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Morning Brief: Where things stand with Iran

Hamza Shaban

Good morning! As the song says, what a difference a day makes. A two-week pause on hostilities sent oil back into the mid-90s and stocks up and to the right as the Strait of Hormuz creaked open and

Yahoo Entertainment

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How I came out to my Mexican dadwho had secrets of his own

Jorge Xolalpa

The following is an excerpt from Ni De Aqui, Ni De Alla: A Soul Suspended Between Two Worlds, a new memoir from Out100 honoree Jorge Xolalpa about his journey growing up as an undocumented Mexican im

Advocate.com

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Trump Is Wishcasting Victory in Iran

Adam Harris

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsEarly on Easter morning, President Trump went on a tirade about the ongoing war in Iran; the Iranian government had closed

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Transcript: Trumps War May Have Further Empowered Iran

Right Now With Perry Bacon

This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 8 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Perry Bacon: So now we have t

The New Republic

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Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over.

Douglas Main

New York City has 286 municipal synthetic-turf fields, with more under construction. In Inwood, the northernmost neighborhood in Manhattan, two fields were approved via Zoom meetings during the pand

MIT Technology Review

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Sam Altman Is Giving OpenAI a Makeover to Woo Democrats

Kate Aronoff

OpenAI has a New Deal to sell you. On Monday, the embattled tech company released an industrial policy blueprintthat lays out a series of progressive-sounding policy proposals meant to ease a suppos

The New Republic

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Iran Exposes How Trump and Hegseth Have Debased Our Military ...

Brynn Tannehill

We now have a ceasefire in Iran, at least for the moment, and President Trump will apparently not blow the country to kingdom come. But the volatility of the situation, and of Trumps temperament,

The New Republic

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An Interview with New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien Ab...

Ben Thompson

Good morning, This weeks Stratechery Interview is with New York Times Company CEO Meredith Kopit Levien. Levien became CEO in 2020, after previously serving as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Revenu

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How an Alito Retirement Could Allow Trump to Reshape the Supr...

Matt Ford

Will there be a Supreme Court vacancy in 2026? The November midterms are inching closerand with them, the slim but growing prospect of a Democratic Senate majority next January. If any conservative j

The New Republic

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Djibouti elections: Whos running against Guelleh and whats at...

Al Jazeera Staff

As the small East African coastal nation of Djibouti prepares for presidential elections on Friday, longtime leader President Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win the polls with little to no challe

Al Jazeera English

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Kurdish women's struggle for gender equality and much else b...

Nazand Begikhani

Yanar Mohammed speaking at a conference in Berlin in 2013. On 2 March this year, Yanar Mohammed, a prominent feminist figure in Iraq, was shot dead outside her home by two gunmen the latest in a str

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iOS 26.4.1 is OUT! Finally Fixes iPhone Battery Drain

Roland Hutchinson

Apple has officially rolled out iOS and iPadOS 26.4.1, a targeted update designed to address key issues identified in the previous version, iOS 26.4. While the update may appear modest in size, its i

Geeky Gadgets

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They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Tu...

Alex Acquisto, Taylor Six

<ul><li>A Prosecutors Calling: Tim Robinson said God told him to start a drug treatment program in hard-hit Kentucky, which grew to the largest in the state.</li><li>The FBI Investigates: Former sta

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Creating the Futurescape for the Fifth Element

Ron Magid

The 3-D space in the pre-visualization didn't always relate to the physical stage, but effects cinematographer Bill Neil and his associate, Paul Gentry, found it to be useful, if only as a timing gui

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Dubai clarifies token issuance rules for RWAs and stablecoins

Cointelegraph by Christina Comben

Dubais Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) published detailed guidance on Thursday that clarifies how token issuers should structure, disclose and distribute virtual assets in the emirate, sha

Cointelegraph

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Your Daily Horoscope by Madame Clairevoyant: April 9, 2026

Claire Comstock-Gay

This afternoon, Mars enters Aries, where itll stay for almost six weeks. With the planet of action, drive, and desire in the assertive sign of the zodiac, anything seems possible so try to make the m

The Cut

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Emperor penguins, Antarctic fur seals now endangered due to c...

Jano Gibson

The iconic emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are edging closer to extinction, according to a projection by the world's largest environmental network. The International Union for Conservatio

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Selma Still Matters

Keith Ellison, Yusef D. Jackson

What was born there was a new definition of who gets to be an American. And that legacy is under threat. Ad Policy A march in solidarity with Selma, in Harlem, on March 15, 1965.(Stanley Wolfson /

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The Democrats Dont Know Who Theyll Be in 2028. Michigan May O...

Jonah Valdez

Speaking to a modest crowd of voters inside a Canton brewery on Tuesday evening, Mallory McMorrow, a leading candidate for Senate in the swing state of Michigan, made an anti-war appeal as President

The Intercept

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Mayor Mamdani Demands Higher Taxes for His 'Black and Brown' ...

Neil Munro

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) says he needs higher taxes on prosperous whites to fund his Black and Brown political machine of immigrants and minorities. Todaystruecostoflivingmeasureconfirm

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A seasoned stray cat decides his days on the street are offic...

Ayala Sorotsky, Ayala Sorotsky

Every cat person loves hearing about cats who have it well, even if it's not a cat that they're providing for. It's a simple truth of being a part of the global cat community - we're all happy for ea

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The future of food

BBC Radio

Many of us are trying to be more careful with our food choices, both for our personal health and for the health of the planet in general. But did you know that the food we buy is closely linked to na

BBC News

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Guinea-Bissau on edge after activist's killing

Antonio Cascais

At the end of March,residents discovered a lifeless body in a remote, swampy area about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. It was "covered in blood,""wounded al

DW (English)

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