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ISIS-K, the group linked to Moscow’s terror attack, explained
People lay flowers at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, the concert hall where a terror attack killed at least 140 people on March 22. | Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images ISIS-K has become a global terror threat while the world has been distracted. The Islamic State — the notorious group known for building a brutal regime in Iraq and Syria — has cla
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AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.
Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images The energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it. In January, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its forecast for global energy use over the next two years. Included for the first time were projections for electricity consumption associated with data
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The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse
Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by a cargo ship on March 26. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone. Line up a few years’ worth of tragedies and disasters, and the online conversations about them will reveal
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Is Biden on track for defeat? The debate, explained
Ian Maule/Getty Images Should we take current polls seriously? Or are there good reasons to expect a Biden comeback? Is Joe Biden in deep reelection trouble, or is there good reason to think he’s headed for a comeback? The question has divided the political world for months. The case that Biden’s on track for defeat is pretty simple: He’s trailed
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Yes, even most temperate landscapes in the US can and will burn
Photo by Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images Wildfire risk is increasing everywhere, especially in the East and South. Here’s a major reason why. Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images Smoke rises over the forest during a wildfire in Viña del Mar, Chile, on February 3, 2024. Last month, a heat wave persisted for days in the Chilean coastal city of
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Chicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problem
Venezuelan migrants, Lenin Diaz, 11, left, Maria Inojosa, 43, and Diaz’s mother Euglimar Ramos, 30, walk outside a shelter on December 19, 2023, in Chicago. | Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images They point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy. Chicago’s decision to move forward with a controversial migrant
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One big problem with how we rank countries by happiness
Getty Images How happy are you? Are you sure about that? We know that America is really unhappy. And Finland is the happiest country. Right? Well, that’s what it says in the World Happiness Report, a wide-ranging survey on global happiness levels released last week. But before you pack your bags and move to Northern Europe, you might want a sneak
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The Baltimore bridge collapse and its potential consequences, explained
Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images From search and rescue efforts to how a ship can knock down a bridge, here’s what you need to know. The shocking collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was hit by a cargo ship early Tuesday morning has the region reeling as authorities continue to search for survivors who may have fallen int
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