She was trapped in a marriage for 10 years. Now she helps other 'chained' Orthodox Jewish women.

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Rifka Meyer, the co-founder of GETToutUK and the owner of Rifka's Salon.

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Sitting in her home on a leafy street in North West London, Rifka Meyer looks fondly at a framed photograph hanging above her dining room table.

An epidemic of sexual abuse in schools

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Williams syndrome is the genetic condition that makes people pathologically friendly — in a lonely world

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Tobi Akbas on his iPad, hanging out before karate in his home in Garrison, NY.

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The tech world's quiet connector

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I got run over by a train – twice

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Sarah de Lagarde's arm and leg were amputated after she fell onto train tracks in September 2022.

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I'm a two-time NBA All-Star who's made the switch to entrepreneurship. Here's how I got my MBA from the NBA.

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App, Lover, Muse: When your AI says she loves you

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Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replika, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.

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Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

She fled Ukraine and found belonging with her Russian boxing coach in America

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Anzelika Akimova, 33, struggled to find her footing in the US after making the arduous journey from her hometown in Odesa, through Eastern Europe and Mexico, finally landing in Los Angeles.

A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines

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Valeriya Zavadskaya, 24, co-owns Flash Dancers with her mother. "Our goal is to be a switch from what is happening," she says.

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An Iowa nonprofit suffered nearly $1 million in flood damages. The woman who runs it shares the long road to recovery.

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Barb Grant still recalls how devastating it was when floods hit the Iowa nonprofit she runs.

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