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- The unexpected origins of Lorem Ipsum, the world's most famous filler text
Designed as a placeholder for work-in-progress documents, those quasi-Latin words now appear on mugs, tote bags and T-shirts.
10 min - ICE detention centers don't provide adequate medical care, investigation finds
Hundreds of detainees in at least 33 states aren’t getting necessary medications on time or at all, and infections and cancers aren’t being treated.
6 min - Social Security won't be able to pay full benefits if nothing changes in next 6 years, report shows
Unless Congress passes new fixes soon, the Social Security trust fund will not be able to pay out full benefits to all eligible seniors starting in 2032.
7 min - Supreme Court sides with FCC on privacy protections
The Federal Communications Commission issued fines against some telecom companies for what it called a failure to protect user data.
6 min - Iran's economy is struggling amid ongoing sanctions and blockade
The economic fallout of the war has included competing U.S. and Iranian blockades in the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting international shipping and rattling oil markets.
4 min - The fraying of the post-Cold War world order
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there’s been broad agreement that the world was moving towards greater economic integration, deeper international cooperation, and a more stable world order. That idea is now looking less certain.
12 min - The typewriter that helped Octavia Butler imagine the future
Groundbreaking science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote her first 10 novels on a powder blue manual typewriter, now an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution's collection.
6 min - Keen to become a farmer? There's a school for that
A program in Michigan wants to help solve the problem of an aging farmer population by providing aspiring farmers with hands-on learning.
4 min - Cuban American father and son reflect on crisis in Cuba
The U.S. continues to pressure Cuba and push for a change in leadership. This has left Cubans navigating blackouts, medicine shortages and a struggling economy.
10 min - The World Cup is about to begin
Team USA will play their first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament Friday night against Paraguay in Los Angeles.
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