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RFK Jr. drug price math claim doesn’t add up
President Donald Trump has regularly said that drug-price discounts on his watch are greater than 100%, which isn’t mathematically possible. Now his health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is trying to back up his faulty math.This story was originally published on PolitiFact. Read it here.During an April 22 Senate Finance Committee hearing, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questioned…
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’90s Movies That Critics Were Totally Wrong About
Nomi applies lipstick in the mirror in “Showgirls” (1995) – Murray Close/Getty Images Considering they have to review hundreds of new releases a year, even the most astute film critics can get it wrong from time to time. Sometimes bad buzz can affect your perception of the finished product, especially in an age when gossip columns endlessly report on production…
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Sooryavanshi’s blazing century powers RR to 228/6 against SRH
Jaipur: Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a brilliant century as Rajasthan Royals posted 228/6 in 20 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday. Asked to bat first, Rajasthan Royals got off to a flying start, thanks to young opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. He came out all…
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Zelenskyy visits Saudi Arabia, Putin weighs G20 attendance
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday where he said he held a “very productive meeting” with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “There is a strategic security arrangement that we are actively developing across three key areas,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “The first is the export of Ukrainian security expertise and capabilities in air defense. The…
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Molecular map reveals how Down syndrome alters brain development
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development before birth – a resource that resolves longstanding contradictions in the field and could lay the…
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The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Bringing an indictment against a person or organization should be serious business. At the federal level, it is supposed to involve preparing a detailed prosecution memorandum, setting out the facts and law, addressing weaknesses in the case and defenses, and why the case is or is not righteous. Under long-standing DOJ internal rules in the Justice Manual, prosecutors should never…
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SRH eclipse Sooryavanshi’s third-fastest IPL ton for 5-wicket win over RR
Jaipur: Teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s thrill-a-second 103, the third fastest IPL hundred off 36 balls, was eclipsed by a collective batting effort by Sunrisers Hyderabad as the visitors etched a commanding five-wicket win here on Saturday, April 25. Ishan Kishan smacked a 31-ball 74 while Abhishek Sharma rode on a couple of lifelines to make 57 off 29 balls to…
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UK-born Israeli whose coexistence kippa was carved up by police asks ‘what is in store for us’
JTA — Alex Sinclair had no idea what would follow when he posted a picture of his mutilated kippa to Facebook on Thursday. Sinclair, who lives in central Israel, described being detained by police officers who told him that his kippa, which had both the Israeli and Palestinian flags woven in, was illegal. When he was released from their custody,…
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10 Movies Remakes That Were Better Than The Original
Ghost in the Shell. Ben-Hur. The Mummy. What do all of these masterpiece movies have in common? They should have never been remade. While bad Hollywood remakes are about as common as warts on frogs, truly well-done remakes are few and far between. Rare is the day when a good story gets better the second time you tell it, but…
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Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback
The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. The administration has ordered Department of Homeland Security staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization…
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