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Elon Musk Only Has “Yes” Men

The Tesla CEO’s text messages about Twitter tell us a lot about his skewed reality.

When Climate Change Makes You Sell Your House

Mandatory home buyouts, like the one in Houston's Harris County, help residents move out of flood-prone areas. But it comes with a cost.

Think You’re Smarter Than the Producer of ICYMI? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

A New Movie About One of Our Most Controversial Pop Stars Shows We’ve Still Got a Lot of Reassessing to Do

A sexist '90s culture wasn’t ready for an outspoken woman with a shaved head. What about now?

What We Did When Hurricane Ian Hit

In Florida, things can change quickly.

An 8-Year-Old Cycling Was Killed by a Driver on a Quiet Neighborhood Street. Who’s Really to Blame?

The area was “unsafe for pedestrians or people on bikes,” the police said.

Welfare “Reform” Created Slush Funds Ripe For Favre-Type Fraud

The volleyball stadium was a drop in the bucket of misused welfare funds.

Who Gets to Read Your Text Messages After You Die?

The new unauthorized Anthony Bourdain biography is built in part on his text messages. Is that legal?

Coolio Was More Than “Gangsta’s Paradise”

The hip-hop classic was both 1995’s biggest song and its most acclaimed, but it was neither the rapper’s first hit nor his last.

How the Biden Administration Just Outwitted the Lawsuit Against Student Loan Relief

The suit was dubious enough to defeat in a day. There’s already another one—and it's not much better.