What happened when an Ohio school district rushed to integrate classrooms
Shaker Heights sorted students by ability level, and the top classes always had more White students. In the pandemic, it unraveled this “tracking.”
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Why falling off a cruise ship is so deadly
Overboard incidents on cruise ships are rare, but factors including alcohol use, delayed reporting and the challenges of an ocean rescue can make them fatal.
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Opinion | Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness.
No one's offering men a model except the right. It's time for a new plan.
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A shrinking Alaskan village needs new families to save its school. Thousands responded.
Karluk's school only has a few months to meet a minimum of 10 students to qualify for state funding. Officials believe the answer lies in a social media ad.
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Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors.
After decades as rivals and friends, tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova found themselves more intertwined than ever as they battled cancer.
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Opinion | He has flown 23 million miles. Here are his travel secrets.
In 1990, Tom Stuker paid a fortune for a lifetime pass on United Airlines. "Best investment of my life," he says, 23 million miles later.
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Why beef-loving Brazil is so obsessed with an American steakhouse chain
Despite Brazil's own grilling culture, the American riff on Australian barbecue has gained extraordinary cachet
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A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.
New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.
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Opinion | Why I’ve spent the days after my mother’s death polishing copper pots
Remembering how much love can be packed into the smallest acts, and what comfort can be found in performing them.
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Smaller, safer, cheaper? Modular nuclear plants could reshape coal country
The Biden administration wants dozens of small nuclear plants to sprout across the country. Coal communities see big opportunity.
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Analysis | The happiest, least stressful, most meaningful jobs in America
Trees make us happy, according to data, even when we're chopping them down.
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Russia wanted Viktor Bout back, badly. The question is: Why?
Many U.S. officials and analysts believe that Russia was motivated by Bout’s links to military intelligence.
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A college wrestler fought a bear to save his teammate — and won
A quiet day in forest turned into a story about friendship and bravery
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We visited Studio Ghibli’s long-awaited theme park. It’s a sensory delight.
The 494-acre park will open next month in Japan. By design, it’s no Disney.
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How vigilante ‘predator catchers’ are infiltrating the criminal justice system
It began with a live-streamed shaming in an Olive Garden parking lot. It ended with an Indiana cop on trial for child solicitation.
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The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.
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Do Swedes truly not feed their young guests? Maybe once upon a time.
Some families didn't feed their kids' friends -- but Swedes say it's not like that anymore.
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Opinion | Watch for a return of the ignominious Disinformation Governance Board
After the 10-thumbed debut of this boneheaded idea, the DGB was "paused." That way, the Biden administration can feign deliberation while plotting its resurrection.
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The Belarusian railway workers who helped thwart Russia’s attack on Kyiv
A clandestine network of railway workers, hackers and dissident security forces wreaked havoc on supply lines.
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The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
In a city where diplomats and embassies abound, where interpreters can command six-figure salaries, where language proficiency is résumé rocket fuel, Vaughn Smith was a savant with a secret.
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The death spiral of an American family
After generations of stability, a family reckons with death, debts and a desperate fall from the American middle class.
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Opinion: The data are clear: The boys are not all right
American men and boys are struggling. Why aren't the media and government paying attention?
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Review | What can we learn from Iceland? A lot, says a new book about that country’s women.
"Secrets of the Sprakkar," by Iceland’s first lady, Eliza Reid, highlights the accomplishments of women in a society that places high value on gender equality.
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Date Lab: When a first date becomes a non-date
They had such candor and comfort, but not for the right matchmaking reasons.
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‘Crime tourists’: An international spree targets D.C. area’s wealthy Asians
A string of burglaries in the D.C. suburbs revealed a crime trend with worldwide reach.
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Democrats are on course to lose in 2022 and 2024. If they do, we may lose our democracy.
The three threats ahead that could doom Democrats.
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He refused to give up his coveted Twitter handle. Then he was ‘swatted’ and died of a heart attack.
Shane Sonderman, 20, was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the "swatting" death of Mark Herring, in which Sonderman wanted Herring's @Tennessee Twitter account.
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Why are so many Christians in Colombia converting to Orthodox Judaism?
One photographer set out to document their growing community.
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