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Journalists have a saying about the importance of confirming even the most basic facts: “If your mother says she loves...

Tech companies like to make two grand pronouncements about the future of artificial intelligence. First, the technology is going to...

Dear Therapist,Everyone in my grandparents’ generation of my family has died. Now the Boomers are also starting to pass on...

A week before Christmas, an evangelical minister named Paul Terry stood before thousands of Christians, their heads bowed, in Durham,...

Buda Mendes / GettyOne of the best parts about the Olympics can be the creativity and variety found in the...

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As you imagined me, I came       to you, near as the sound of an owl            in the clearing, then nearer,...

Yesterday, former President Donald Trump told a group of supporters that they won’t have to vote again if they elect...

Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / GettyFencers can be very demonstrative during matches, and the impact of participating in the Olympics...