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John Oliver slams CBS for putting Bari Weiss in charge

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver launched a pointed critique of the recent decision to install Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News following the network’s acquisition of her media outlet, The Free Press. Oliver criticized Weiss’s journalistic track…
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We’re pausing before purchasing in Trump’s tariff era

Diane Boden, a Columbus, Ohio-based mother of three, can’t remember the last time she lingered in the aisles of a department store.  “I barely ever go to brick-and-mortar stores anymore, it’s a very rare occasion that I do that,” she…
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Tea thrives in lunar soil, scientists find

The next revolution in beverages might be out of this world — literally. Researchers at the University of Kent have shown that it is possible to grow tea in lunar soil, a discovery that could transform how future astronauts live…
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Your Chicago dining guide, upgraded

More than 55 million people visited Chicago in 2024. I was one of them. Just 90 minutes away via my favorite mode of transportation, Amtrak, I may have made the trip once a month for the last few years. And…
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