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The author got to spend more quality time with his daughter this summer.
  • This summer, instead of sending our oldest to summer camp or day care, we kept her home.
  • I got a lot of quality time with her and it was nice to have a slower pace to our days.
  • But it also was hard to work sometimes, and she got more screen time than we'd have liked.

Sometime in mid-spring of this year, my



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Black men are working at a higher rate than they used to, but they're still less likely to be working than white, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino men.
  • Black men are working at a considerably lower rate than white, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino men.
  • Incarceration, discrimination, and a lack of work experience have made it harder for some men to find jobs.
  • Despite these

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Ukraine's assault into the Kursk region of Russia opens a new chapter in the grinding, two-year war.
  • Ukraine has faced the distressing prospect of gradually losing ground to larger Russian forces.
  • But it regained the initiative with its attack into the Russian region of Kursk.
  • Ukraine can build on this by presenting "the Russians with dilemmas they must solve," an expert



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Sinéad O'Connor's life was marred with controversy over her steadfast, clear-eyed rejection of the status quo. She shaved her head in response to her beauty becoming a marketing tool, ripped apart a photograph of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live to protest child abuse in the Catholic church, and sang illuminating protest songs ranging in topics from Black liberation to Ireland's history of



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A British Airways A320neo on display at the Farnborough Airshow.
  • British Airways is upgrading its short-haul cabins as part of a huge investment.
  • I flew on one of the older A320s, then toured a brand-new A320neo at the Farnborough Airshow.
  • The new color scheme is sleek and modern while the passenger experience is improved too.

British Airways is spending $9 billion to lift


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Inlet Beach, Florida, is one of the communities that makes up 30A.
  • 30A is a string of Florida towns and beaches between Destin and Panama City, two spring-break hot spots.
  • Named for the highway running through it, 30A has long been a low-key favorite for Southern families.
  • Now people from as far as Illinois and Montana are spending millions on real estate there, too.

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The author relies on her mom for financial assistance.
  • I'm a millennial mom with three kids and my mom helps me out financially.

Although my dad has helped out over the years, my 64-year-old mother — a retiree and recent widow after my stepdad died in 2023 — supports me the most. Stating this makes me cringe. I feel immense shame over being in midlife and heavily reliant on



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Tracey Jacobs, an elite cyclist, said tracking her blood sugar with a continuous glucose monitor helped her improve her performance and reduce fatigue while training.
  • Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have become a hot wellness trend for people without diabetes.
  • Proponents say CMGs can help people make more



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Our Milky Way galaxy is a cannibal.

It has grown by consuming other galaxies. Yet, it too, may be destined to collide and merge with an even bigger galaxy: Andromeda. Though galaxy collisions are normal events and NASA suspects this collision is inevitable (in billions of years), new research argues that with our current knowledge about Andromeda, such a future impact is still not certain — and has



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Jerome Powell in a hard hat in front of. houses.
  • Economists expect an interest rate cut in September, which has big implications for housing.
  • Lower rates would likely boost home construction.
  • But in the short term, rate cuts could boost demand, sending prices even higher.

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  • Political advocacy, especially for Republicans, used to be largely taboo in tech.
  • The outspokenness of VCs is causing consternation among the limited partners who fund venture firms.
  • Some VCs blame the election for an unusually slow summer of dealmaking.

A few weeks ago, multiple tech investors asked a partner at an


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