Time - July 15, 2024

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One Woman’s Work
Melinda French Gates talks about her divorce, her life, and her post–Gates Foundation plan to help the world by helping women.
By Belinda Luscombe

Trouble in Paradise
Ocean currents, remote locations, and the bottled-water industry have made Fiji ground zero for the global challenge presented by plastic.
By Aryn Baker

THE KIDS ARE FAR RIGHT

Across Europe, rightwing parties have managed to find support among young voters.

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Scientists find a new way to spot AI 'hallucinations'

Today’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools often confidently assert false information. Computer scientists call this behavior “hallucination”

3 mins

How will extreme heat affect energy bills?

AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE than a rise in the mercury this summer. From June to September, the average cost of keeping a home cool is predicted to spike by nearly 9%-to $719.

2 mins

Chicago commits to explore reparations

BLACK CHICAGOANS MAY SEE SOME form of reparations, after the city's mayor signed an executive order on June 17 to form a dedicated task force.

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Julian Assange - After a 14-year battle against extradition

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE after more than a decade spent holed up in a London embassy, then in British custody, largely to avoid extradition to the U.S. On June 26, the WikiLeaks founder appeared in a federal court in Saipan, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, following a plea deal with American prosecutors.

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Donald Sutherland - A profound talent

The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, who died on June 20 at age 88, enjoyed such a long career that citing a definitive performance is impossible.

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Willie Mays - The "Say Hey Kid" who inspired

MILLIONS OF KIDS WHO watched Willie Mays play during the prime of his major league baseball career, or were born after he retired from the game in 1973, practiced making “The Catch,” just like Mays—who died peacefully on June 18, at 93 —did that afternoon back in 1954.

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CHINA'S ROVING EYE

It wasn't so long ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called his country's relationship with China \"a marriage made in heaven.\" And when President Joe Biden told reporters in March 2023 that he wasn't inviting Netanyahu to Washington given his plans to undermine Israel's independent judiciary, Netanyahu planned a visit to President Xi Jinping in China instead.

3 mins

The Putin-Kim affair

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S recent trip to North Korea was a remarkable event for many reasons.

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The D.C. Brief

LOUISIANA GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY knew the score when he signed into law a requirement that every classroom in his state-from kindergartens to college chemistry labs-must post a copy of the Ten Commandments.

3 mins

The true meaning of 'give me liberty'

ALMOST 250 YEARS AGO, FOUR weeks before the battles of Lexington and Concord, Patrick Henry rose in St. John's Church in Richmond, Va., to urge Americans to arm for a war that he saw as inevitable. He famously concluded his call to arms: \"Give me liberty, or give me death.\"

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Monument removals and revolutionaries

Four years ago, amid reinvigorated public debate about historical monuments, statues began coming down across the country.

1 min

On Her Own

Melinda French Gates talks about her divorce, her life, and her post-Gates Foundation plan to help the world by helping women.

10+ mins

PLASTIC BURNOUT

Fiji is ground zero for the planet's waste problem and the challenge of stopping it at the source

10+ mins

The growing evidence that even heading into this year's election― Americans are less divided than you may think

IN JANUARY 2021, IN THE TURBULENT wake of the last presidential contest, a former professor named Todd Rose asked some 2,000 people a question.

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A SHOW OF PEACE

Andriy Yermak has been President Zelensky's closest wartime adviser. Now he's trying to find an ending.

10+ mins

Noah Lyles – The Flash

Already the world's fastest man, Noah Lyles is bringing his speed and showmanship to the Paris Games

10+ mins

THE POLITICS OF PARIS

WHEN FRENCH HISTORIAN PIERRE DE COUBERTIN founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the modern Olympic Games, in the late 19th century, he billed the competition as a peace movement that could bring the world together through sport.

3 mins

THE HARDEST SPORTS ON THE BODY

Athletes are competitive by nature, so when they get together for a massive sporting event like the Olympics, there's likely a bit of good-natured oneupmanship over whose event is hardest.

3 mins

HOW SIMONE BILES CHANGED GYMNASTICS

THERE ARE TWO MAIN FEATURES ANY ATHLETE EARNING the Greatest of All Time title needs to possess-longevity and ability.

3 mins

WHY HUNGARY IS SO GOOD AT WATER POLO

ARRIVING HOME A WORLD champion in the summer of 2023, Hungarian water-polo player Vince Vigvari got a taste of the rock-star life.

3 mins

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BREAKING

The sport of breaking-competitive breakdancing will make its Olympic debut in Paris.

2 mins

Mia Goth prefers to live on the edge

IT'S ONE OF THE MOST INDELIBLE IMAGES IN recent cinema: \"Please, I'm a star!\" wails the title character of Ti West's 2022 cult horror film, Pearl, after she's been rejected for a role at an audition.

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Maika Monroe is giving evil a run for its money

LIKE A SHAPE-SHIFTING SPECTER LURKING just out of frame, the title of \"scream queen\" has been trailing in Maika Monroe's wake since her star-making turn in the 2015 breakout horror hit It Follows.

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maximum-security prison, In a the imagination flies free

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND IS how most Americans probably think about incarcerated individualsuntil an acquaintance or a loved one lands in a correctional facility, after plotting a crime or perhaps just acting impulsively in a heated moment.

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House of the Dragon's song of grief and guilt

\"THERE IS NO WAR SO HATEFUL TO THE GODS AS A WAR between kin,\" a wise character observes in the second season of HBO's House of the Dragon.

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