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Snoop Dogg The legendary rapper on covering the Summer Olympics for NBC, being "a very legal guy," and the horse he wants to meet
When NBC came to you about this gig reporting on the Games from Paris, why did you sign on?
GO BIG OR GO HOME
With Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung illustrates the promise and pitfalls of indie directors making blockbusters
When Mother Knows Best
They have advanced degrees, kids of their own, and massive followings. A new kind of parenting expert has emerged online
DARKNESS RISING
An attack on former President Trump punctuates the alarming surge of political violence
Unity is still possible in America, even now
A COUNTRY BORN BY BREAKING WITH A KING inherits dissent as a birthright.
Trump Ascendant
IT'S NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RACE TO LOSE
The border is not the problem
WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM ETHIOPIA in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill.
Shannen Doherty
The quintessential Gen X girl
Why is Modi embracing Putin?
HOURS BEFORE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.
BIDEN BOWS OUT
IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY FOR JOE BIDEN to rise to the pinnacle of American politics, an ascent haunted by tragedy and capped by triumph. The fall, in comparison, felt brutally fast.
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”
Noah Lyles – The Flash
Already the world's fastest man, Noah Lyles is bringing his speed and showmanship to the Paris Games
Alice Munro
Master of the short story
'I don't have faith in doctors anymore!'
How women get pressured into long-term birth control
Rashida Jones The multihyphenate creator on her new dark comedy Sunny, the complexity of grief, and whether a robot can find its motivation
In Sunny, you play an American woman in Kyoto, reluctantly bonding with a \"homebot\" gifted to her by her husband's company after he and their son disappear following a plane crash. What about grief were you hoping to explore in this story?
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.
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.
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.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BREAKING
The sport of breaking-competitive breakdancing will make its Olympic debut in Paris.
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.
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.
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.
Monument removals and revolutionaries
Four years ago, amid reinvigorated public debate about historical monuments, statues began coming down across the country.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A SHOW OF PEACE
Andriy Yermak has been President Zelensky's closest wartime adviser. Now he's trying to find an ending.