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History Video: What fascism is…and isn't Séamus Bellamy

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DHS ICE killed a Houston father, then called him the aggressor Jason Weisberger

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music Poet's copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift tossed again Rob Beschizza

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Science Deaf kids in 1980s Nicaragua created a language from thin air Ellsworth Toohey

politics The Good Liars find state fair MAGA fans who rank Trump over God Grant St. Clair

books The worst Caldecott winning book — Rumpelstiltskin Ellsworth Toohey

News Nashville's control tower has 27 controllers; the FAA wants 52 Ellsworth Toohey

History 1930 film may be the first how-to video in history Grant St. Clair

Technology A World of Warcraft bug accidentally created a virtual pandemic Ellsworth Toohey

conspiracy theories Fred LaBour invented most of the 'Paul is dead' clues as a joke and was stunned when the world believed them Ellsworth Toohey

Games Pick the hub word last in 4×3 and you lose 100 points Gail Sherman

politics Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish" Jennifer Sandlin

crime Bag labeled "deffntely not a bag full full of drugs" was full of drugs Rob Beschizza