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First They Fought About Masks. Then Over the Soul of the City.
In Enid, Okla., pandemic politics prompted a fundamental question: What does it mean to be an American? Whose version of the country will prevail?Read original article here.Written by: Sabrina Tavernise
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just launched: What’s next? – CNET
And why this is such a monumental event for the entire field of astronomy.Read original article here.Written by: Monisha Ravisetti
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Alex Jones’ wife arrested on domestic violence charge
Alex Jones.Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images The wife of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested Christmas Eve on a domestic violence charge. The right-wing provocateur told the AP that the incident stemmed from a “medication imbalance.” Jones said his wife’s arrest “doesn’t concern my politics” and that “it wasn’t some kind of personal hateful thing…
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Best Image Ever Taken of Stars Buzzing Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
It all began with the discovery of Sagittarius A*, a persistent radio source located at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way that turned out to be a supermassive black hole (SMBH). This discovery was accompanied by the realization that SMBHs exist at the heart of most galaxies, which account for their energetic nature and…
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The government is not your God
Politics has come to encompass both the veneration and exploitation that happens in religion.Read original article here.Written by: Carol Roth
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Best bitcoin and crypto wallets for January 2022 – CNET
Getting into crypto in the new year? We’ve got you covered.Read original article here.Written by: Julian Dossett
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Watch NASA launch its $10 billion, game-changing James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas morning
Webb could revolutionize astronomy by spotting the universe’s first galaxies. But the telescope has to launch and travel 1 million miles from Earth.Read original article here.
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Fetty Wap Explains Why He Left Drake Feature Off His Album
At one time, Fetty Wap was viewed as one of the biggest artists in the world. He appeared poised to take over the next decade in music but somewhere along the way, he got caught up in the politics of the business, finding himself in the middle of record label deals that took advantage of…
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose precise social and personal commentary in such classics as “The White Album” and “The Year of Magical Thinking” made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of turbulent times, has died. She was 87. Didion’s publisher Penguin Random House announced the author’s death on Thursday.…
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Photos: Joan Didion, masterful essayist, novelist and screenwriter, dies at 87
Photos from the life of Joan Didion, who chronicled California, politics and sorrow in ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ and ‘Year of Magical Thinking.’Read original article here.Written by: Times Photography Staff