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    Squandering all that money is easier than it seems.

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  • What Is RSV? 5 Questions About Respiratory Syncytial Virus Answered

  • Rishi Sunak: Who Is He & How Did He End Up as the New British Prime Minister?

    Rishi Sunak is the new British prime minister. It has been a short but very eventful journey to the top for a man who has only been in parliament since 2015.

  • Liz Truss Resigns as British Prime Minister: What Went Wrong & What Happens Next

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  • Yom Kippur: What Does Judaism Actually Say About Forgiveness?

  • Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Over? 3 Experts Weigh In

    President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among some experts who suggest the comment is premature – and counterproductive.

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  • Queen Elizabeth II’s Death: The End of the ‘New Elizabethan Age’

  • Queen Elizabeth II: A Modernizer Who Steered the British Monarchy Into the 21st Century

  • Student Loan Forgiveness: Banking, Public Spending & Education Experts Weigh In

  • Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Lawsuit Spotlights How Difficult Search Warrants Are to Challenge

  • Here’s How Government Documents Are Classified to Keep Sensitive Info Safe

  • Brittney Griner’s Sentence: How Long Will She Be in Prison?

  • Who Was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where Does His Death Leave al-Qaida?

  • Here’s Why Monarch Butterflies Are Now an Endangered Species

    The iconic monarch butterfly has been added to the Red List of endangered species, but hasn’t received protection in the US yet. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

  • Is the US in a Recession? That Depends on Whom You Ask – & What Measure They Use

  • How Record-Setting Heat Waves Could Punish Economies Already Reeling From Inflation

  • Why Are Drug Names So Long & Complicated?

  • How the James Webb Space Telescope Helps the Search for Alien Life

  • James Webb Space Telescope: An Astronomer Explains the Stunning First Images

    NASA released five new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing incredible details of ancient galaxies, stars and the presence of water in the atmosphere of a distant planet.

  • James Webb Space Telescope: Astronomer Reveals Details About How It Works

  • June Jobs Report Suggests Fed Could Avoid Recession – But Room for Error Is Minuscule

  • Boris Johnson’s Messy Political Legacy of Lies, Scandals & Delivering Brexit to His Base

  • What Are Bail Funds? Two Social Policy Experts Explain

  • 6 Surprising Facts About the Fourth of July & the Declaration of Independence

    A scholar of early US history celebrates the country’s birthday with six under-appreciated ideas about the founding document.