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Inside the book-ban machine: The rise of 'parental rights' groups and their efforts to ban books

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Undeterred by climate change, US homeowners are moving to climate-vulnerable areas

County Map of wildfire risk based on FEMA National Risk Index

How wildfires have worsened in recent decades

100 best movies of all time

Actors James Stewart and Kim Novak embrace in a scene from the movie 'Vertigo.'

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New vehicle costs are tempering but remain high relative to income

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News

Understanding electric vehicle battery fires—and what to do if one happens at home

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News

Can the auto finance market avoid a debt crisis? Industry experts weigh in on alarming signs of instability

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Money

These 20 cities have seen the highest recent population growth anywhere in the US

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Your car insurance rates aren't going to go down: Here's why

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Business & Economy Money Society

These states offer the greatest benefits to veteran-owned businesses

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Joint accounts are on the decline for couples

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Sports

Most overachieving NBA regular season teams since 1996-97

Gerald Green of the Phoenix Suns slam dunks the ball.

States with the lowest taxes on sports betting

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Meet the first woman to win the Golden Globe Race: Kirsten Neuschäfer

Kirsten Neuschäfer aboard her boat after winning the 2022 Golden Globe Race.

Sports Celebrities Money

The GOAT on and off the court: Michael Jordan becomes the first athlete in history to join Forbes 400 list

Former player Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls addresses the crowd during a 20th anniversary recognition ceremony of the Bulls 1st NBA Championship in 1991 during half-time of a game bewteen the Bulls and the Utah Jazz at the United Center on March 12, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Entertainment

From 'Spacewar!' to 'Starfield': A history of video gaming

What to know when renting out your space for film shoots

Behind the scenes of television cooking show.

50 best talk shows in TV history

Julio Iglesias on the NBC-TV's, "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson."

George Clooney champions a Los Angeles high school pipeline to Hollywood jobs

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Science

10 cities that attract the most science and engineering college grads

Two women scientists discuss their findings in a laboratory environment

So sweet: How added sugar is skewing US nutrition

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22 of the biggest scientific discoveries of 2022

A medical worker prepares a dose of a nasal COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site on Dec. 19, 2022 in Beijing, China.

How human height has changed over time—and what might be behind it

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Lifestyle

The science of procrastination and how to beat it

A young man sitting at the desk with a tall stack of books listining to music on his phone looking lost in his music.

Starter homes are scarce, but affordable ones can be found in these cities

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Where to find women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ owned businesses to support this holiday season

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How to support small businesses this holiday season

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Travel

Beautiful photos of Christmas markets around the world

Visitors walk through the Christmas market in Cologne.

Metros with the highest share of business travelers and their top destinations

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Road-tripping along the West Coast this fall? Here are 10 must-see stops from Seattle to San Francisco

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2023's top Thanksgiving Day parades: Everything you need to know

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100 best 'SNL' episodes

Gilda Radner with Laraine Newman and Sissy Spacek on 'Saturday Night Live' in 1977.

30 best nature documentaries of all time

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Top 100 country songs of all time

Tim McGraw performs during a benefit concert at Bridgestone Arena on April 16, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.

TV

Best sitcoms of all time

50 best colleges on the East Coast

Dunster House, a dorm at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the fall.

50 most meaningful jobs in America

TV

50 best crime TV shows of all time

Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante, James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano and Tony Sirico as Paulie Walnuts in a scene from"The Sopranos"

Top 50 women-directed movies of the last 10 years

Major newspaper headlines from the year you were born

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Best drama movies from the last decade

Actor Joaquin Phoenix puts makeup on his face in the 2019 movie 'Joker.'

TV

Best Law & Order SVU episodes

Actors Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni filming on location for 'Law & Order: SVU' on the streets of Manhattan on Feb. 14, 2011 in New York City.

50 best movies of the '60s

Actors Jean Simmons and Kirk Douglas looking into each others' eyes in a scene from the 1960 film 'Spartacus.'

TV

100 best TV shows of all time

Actors James Gandolfini and Edie Falco in scene from the HBO TV series 'The Sopranos.'

100 best John Wayne movies

John Wayne, wearing a tan leather waistcoat over a pink shirt, taking aim with a rifle, in a publicity still issued for the film, 'Rio Bravo', 1959.

100 best films of the 21st century, according to critics

Actors Cillian Murphy and Tom Glynn-Carney in the 2017 movie 'Dunkirk.'

TV

50 longest-running TV series

Johnny Carson interviews Muhammad Ali on 'The Tonight Show' in 1971.

Milestones in women's history from the year you were born

50 best space movies of all time

Actor Harrison Ford, as Han Solo, on the set of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope written, directed and produced by Georges Lucas.

60 historic photos from American military history

United States paratroopers spread out after disembarking from helicopters during a co-ordinated exercise in South Vietnam in 1965.

Experts rank the best U.S. presidents of all time

Best black and white films of all time

Actors Gloria Swanson and William Holden on a couch in the movie 'Sunset Boulevard.'