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“The Caribbean Is Heating Up”: Inside Trump’s Shadow War With Venezuela
The sun had not yet risen over the Caribbean on October 3 when a United States Navy vessel struck a suspected Venezuelan drug-running boat.
15 hrs ago
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"Female fetuses used to be discarded in wells"
It’s easy to fall into a guilted love with India.
Oct 13
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UN Telecom Sting Exposes Global Spying Threat
When Secret Service agents swept into an inconspicuous building near the United Nations General Assembly late last month, they weren’t tracking guns or…
Oct 11
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Hack and Leak: How Ukraine Turned Russia’s Cyber Weapons Back on the Kremlin
For more than a decade, Moscow honed a shadow playbook — blending disinformation, ransomware, supply-chain sabotage, and quiet cyber theft to steal…
Oct 9
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Summer’s Child, Winter’s Student: A Lesson in Renewal
I have always been a summer girl.
Oct 5
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Children Live With Scars Forever. Should Their Abusers Face Castration?
Last year, Louisiana became the first state to authorize surgical castration for child molesters.
Oct 3
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September 2025
The Dangerous Shift in Military Messaging
Instead of a message about honorable service or sacrifice, the hundreds of American generals and admirals gathered this morning at Quantico received a…
Sep 30
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The War the World Forgot: Myanmar’s Endless Civil War
The military government ruling Myanmar designated a significant ethnic rebel group as a terrorist organization in late August, just months before…
Sep 29
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Inside the Autism Debate: What We Know, What We Don’t
When Michael and Sandra’s son turned three, they began to notice that the quirks they once found endearing — his love of spinning toy trains, his…
Sep 28
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Hollie McKay
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The Dark Side of Sparkle: The Abuse Behind Healing Crystals
They are nestled in velvet boxes, bathed in incense smoke, passed between hands in meditative silence, sold with promises of emotional clarity…
Sep 26
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The Fight Over Childcare That Could Reshape American Politics
Zohran Mamdani, the progressive New York assemblyman now running for mayor, has staked his campaign on a bold promise: free childcare from six weeks old…
Sep 22
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Should lawmakers be allowed to trade stocks?
A push to end "insider trading"
Sep 19
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