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At a time when Americans are increasingly told that political disagreement requires social exile, Aaron Brown’s column about Karl Oberstar Jr. and Matt Matasich is not just moving — it is instructive ...

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Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) recorded 204,605 conflict events from December 1, 2024 to November 28, 2025, resulting in over 240,000 deaths, in its newly released Conflict ...

At long last, the 2026 World Cup Draw is Friday at noon and soccer fans all over the world will have their TV sets tuned to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where the 42 qualified teams will ...

From up here, the world’s top beaches look like a highlight reel of pure ocean power. Check out this surfer dropping in. The wave curls like a moving glass sculpture. Every splash, every turn, every ...

When booking a cruise, picking a cruise line can be as important a decision as the destination. U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Cruise Lines rankings offer a solid place to start. The media ...

What do social climbers and gossipmongers have in common? My mother would tell me that both are morally suspect. This moral umbrage is etched into lessons from fairy tales and scripture that we ...

The Ancient Greek mapmakers were among the earliest thinkers to conceive of the world as a coherent whole, turning centuries of myth, seafaring knowledge, and emerging science into actual ...

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