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Apr 25, 2026 · The car rental company is at the center of a dramatic short squeeze. A weekly roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of business and finance, hosted by Felix Salmon, Emily …

Mar 11, 2026 · Fame Lindy West’s How-Not-To Guide to Polyamory In a long career of sharing herself online, Adult Braces is West’s most human memoir yet.

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Jan 22, 2024 · The organization was founded in 2013 by 16-year-old Boyan Slat, a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur, with the aim of cleaning up 90 percent of floating ocean plastic pollution by 2040.

Oct 27, 2025 · Politics I Went Door to Door With Zohran Canvassers. What People Said Surprised Me. It made me appreciate how messy, fluid, and emotional American politics is.

May 30, 2024 · Television The Donald Trump I Saw on The Apprentice For 20 years, I couldn’t say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything. Now I can.

Jan 10, 2023 · How Police Actually Cracked the Idaho Killings Case Investigators used forensic genealogy to zero in on suspect Bryan Kohberger. But they aren’t saying so.

Mar 19, 2026 · Care and Feeding Our House Guests Always Have the Same Complaints. This Is Just What Comes With Visiting a Young Family.