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Sep 7, 2026
A Beagle's Fashion Collaborations Get Museum Treatment While His Creator's Comics Become Context
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Sep 7, 2026
Nine Months After Historic Chemical Plant Rule, Exemptions Granted and Public Facility Data Removed
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Sep 7, 2026
Illinois Sells Lesser-Known Haunts as 'Authentic' — With Gift Shop Koozies
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Sep 5, 2026
The Swatter — August 31 – September 4, 2026
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Sep 5, 2026
Top Takes of the Week — August 31 – September 4, 2026
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Sep 4, 2026
Surveillance Company's Donations to Mayor Groups Jump 700% as Contract Debates Heat Up
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Sep 4, 2026
RFK Jr. questions measles deaths; CDC removes them from public view but keeps counting
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Sep 4, 2026
The Map Everyone Used for 455 Years Shows Africa and Greenland as the Same Size. Africa Is 14 Times Larger.
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Sep 4, 2026
Colorado Regulators Waited 15 Months to Warn Consumers About Liver-Damaging Marijuana Product — While Sitting in the Revenue Department
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Sep 4, 2026
Treasury Proposes Tax Penalties for Schools Using Programs Designed to Fix Past Discrimination
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Sep 4, 2026
Saturn's New Decagon Is Just Wind, But We're Writing Papers About It Anyway
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Sep 3, 2026
Congress Blocks Political Veto Over Science Grants — For Exactly 90 Days
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Sep 3, 2026
Government Warns Only Big Tech Could Afford Licensing — In Brief Defending Big Tech
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Sep 3, 2026
Workers hate the AI their bosses love — and the sentiment gap tracks exactly with who takes the blame when it breaks
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Sep 3, 2026
Chicago Gets 1,969 People to Drink 'Vomit and Sweat' Liqueur Together — With the Governor Pouring
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Sep 3, 2026
The Seven-Step Machine That Turns a Food Stamp Cut Into an Empty School Lunch Tray
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Sep 2, 2026
NYC Bans AI in Schools While Studying Its Impact — On Students Who Can't Use It
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Sep 2, 2026
County Bought Out Flood-Prone Mobile Home Park in 2004 to Prevent Future Deaths. New Tenants Now Renting the Same Lots.
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Sep 2, 2026
China Built a Skyscraper-Height Elevator for Schoolchildren, Then Built Another One for the Tourists Who Showed Up
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Sep 2, 2026
UK puts AI liability on users, not the companies that built the systems
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