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Biden administration to lift ‘terrorism’ designation on Cuba
WASHINGTON —  After years of debate, the Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism, a label given the...
Kings’ Adrian Kempe Fined Maximum Allowable for Slew-Footing Connor McDavid
The NHL Department of Player Safety laid down the gavel on Los Angeles Kings forward Adrian Kempe on Tuesday.Kempe slew-footed Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid in the third period...
‘TikTok refugees’ unexpectedly turn to Chinese alternative as ban looms
TAIPEI, Taiwan —  TikTok users concerned about a looming ban are finding solace in a strange place.Days ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could determine whether the popular short-video...
The Senate is considering the Laken Riley Act. Here’s what it would do
WASHINGTON —  The Senate could vote Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that mandates federal detention for immigrants who are charged with minor crimes and grants broad...
Kate Middleton’s cancer is now in remission: ‘It takes time to adjust to a new normal’
After battling cancer most of last year, Kate Middleton says she’s now in remission. Catherine, Princess of Wales, who confirmed last March that she had cancer after months of...
Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’
WASHINGTON —  Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020...

World

How Do You Know When a System Has Failed?
At some point in the past decade or two, dance-music d.j.s discovered a way of punctuating their sets with a prank. Just as the music was reaching a crescendo,...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and the Collapse of the Hollywood #MeToo Era
In the faux aristocracy that is Hollywood, a Blake Lively should not have reason to meaningfully cross paths with a Justin Baldoni. Lively, best known for playing Serena van...
The Enigmatic Artistry of Terrence Malick
Biographies of great artists are of inherent interest, but in the case of Terrence Malick, one of the greatest living filmmakers, there’s an extra fascination because of the great...
Why Zora Neale Hurston Was Obsessed with the Jews
Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed...
Does One Emotion Rule All Our Ethical Judgments?
On November 28, 1924, Raymond A. Dart, a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, was getting ready to attend a friend’s wedding when a pair of South African...
Tabula Rasa: Volume Five
This is the fifth article in the “Tabula Rasa” series. Read Volumes One, Two, Three, and Four.Bleb“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know....