Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s tennis player, will miss another U.S. tournament next week — this time the Miami Open — after officials denied him a vaccination exemption. Over a year after the unvaccinated tennis star was forced to miss the 2022 Australian Open — and months after he withdrew …
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“Today my wife caught me peeing in the sink for the first time.” So begins a confessional post on Reddit‘s r/Sinkpissers, a forum that advertises itself as a haven for those who prefer to save seven liters of water by urinating in the sink instead of flushing pee down the …
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Released in 2005, Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 revolutionized the survival horror genre as we knew it. A masterful blend of intense action, gripping storytelling, and unforgettable characters came together to create a truly captivating experience. At the time, it wasn’t exactly what survival horror buffs wanted, but it was what …
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When Ninotska Love donned her tight red dress and Selena sunglasses to graduate from Wellesley College in May 2020, it was a monumental day. She had moved to the U.S. in 2009 to flee gender persecution in Ecuador, unable to speak a word of English. But after spending almost a …
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During a tribute ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Natalia Bryant honored her late father Kobe Bryant. “While most people knew him as a basketball player or a storyteller, I got to know and love him as my dad,” Natalia remembered. “And let me tell you, he is the …
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“If you’re reading this, I’ve already killed myself.” So begins the suicide note of Eden Knight, a 23-year-old transgender woman who studied and lived for a time in the U.S. before she returned to a family in Saudi Arabia that she said did not accept her gender identity. The letter …
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A ndrew Tate had a plan. It was late January, and he sat in a stark jail cell in a bland, four-story police structure in Bucharest, Romania. He’d been there since Dec. 29, detained on suspicion of organized crime, rape, and human trafficking. Andrew and his brother, Tristan, were escorted …
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Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant sat down in his first interview since the NBA suspended him for flashing a handgun on social media. In an excerpt from ESPN released Wednesday, Morant told Jalen Rose that “It’s not who I am. I don’t condone any type of violence, but I take fullresponsibility …
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Journalist Alissa Quart’s new book, “Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves From the American Dream,”seeks to discover the origins of two important American myths: that of the self-made man and that of the “the undeserving poor.” What is behind our country’s relentless demand for lonesome achievement and personal responsibility? Quart calls “bootstrapping” — …
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On a stormy Monday night in New York City, a girl in a massive pink ballgown appears at the top of a spiral staircase. “Hi everyone!” she calls as the audience below her erupts into ecstatic applause. Her friends fill in dozens of rows, her father is front and center. …
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