.
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Why do my friends keep ghosting me? Hax readers give advice.
A letter writer makes friends easily but can’t seem to keep them, and doesn’t understand why they all drift away.
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10 low-sodium recipes that still deliver big flavor
Low-sodium dishes shouldn’t mean flavorless. Here are recipes that will hit the spot.
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Cooking chat: What’s the secret to getting breading to stick to meat?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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A Virginia woman was feeling sad. Her doctor prescribed her a cat.
Her doctor, Earl D. King, said he wrote it down “because people sometimes don’t follow your instructions.”