This year, the Utah Legislature passed a bill banning fluoride in public water. The change comes on May 7. We’re asking what it all means.
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With the release of the new film, “The Sound of Freedom,” Operation Underground Railroad and its founder, Tim Ballard, are back in the news, so we are reposting our 2022 episode about the organization and the realities of child-sex-trafficking. This episode mentions an investigation into Operation Underground Railroad, which has since been dropped.
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As the longtime editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick has profiled many of rock n’ roll and pop music’s greatest performers, often later in their lives.
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On September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were abducted by “beings that were somehow not human.”
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Even if you aren’t afflicted by it, you probably know about obsessive compulsive disorder. But even if you have it, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of scrupulosity.
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In 1740, the Wager set sail from England in search of Spanish treasure. Just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
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You know that feeling you get when you see something so incredible that it transcends understanding? That’s awe. But, really, what is awe?
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After the birth of her son, documentary filmmaker Natalia Almada asked herself: Will technology be a better mother than me?
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Between 1995 and 2001, Stéphane Breitweiser stole 239 works of art from more than 100 museums around Europe. He never sold a single one.
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The role that Samuel Adams played in fomenting the American Revolution once made him the most wanted man in the country.
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What do you get when you mix conversations about burgers in Europe, debates about Madonna’s “Like a Virgin,” plus lots of violence? A Tarantino movie.
The author Katherine Rundell didn’t believe in love at first sight — until she met a pangolin. The encounter with the anteater-like creature made her curious about other endangered animals, and now, she wants us to notice more of these exquisite creatures.
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