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AMERICA'S BEST RETAILERS 2024

QUALITY PRODUCTS, REASONABLE PRICES AND EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE these are the attributes that allow retailers to succeed.

Higher Power

Modern technology is at long last moving Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica nearer to completion

Kylie Cantrall

A LITTLE UNDER 10 YEARS AGO, DISNEY Indroduced the Descendants franchise, giving new life to their iconic animated characters in a modern live-action TV movie.

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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BREAKING

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

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.

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.

Monument removals and revolutionaries

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

A SHOW OF PEACE

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

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.

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.

THE KIDS ARE FAR RIGHT

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.\"

The Putin-Kim affair

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

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.

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.

PLASTIC BURNOUT

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

AMERICA'S Greatest Workplaces 2024

COMPANIES THAT CREATE A GREAT WORKPLACE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE ENGAGED workers who care about their jobs.

'It Has Taken a Devastating Toll'

Financial insecurity is causing a mental health crisis, with nearly two-thirds of Americans saying money matters cause them the most stress