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The Professor Brings the Gen X Takeover to Biloxi, Because We Finally Left the House
Nick “The Professor” Harrison joins Kelly Manno, The Real Slim Sherri and Jon Wellington for the Gen X Takeover Comedy Tour in Biloxi.
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Judge Restores $7 Billion Solar for All Program
A federal judge ruled that EPA illegally terminated the $7 billion Solar for All program intended to serve lower-income households.
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Costco Is Coming Through DoorDash and Uber Eats, So Nobody Has to Emotionally Prepare for the Parking Lot
DoorDash and Uber Eats are expanding delivery from Costco warehouses nationwide for members who link their accounts.
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The National Book Awards Longlists Arrive With Enough Great Reading to Ruin Your Weekend Plans
Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat and Karl Ove Knausgaard are among the authors on the 2026 National Book Awards longlists.
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Dolly Parton Is Now a Corn Maze, and Honestly She Still Has Better Hair Than the Field
Twenty farms across the United States and Canada created Dolly Parton corn mazes supporting her Imagination Library.
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South Korea Moves to Approve Abortion Pills, and the Culture War Finds a Prescription Pad
South Korea plans to approve medication abortion by early 2027, years after its Constitutional Court decriminalized the procedure.
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Iran Says It Hit an Oil Tanker in Hormuz, and Global Shipping Checks Its Blood Pressure
Iran said it struck a Togo-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz as maritime incidents intensified around the vital oil route.
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Early Voting Starts, and the Midterms Have Officially Left the Group Chat
Early in-person voting began for the 2026 midterms, starting the final stretch of an election that will determine control of Congress.
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King Charles Summons the AI Chiefs to Scotland for the “Please Stay Under Human Control” Talk
King Charles III met leading AI executives in Scotland and urged them to keep the technology ethical, safe and under human control.
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Jalen Brunson Is Joining “Law & Order: SVU,” Because a Knicks Title Apparently Unlocks Everything
Knicks star Jalen Brunson will appear on “Law & Order: SVU” after winning an NBA title and before hosting “Saturday Night Live.”
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Martin McDonagh Sends John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell to Easter Island With CIA Baggage
Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine” pairs John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in a dark comedy about CIA officers and old secrets.
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A Malaysian Coffin Maker Keeps a Sacred Family Craft Alive by Hand
A 69-year-old Malaysian artisan is preserving the fading spiritual craft of carving traditional Chinese Mei Hua coffins.
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Trump Pulls His ICE Nominee Before the Senate Even Gets to the Awkward Questions
The White House withdrew Lance Schroyer’s nomination to lead ICE as senators sought answers about enforcement deaths and oversight.
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Judge Says the Government Cannot Delete Teacher Training With a Buzzword
A federal judge struck down a Trump administration directive that eliminated roughly $600 million in teacher-training grants.
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A Humanoid Robot Chased Wild Boars Through Warsaw, So the Future Is Going Great
A Unitree humanoid robot nicknamed Edward became a viral Polish celebrity after jogging behind wild boars in Warsaw.
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Fiji Declares an HIV Emergency as Cases Rise Twelvefold
Fiji declared a national HIV emergency, expanded free testing and treatment, and added clean-needle access as infections surged.
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Rosalind Eleazar Gets the Role of a Lifetime in “Misty Green”
Rosalind Eleazar’s lead performance in Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” emerged from TIFF as a career-changing breakthrough.
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Snoop Dogg Is Hosting the VMAs, and MTV Just Remembered Gen X Has the Remote
Snoop Dogg will host the September 27 VMAs in Los Angeles, where Madonna leads nominations and Nirvana receives the Video Vanguard award.
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Dayton’s Peace Prizes Honor Ukraine, Mother Emanuel and Books That Refuse to Look Away
The Dayton Literary Peace Prizes honored a wartime Ukraine novel and a history of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church.
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Postal Service Stops Building the Mail-Ballot Portal After the Courts Pull the Plug
The Postal Service stopped work on a centralized mail-ballot verification system after courts blocked the administration’s election order.
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Japan Now Has More Than 100,000 Centenarians, and They Have Seen Enough Nonsense
Japan counted 107,677 people aged 100 or older in 2026, a longevity milestone that also exposes the country’s demographic strain.
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Burna Boy Will Headline the NFL’s First Paris Halftime Show, Because Football Has a Passport Now
Burna Boy will headline halftime when the Steelers and Saints play the NFL’s first regular-season game in Paris on October 25.
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Carly Rae Jepsen Made a Double Album Because One Disc Could Not Hold the Feelings
Carly Rae Jepsen’s new double album “Day & Night” pairs bright synth-pop with a stranger, psychedelic after-dark counterpart.
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A New West Bank Synagogue Opens With Torah Scrolls, Rifles and an Old Land Dispute
Israeli settlers inaugurated a synagogue at the revived Homesh settlement while nearby Palestinians say the return deepens dispossession.
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Sweden’s Left Wins by Three Seats, So Nobody Is Muting the Group Chat
Sweden’s left-leaning opposition won a 176–173 parliamentary majority, prompting Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to announce his resignation.
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Endangered Animals Can Be Killed as Long as Nobody “Meant To,” Which Is Quite a Loophole
A Trump administration directive says endangered wildlife deaths are not illegal when logging or construction kills animals incidentally.
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The Jewish “Appetizing” Store Is Back, With Lox, Schmear and No Need to Reinvent Anything
A younger generation is reviving Jewish appetizing stores, the fish-and-dairy counterpart to the better-known deli.
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A Swerving Van Led Police to 66,000 Silver Coins, the Heaviest Plot Twist in Norway
Norwegian police investigating a swerving van found nearly 67,000 American Eagle silver coins tied to a U.S. investment fraud scheme.
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Nike’s Co-Founder Gives $1.1 Billion for a Women’s Hospital, a Check With Actual Arch Support
A $1.1 billion gift from Nike co-founder Phil Knight and Penny Knight will create Oregon’s first hospital devoted to women’s health.
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Gustavo Dudamel Takes Manhattan, and the Philharmonic Finally Lets Its Hair Down
Gustavo Dudamel begins his New York Philharmonic tenure with genre-crossing concerts, seating changes and a mission to make classical music feel open.