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‘The Bachelor’ Promises True Love. So Why Does It Rarely Work Out?
Of the 40 combined seasons of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” only eight couples have stayed together. We spoke to…
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Arooj Aftab Knows You Love Her Sad Music. But She’s Ready for More.
The genre-crossing songwriter’s introspective “Vulture Prince” was a pandemic hit. Now she is returning with “Night Reign,” an LP that…
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The Architects of Hades Strive to Bewitch Gamers Again
Supergiant Games, a small independent studio, had always tackled new projects. Then its dungeon crawler featuring the Greek pantheon became…
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What Trump Could Do in Foreign Policy Might Surprise the World
Love it or hate it, the United States has an imperial presidency, and in his first term, Donald Trump demonstrated…
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It’s Not Your Imagination. Your Allergies Are Getting Worse.
It’s spring, and I love spring more than I love almost anything else about the natural world, but I don’t…
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Susan Backlinie, Swimmer Who Was First Victim in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77
Ms. Backlinie, a stunt woman, appeared in the terrifying opening scene of the 1975 blockbuster in which a great white…
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What We Didn’t Learn From a Space Shuttle Disaster
As recounted in Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” the 1986 tragedy that riveted a nation was a preventable lesson in hubris and…
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Hold Onto Your Hats, America
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. It’s commencement season, though at least a few ceremonies are being canceled on account of all…
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Doctors, Not Judges, Should Decide When to Treat Patients Without Their Consent
Not long ago, I took care of a middle-aged man at my hospital who had severe heart failure requiring life…
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Electricity Demand Is Surging. Let’s Not Fry the Planet in Response.
Electric utilities from Georgia to Wisconsin to Virginia are predicting a dizzying surge in power demand from new industrial facilities,…