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What baseball’s “robot umpires” tell us about the future of work

For a sport that’s more than 150 years old, the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season is set to feature an unusual number of firsts. The official Opening Day on March 26 is the earliest in baseball history. The first official game of the season ton…

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Maybe it’s time for The Bachelor franchise to end

The newest Bachelorette season is canceled, right on the cusp of its premiere — and it may inadvertently spell the end of the franchise. It probably should. This season was slated to debut on Sunday with Taylor Frankie Paul, star of the Hulu reality show The…

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Maybe this has happened to you: Your doctor is talking to you about your health, saying you need a test or a medication, and suddenly your brain leaps to a question that has nothing to do with your medical needs: How much is this going to cost? Health care in…

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Trump’s Cuba ambitions, briefly explained

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I’ve been talking to people in Iran. They face an impossible choice.

There is a photograph on Instagram of a girl who shares almost my exact name — Roya Rastegar. She is 33 years old. She is from Isfahan, my grandfather’s city. Security forces raided her home in January and arrested her. No one has heard from her since. Every…

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Imagine you’re alone in a room. No phone. No windows. No way out. There’s only one thing in there with you: a giant pile of cocaine. Maybe you’ve never touched drugs in your life. Maybe you think people who use drugs are bad or morally suspect. But you’re tra…

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How smart design can benefit senior living

By 2040, the US Census Bureau projects that, for the first time in the US, adults over the age of 65 will outnumber children under 18. The trend is set to continue as Gen X and millennials age, but where will everyone live, and who is designing those spaces? …

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A US atrocity in Iran, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: A US strike killed nearly 200 children on the first da…

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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: When will Donald Trump’s war with Iran end? What’s ha…

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The global oil crisis is even worse than it looks

The oil market’s worst nightmare just came true. For decades, energy traders have feared that a war might one day close the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that links the Persian Gulf’s oil reserves to global markets. Before today’s war in Iran, about …

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The Iran war is not a video game

On Wednesday, the New York Times published the preliminary findings of a US investigation into the recent airstrike on Shajarah Tayyebeh, an elementary school for girls in the Iranian city of Minab. The investigation confirmed what all public evidence had poi…

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How the war in Iran threatens food supply everywhere

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Up until the end of February, a steady flow of ships bound for destinations across the world would pass daily through the Strait of Hormuz. A narrow…

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Nurse practitioners are rushing in to fill the gaps in US health care

Have you ever caught yourself squinting at the acronyms next to your health care provider’s name? MD, DO, NP, PA… The medical workforce has changed. While the United States has long faced a doctor (MD or DO) shortage, there are now more nurse practitioners (N…

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President Donald Trump has suggested that the US-Israeli air campaign in Iran will continue until “they cry uncle, or when they can’t fight any longer.” Iran’s foreign minister has said their own military will fight “as long as it takes” and that they have li…