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Noteworthy and influential people who've died this year
May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...
Ross Ulbricht: Keeping Someone Like Me In A Cage Until I Died Was A Threat To Freedom Itself
Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road, takes the stage at Bitcoin 2025 for his first public address since being pardoned. He reflects on his imprisonment and the struggle for individual freedom.
8 people set on fire in ‘targeted act of violence’ on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, used a “makeshift flamethrower” in his attack on supporters of Israeli hostages, the ...
‘Parks and Rec' creator: My No. 1 strategy for helping ‘people do their best'—it works anywhere
Emmy Award-winning showrunner Mike Schur described the management style he’s found to be successful, on a recent episode of ...
Is artistic expression a bedrock of our Constitution? | The Excerpt
While some have questioned whether the federal government should fund the arts, and to what extent a larger question looms, ...
Janelle Monáe hopes to ‘be a refuge’ during her WorldPride show
In time Monáe would become both a friend and an artistic heir to the two iconic musicians, each untethered by conventions of genre and gender and each capable of alchemizing androgyny and Afrofuturism ...
Who Has Trump Given Clemency To? A Guide to His Most Recent Pardons, Including 2 Reality Stars, a Rapper and a Gang Leader
President Trump has pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley, NBA YoungBoy and Larry Hoover, among others. Here's a list of everyone ...
A lawyer's prolonged detention shows how El Salvador's gang emergency extends to common crimes
El Salvador's arrest of an anticorruption lawyer from a well-known human rights organization last month is the latest example ...
The Novelist Who Learned to Write Anger—And Its Aftermath
Susan Choi’s new book, Flashlight, considers the evolution of rage.
Multiple people set on fire in "targeted act of violence" using makeshift flamethrower in Boulder, Colo.
The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, used a “makeshift flamethrower” in his attack on supporters of Israeli hostages, the ...
Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee released from hospital; Annual Walk for Freedom to continue
There is great news for the Fort Worth grandmother who became the voice for a federal Juneteenth holiday. Opal Lee is out of ...
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Prison Break: A Deep Dive into the Series That Captured Millions of Hearts
When Prison Break first hit our screens in 2005, it didn’t take long for audiences to become hooked on its heart-stopping ...