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When London Bridge began sinking into the Thames, the city sold it in 1968 to an American businessman for…
London Bridge spent 137 years carrying Londoners across the Thames.
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The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer, bought for 14.83 dollars.…
The laser pointer cost US$30, kept a cat busy for about a fortnight, and then died.
Psychology
The hardest part of adult sibling estrangement isn’t the silence — it’s the…
The hardest part can arrive in a grocery aisle, halfway through an old film, or while scrolling past a family photograph.
Politics
Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019; seven Ethiopian armed groups have now…
The alliance includes the Amhara Fano National Movement, the Oromo Liberation Army and the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Psychology
People who feel a strange sadness on Sunday evenings often aren’t dreading Monday…
For a specific kind of person, the sadness that shows up on Sunday evening has nothing to do with the coming week.
Analysis
Progressive prosecutor Cedrick Frazier is winning the Hennepin race by promising to…
Cedrick Frazier's yard signs carry a blunt, three-word message: PROSECUTE ICE.
Analysis
The man who paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding runs a boxing body…
The man who paid for much of it, according to ProPublica's investigation, does not appear in a single official wedding photo.
Psychology
Research on ambiguous loss suggests adults caring for a parent with dementia can grieve…
Dementia caregiving can turn grief into a succession of ordinary moments rather than one clearly marked event.
Analysis
Federal judge refuses to end 13 years of oversight of Maricopa sheriff, ruling that 90%…
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office complies with more than 90% of the reforms a federal court imposed on it.
Psychology
Few people talk about the specific grief of watching a parent become someone who asks…
The child who used to receive it now weighs whether the answer will be too much to carry.
Analysis
Kraft pledged $2 million in Palestinian aid publicly, even as he has for years routed…
Philanthropy is usually read as a mirror of belief: follow the money and you find the giver's real priorities.
Psychology
People who apologise for things that clearly aren’t their fault often…
The person who apologizes for being bumped into is not confused about physics.
Psychology
People who claim Social Security at 62 and then regret it often don’t regret the…
Talk to people who filed at 62 and later described the decision as a mistake, and the money is often the smallest part of what they mention.
Analysis
Knox County cancelled a Flock Safety contract that had already paid out more than $2…
As residents turned against the cameras, a nonprofit called Neighbors for Strong Communities appeared to defend them.
Analysis
A measles outbreak has been linked to four deaths in Pennsylvania, two of them infants…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent his Senate confirmation hearings insisting he was not anti-vaccine.
Psychology
Adults who plan every detail of retirement except how they’ll spend Tuesday…
The early findings described a pattern rather than a catastrophe.