It may not be as cold in northern Norway as some might expect, but getting to grips with the playing surface may still be a challenge
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Can New Weight-Loss Drugs Help in a World Awash in Addictive Foods?
Throughout my life I’ve been fat, thin and various sizes in between. Since I was a kid I’ve gained and lost weight repeatedly, putting on 20 pounds, taking it off, putting on 30 pounds and then losing it again. It has been a cycle of despair. The …
Continue readingDrama, Fashion and Cigarettes: Internet Casts Pop Gaze on Pope’s Selection
In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes about the secretive gathering of cardinals in Vatican City.
Continue readingAs Timberwolves march on, Anthony Edwards races against past, present and future
The Warriors present another challenge for Edwards. And another legend for him to take down.
Continue readingThe Surprising Ways That Siblings Shape Our Lives
When I was 14, I spent most of my free time doing two things that I loved: I ran a lot, and I played a lot of piano, even though by high school it was clear I’d never really excel at either. Once, as a friend and I did the customary prerace walk of a …
Continue readingG.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money
States have long used taxes on hospitals and nursing homes to increase federal matching funds. If Republicans end the tactic, red states could feel the most pain.
Continue readingFor Trump, the Constitution Is a Hindrance as He Pushes for Deportations
President Trump and his allies have portrayed their efforts to bypass due process as necessary for national security.
Continue readingGuantánamo Migrant Operation Has Held Fewer Than 500 Detainees, and None in Tents
The three-month-old operation never expanded to fulfill President Trump’s vision of housing 30,000 at the offshore U.S. base.
Continue readingI Brake for Robins
It’s full-on springtime now. My blackberries are sending out new canes, and the passion vines have broken ground. The nestlings in the bluebird box are old enough for their cries to be heard across the yard. The front-stoop skinks are awake, the …
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