Chianti Classico deserves more respect

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This new attention to terroir is one reason undervalued Chianti Classicos belong on your bucket list of Tuscany’s collectible reds. After all, the wines aren’t the ...

On the runway, Vivian Wilson is more than just Elon Musk’s daughter

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Perhaps no one is having a better New York Fashion Week than Vivian Jenna Wilson. The emerging model and her waist-length strawberry blond hair have walked in four ...

I was a political columnist. Here’s why I’m now searching for hidden beauty

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I spent a recent morning immersed shoulder-deep in that humble hayfield with a team of Smithsonian scientists, and they introduced me to a garden of treasures.

Stone Age wellness therapy is making a comeback

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Just a few steps away from the golden sands that form one of Ireland’s most popular Victorian-era seaside resorts is Kilcullen Seaweed Baths. Vacationers and weary ...

Is it bad to let my pet sleep in my bed?

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Sleeping with pets isn’t new; people have been doing it for thousands of years for warmth and protection from predators.

Anger as Banksy mural of judge beating protester removed

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A mural by the anonymous street artist Banksy portraying a judge beating a protester with a gavel will be removed from the wall outside a London court, according ...

ICE raid threatens to unravel South Korea’s wins with Trump

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The detention of hundreds of South Koreans in a US immigration raid sent shock waves through the Asian nation and plunged Lee Jae Myung into the biggest diplomatic ...

Pope Leo canonizes ‘God’s Influencer’ St Carlo

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Tens of thousands of worshipers filled St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for the canonization of the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, a London-born computer ...

Every family has a secret language. . . when the 'moot' is full and the cheese is 'flat'

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Most families have their own version of this, an intimate, group-specific dialect known among linguistic experts as “familylect” or “familect. ”

Chef wants you to try his gourmet bugs

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Back in the kitchen, as onions, garlic and tomatillos sizzled in a mix of oil and mezcal, chef Christian Irabién sprinkled in a handful of nubby, black abdomens, ...

Kentucky nurse rescues drunk raccoon, revives it with CPR

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Misty Combs and her colleagues knew something was wrong when they saw a large raccoon pacing in a parking lot near their office one morning. They looked into a dumpster ...

Going people-watching at the zoo with primatologists. Here’s what they saw.

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The zoo is the perfect place to observe primates in the wild: pushing their offspring in strollers. Eating pizza. Cooling off on a bench in the shade. Buying souvenirs. ...

Husband scours 18 tons of rotten food to find wife’s wedding rings

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Jeannine glanced at her left hand and froze. Her two wedding rings - a one-carat diamond solitaire and a slim white gold band with small diamonds - were missing. ...

Knitters snagged by tariffs, as yarn brands pause shipments to US

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Knitters, crocheters and other yarn enthusiasts are feeling the ripple effects of President Donald Trump’s repeal of a tax exemption for low-value imports. With ...

Dad writes letters to strangers who need a father figure

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“Would you want a letter from my dad?” Paulik asked. “Or know someone who could use a little kindness from a retired professor with a killer signature and a fountain ...

The AI cheating panic is missing the point

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Gen Z knows they shouldn’t use ChatGPT to flat out cheat, even if some of them do it anyway. ChatGPT knows this, too

Plagued by geese, a city pays for drones and dogs to scare them away

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The Canada geese produce hundreds of pounds of droppings a day, mess up bacteria levels in the local lagoons and sometimes scare children. Now a Northern California ...

Art as activism: The music and murals of Kenya’s youth protests

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Over the past year, thousands of young Kenyans have marched in cities across the nation, protesting high taxes, corruption and police brutality. More than 100 protesters ...

Top court stops purge of Delhi stray dogs

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Following protests by dog lovers, the court directed local authorities to sterilize, immunize and return the dogs who had been rounded up

She built a sanctuary for monkeys. It’s now a haven for veterans with PTSD

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Louie, a 1-year-old black-handed spider monkey, wrapped his arms around Richard’s neck and chirped into his ear. Richard felt his heart rate slow. “It just brings ...

Putin’s push for ‘patriotic’ wine leaves vodka on the rocks

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Wine production has jumped by a quarter since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It's part of a broader patriotic effort employed by Putin to push for economic ...

Eggs, tomatoes, sandwiches: The history of food as protest projectiles

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Food has been used in political protests for centuries. One of the first to be hit, during a visit to Africa, was Roman emperor Vespasian who was assailed by rioters ...

Race to build nuclear reactor on moon raises galaxy of legal questions

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Accelerated plans announced by NASA this month for the United States to put a nuclear reactor on the moon ahead of its geopolitical rivals would break new ground ...

Starvation is spreading in Gaza — and treating it won’t be easy

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Even if Israel allows a surge in aid deliveries - as rights groups and its allies have urged - a boost in food supplies alone may not be enough to save severely ...

Palestinians mourn Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, crew in Gaza

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Palestinians in Gaza this week mourned the deaths of five Al Jazeera journalists killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday. In Gaza City, crowds carried the bodies of ...