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Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley

Smithsonian Museum Director Trump Said He Fired Decides to Step Down

The Smithsonian has said it retains power over personnel decisions, but Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the National Portrait Gallery, has decided to leave anyway.

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Michael Crowley and Edward Wong

Trump Talks Big on Global Diplomacy, but His Goals Are in Tatters

The president said he would bring a quick end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and get China to bend on trade and Iran on its nuclear program. Instead, conflict is escalating.

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Mitchell Northam

5 of the best NCAA softball players just transferred to this Women’s College World Series team

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Texas Tech aims to go back to the Women’s College World Series. The Red Raiders have added UCLA’s top pitcher, Tennessee’s best hitter and a few more of the most talented players in NCAA softball.

Texas Tech is reloading.

Just a week after losing to Texas in a three-game series in the championship stage of the Women’s College World Series, the Red Raiders are doing all they can to assemble a squad more than capable of...

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Noa Dalzell

9 WNBA players are (temporarily) leaving the league — here’s why

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Liberty forward Leonie Fiebich, Valkyries forward Janelle Salaün, and Wings guard Luisa Geiselsöder are just a few of the WNBA players who are headed to EuroBasket for the next few weeks.

The 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket tournament begins next week, and you may have heard about it in the context of key WNBA players temporarily leaving their pro teams to play for their home countries.

16 European countries will participate in the...

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Chris Evans and Dakota Johnson weigh in on Materialists big street fight and their cocktails of choice

As follow-up to her critically heralded romantic drama Past Lives, writer/director Celine Song offers Materialists. The romantic comedy stars internet favorites Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson, and Pedro Pascal as three New Yorkers looking for love in a cynical world.

In the film, Johnson plays Lucy, a matchmaker whose job is to pair wealthy clients with a could-be mate who checks all the boxes, from income to politics to height! When she meets Harry (Pascal), a suave man in finance, she tells...

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The best Nintendo Switch 2 power banks weve found on sale this week

Best Nintendo Switch 2-compatible power banks we’ve found on sale this week: Best deal overall Anker Nano Power Bank ...

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All the Switch 2 games that you can buy (and actually play) right now

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally in everyone's hands, and so far, it's a smashing success. Now, it's time to start loading up on all the new games you can play to get the full Switch 2 experience — and yes, there's more to check out than just Mario Kart World (though that game is fantastic).

Even if the first-party lineup at launch is a bit thin — the next release, Donkey Kong Bananza isn't out until July 17 — there's a decent amount of third-party titles and upgrades to original Switch...

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The internet went down on Thursday: Heres what we know now

We're getting a better picture of what happened on Thursday, when large swaths of the internet went down. And it's painting a picture of how fragile our internet ecosystem really is when key cogs malfunction.

One crucial fact to understand: Lots of commonly used sites and services rely on a few major hosting providers — and if something goes wrong, the downstream effects can prove substantial. As the outage event unfolded Thursday, early speculation centered around problems with two...

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These 30 Helpful Walmart Products Will Help You Get Stuff Done Even If You’re Feeling Extra Lazy

You know that saying, "Work smart, not hard?" Well, these products are all geniuses at what they do, which is saving you time, effort, and money.

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Gabe Castro-Root

Air India: Is There a Safest Seat in a Plane Crash?

With all eyes on the sole survivor of Air India Flight 171, aviation insiders say that in an air catastrophe, “all bets are off” and seat choice matters little.

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Lizzie Dearden, Lynsey Chutel and Jacob Judah

Shock and Grief in U.K. After Air India Plane Crash: ‘I Didn’t Really Believe It’

The fatal flight was bound for England, where family and friends of the 241 victims on board, including 52 British nationals, were left searching for answers.

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Anker recalls over one million of its popular power banks due to fire hazard

Tech company Anker has recalled more than one million of its popular power banks due to fire and burn hazards, according to a June 12 alert from the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

The brand has received 19 reports of fires and explosions from customers using the PowerCore 1000 A1263 model, which includes at least two instances of burn injuries and 11 property damage claims totaling over $60,700.

SEE ALSO: Apple will soon be ending support for Intel-based...

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The AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA finals took $2,000 and 2 days to make

AI-generated commercials are ready for primetime.

If you watched the NBA finals on Wednesday, you may have seen an ad that features a shirtless elderly gentleman draped in an American flag, a farmer floating in an inflatable pool filled with eggs, an alien chugging a pitcher of beer, and a lady in a sparkly pink tracksuit driving a Zamboni.

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Once your eyes recovered from the unhinged scenes, you...

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Spend at least $50 on a Google Play card and get $5 in promo credit at Amazon

BUY $50, GET $5: As of June 13, spend $50 on a Google Play card and get $5 in promo credit at Amazon.

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Best Buy is handing out free Sony Bravia X90L 4K TVs — heres how to get one

SAVE $1,199.99: Through June 22, Best Buy will give you a free Sony 65-inch Bravia X90L 4K TV when you buy a Sony 98-inch Bravia 5 mini LED TV at full price.

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Take $300 off the Eufy Omni C20 robot vacuum and mop at Amazon and leave chores behind

SAVE $300.01: As of June 13, get the Eufy Omni C20 robot vacuum and mop for $399.98 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $699.99. That's a discount of 43%.

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Zoë Schiffer

The Chatbot Disinfo Inflaming the LA Protests

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, our senior politics editor discusses the spread of disinformation online following the onset of the Los Angeles protests.

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Michael Grothaus

Israel-Iran conflict grounds flights and clears Middle East airspace

After Israel launched a military offensive against Iran, commercial air traffic across the Middle East came to a halt.

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Anna Burgess Yang

Red flags to look for during a job interview

Don’t forget that job interviews are a two-way street.

One of the worst mistakes I ever made applying for a job was ignoring red flags during the job interview process. Looking back, there were several things that made me uneasy. But I was enamored with how the company described its culture, the people, and the role, and so I ignored them.

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