politics CIA employees killed in Mexico during illegal operation Séamus Bellamy

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crime Sand thieves stole an entire Jamaican beach and got away with it in 2008 Ellsworth Toohey

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politics MAGA Mike on redistricting: What's good for the goose is terrible for the gander Jason Weisberger

politics Newsom trolls Trump's LA warning with Star Wars parody Ellsworth Toohey

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Entertainment Disney's rules for theme park influencers are hilariously ridiculous Ruben Bolling

christian nationalism Gov. Huckabee Sanders allows forced birth monument to stand on Arkansas' Capitol grounds Carla Sinclair

politics Democracy in Chile and the ghosts of Pinochet Elías Villoro

larping Ohioans critique the Polish LARPers who recreated an "American 4th of July in Ohio" Jennifer Sandlin

nsa A new, never-before-seen document from the Snowden archives was just published Thom Dunn

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picks American warship seizes what U.S. says are Iran missile parts headed to Yemen Xeni Jardin

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