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Scott Gilbertson

The Best Cast Iron Pans for Every Kitchen (2025)

Our favorite multipurpose skillets to help you get the perfect sear.

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Simon Hill

Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro Review: Midrange Marvel

Holding out for a midrange hero? Xiaomi’s Poco X7 Pro is a compelling deal.

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Kris Willis

Your daily MLB trivia game, Wednesday edition

Think you can figure out what MLB player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation MLB in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.

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Joseph Acosta

NFL Draft 2025 needs for Indianapolis Colts show 4 big weaknesses

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These are the positions the Colts need to fill in the NFL Draft.

The Indianapolis Colts were one of the biggest disappointments of the 2024 season. With an offense that was chaotic at best and a porous defense, they just missed out on the playoffs once again. Now, with GM Chris Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen under much more scrutiny, they enter the 2025 offseason needing to fill big holes on both sides of the ball. The...

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David Fucillo

Your daily NFL trivia game, Wednesday edition

Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form.

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Chris Baraniuk

How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out

Filters in water pitchers or under-sink systems capture dangerous chemicals, only for them to be returned to the environment. A researcher from North Carolina is pioneering a new system that could get rid of forever chemicals forever.

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David Nield

Want to Make Your Spotify Wrapped Better This Year? Start Now

You don’t have to be embarrassed every time Spotify Wrapped appears.

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Democratic Voters Are Sharing What They Desperately Wish More Republicans Knew

"Our community will always exist no matter what, and when Trump is long gone, history and those who witnessed you bowing to a man full of such hate will remember where you stood..."

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David Pierson and Berry Wang

When Will China’s Leader Talk to Trump?

Xi Jinping seems to be in no rush to engage with President Trump, who has sent mixed signals about when a call might happen (or whether it already has).

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Alex Travelli

What Modi and India Can Offer Trump on Trade

As two-way trade expands, India’s surplus is growing. President Trump is expected to press Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower tariffs.

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Mujib Mashal

Modi Hopes a White House Visit Will Keep India Out of Trump’s Cross Hairs

India is acutely aware that trade and immigration issues are a potential double whammy. But it believes it can preserve growing ties.

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Anton Troianovski

Kremlin Says U.S. Will Release a Russian in American Custody

Moscow said a Russian imprisoned in the U.S. would be freed “in the coming days” after the release of an American schoolteacher.

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Constant Méheut

How Ukraine Pitched Trump on a Deal for Critical Minerals

President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by Ukrainian officials to appeal to Mr. Trump’s transactional nature.

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Nanna Heitmann, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Ekaterina Bodyagina

The Fiercest Fighting of the Ukraine War May Be in Russia

The Times interviewed Russian soldiers who said they face a brutal fight to dislodge determined Ukrainian forces from a sliver of Russian land. Trapped civilians fear catastrophe.

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Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and Anton Troianovski

More Power for Elon Musk, and the Risk of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Plus, who isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Astead W. Herndon, James Surdam, Katia Vannoy, Rebecca Suner and Gabriel Blanco

Trump’s Plan to Remake the Federal Work Force

One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.

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Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith

Trump Softens Tone on Inflation After Pledging to Lower Prices

President Trump pledged to lower costs on “Day 1” as a candidate. His administration now acknowledges it will take more time.

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Jack Milko

Genesis Invitational odds, staff picks: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy arrive as favorites

Scottie Scheffler during the final round of the 2025 WM Phoenix Open. | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

The third Signature Event of the season is here as Torrey Pines will host. Here are the latest odds and our staff picks.

LA JOLLA, Calif. — This year’s Genesis Invitational will look much different than years past as the South Course at Torrey Pines will host a Signature Event for the first time. The PGA Tour had no choice but to relocate this week’s event from...

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Amanda Chatel

Crave Vesper Mini Review: The Discreet Vibrator

The iconic jewelry vibrator is back, smaller than ever.

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