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July 17, 2018

The West is burning

Wildfires across California have burned more than twice the five-year average so far this year, as of July 1
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Published on July 17, 2018 00:00

July 16, 2018

“Fraud from the start”: A music festival is canceled and accused of deceit — again

XO Festival, canceled days before it was set to begin, is being called a second Fyre Festival
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Published on July 16, 2018 17:00

We asked psychologists why so many rich people think the apocalypse is coming

Why so many people think a dystopia is nigh? Psychologists explain
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Published on July 16, 2018 16:00

Joaquin Phoenix: Playing the Joker “scares the f—king s—t out of me”

And that’s part of why he’s doing it
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Published on July 16, 2018 16:00

One of the immutable laws of cooking: If it is nicknamed “sludge” it has got to be good

Before Canada had Justin Trudeau to brag about, she threw herself a party, and Expo67 occasioned the best soup ever
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Published on July 16, 2018 15:00

Elon Musk may be sued by man who aided in Thailand cave rescue

Musk called Vern Unsworth a “pedo” on Twitter after Unsworth criticized Musk’s impractical submarine
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Published on July 16, 2018 14:55

Who is Maria Butina? NRA-linked gun activist charged with operating as a Russian agent

Maria Butina, a Russian graduate student with links to the NRA, was just arrested for being a Russian agent
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Published on July 16, 2018 14:21

“Grief was not like anything I imagined”: A widower’s perspective on loss and mourning

Salon talks to “The Widower’s Handbook” author Jonathan Santlofer about what losing someone is really like
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Published on July 16, 2018 14:08

“Eighth Grade”: Why 13-year-olds aren’t allowed to see a movie about themselves

The MPAA giving Bo Burnham’s new film an “R” was never in doubt, which is part of the problem
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Published on July 16, 2018 14:00

Another season of despair

Or a pigskin blue wave?
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Published on July 16, 2018 01:00