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He’s got a wild excuse for all those conspiracy theories.
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RFK Jr. fits a trend of Trump nominees being mostly antagonistic towards the organizations they’re being asked to run.
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Kirsten Meinzer and Tuck Woodstock settle a marital conflict.
This Might Be the Most Overlooked Deal in Streaming Sam Adams
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This Isn’t the First Plane Crash to Devastate U.S. Figure Skating Chris Schleicher
We’ve known tragedy like this before. That experience has lessons for us today.
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The rapidly changing situation caused confusion across US
Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon’s New Rom-Com Is Destined to Be This Year’s Anyone But You Dana Stevens
You’re Cordially Invited seems sure to be a streaming hit. I’m not sure it should be. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/52daf7b2-43ec-4657-9355-97d8ca1f064e.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0" title="Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon’s New Rom-Com Is Destined to Be This…