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34 Kitchen Products That Are Just Too Cheap And Fun To Pass Up

The daisy cleaning brush is so cute, it might just make you look forward to cleaning dishes.

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro

‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls

At the end of a tenure marked by war and division, the outgoing secretary of state defends his legacy on Gaza and Ukraine and says he’s made America stronger.

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John Koblin

With New Amazon Prime Show ‘On Call,’ Dick Wolf Enters Streaming

For decades, Dick Wolf has dominated prime- time programming. Now, at 78, he has plans to conquer his next world: streaming.

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River Akira Davis

Despite Blocked US Steel Bid, Japan Won’t Stop Seeking American Deals

Japanese companies needing to grow have sought out American deals. Experts say that will not change even after Biden’s rejection of Nippon Steel’s takeover attempt.

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Winnie Hu and Ana Ley

N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday

After twists and turns, a contentious plan meant to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements is scheduled to take effect at midnight Sunday.

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Isabelle Taft, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Eduardo Medina

New Orleans Attacker Had Transmitter to Set Off Explosives, F.B.I. Says

Bomb-making materials were found at a short-term rental house, and the authorities said they had recovered a transmitter intended to set off explosives on the city’s famous Bourbon Street.

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Isabelle Taft

New Orleans Releases Most Names of Victims Killed in Attack

Those who died after a man drove a pickup through the French Quarter highlighted the diverse mix of people who are drawn to the city.

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Edgar Sandoval, Eduardo Medina, Adam Goldman and Rukmini Callimachi

Tracing the New Orleans Attacker’s Secret Radicalization

Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with American society and increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.

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David Fucillo

Full list of Week 18 straight-up picks with confidence levels

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We make picks for all 16 NFL games with levels of confidence ahead of Week 18.

The NFL regular season is just about a wrap. Week 18 is upon us and that means we get the final 16 games of the season. The 2025 NFL Playoffs start next weekend, but before that, the playoff bracket will be finalized. Of course, so will the order of the first 18 picks of the 2025 NFL Draft.

This weekend will be a tough one for predictions. Some teams have nothing to...

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Jack Milko

Why PGA Tour events have on-site meteorologists at every event, including The Sentry

A view of the 3rd green at Kapalua. | Photo by Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images

SB Nation spoke with a PGA Tour meteorologist on the ground in Maui, who provided incredible insight into tournament operations.

It’s 5:30 a.m. in Maui, and the sun has not even risen yet, but DTN Meteorologist Wade Stettner is on property at Kapalua and is there to assess the conditions.

Barely any other official, volunteer, or player has made their way to the course, but that does not bother...

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David Fucillo

Week 18 NFL Survivor pool strategy with safe, value, trap picks, plus an upset special

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It’s time to figure out your Survivor picks for the 2024 season. We’ll break down safe, value, and trap picks heading into Week 18.

The close of the 2024-25 NFL regular season is upon us. It’s Week 18 and that means the playoff bracket will be finalized by the close of Vikings-Lions on Sunday Night Football. There are only two playoff berths left to be claimed, but 10 of the 14 playoff seeds are still to be determined.

The mix of teams with...

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New rules to get the tax credit for cleaner hydrogen could send billions to producers

Long-awaited final rules for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen have been released.

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.

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How Big Tech became the world’s most powerful ‘religion’ and why we need to become agnostic

A Humanist chaplain at Harvard and MIT says tech has achieved a religiosity that threatens to make us the servant worshipers of a dangerous Big Tech agenda.

Greg Epstein is the Humanist chaplain at Harvard University and at MIT, where he advises students, faculty, and staff members on ethical and existential concerns from a humanist perspective. He has served for over 20 years in elected and appointed interfaith leadership roles as an advisor for the non-religious. He himself is an...

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Michael Grothaus

3 hidden reasons you keep running out of iCloud storage

And three easy ways to free up some more space.

Apple gives every iCloud user 5GB of free storage space. This storage space can be used for anything—from backing up your iPhone online to saving documents in the cloud to syncing photos across devices. If you need more space, you can upgrade to iCloud+ to get anywhere from 50GB of storage for just 99 cents a month to 12TB for $59.99.

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Nate Berg

Why Virgin Media O2 designed its new London headquarters to unapologetically embrace DEI

As many companies pull back on diversity, equity, and inclusion, Virgin Media 02 doubled down on making its workplace more welcoming to everyone.

While corporations from Lowe’s to Harley-Davidson abandon their once-vaunted efforts at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their human relations, one company has dedicated itself so heavily to these efforts that it’s physically designed DEI into its new office.

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Aarian Marshall

Tesla May Be in a Sales Slump, but EVs Are Doing OK Overall

Purchase data shows that electric vehicle sales are growing globally. But the question remains: How fast?

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24 "America Is A Scam" Stories From People Who've Lived In Other Countries

"When setting up my appointment, I asked about the out-of-pocket cost, and the staff looked at me like I had grown two heads. There was no cost, of course."

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People Who Got Divorced Less Than 30 Days After Their Wedding Are Sharing What Happened, And It's Soooo Messy

"He literally went into hiding so I wouldn't be able to have him served with the papers."

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These 34 Cleaning Products Will Help With Even The Most Stubborn Stains And Messes

Hand-me-down microwave ???? meet ???? Angry Mama.

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Look At These 32 Products (I Think You're Gonna Like What You See)

You probably didn't know eyes could smile, but they're about to.

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