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Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills walks through a tunnel during pregame against the Cleveland Browns at Ford Field on November 20, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Damar Hamlin: Time to defund football

Irvin Muchnick

The NFL star's televised cardiac arrest shocked the nation. It's one of many severe health risks players may face

Ballet Warm Up (Getty Images/Yuji Karaki)

For 2023, I'm giving up loneliness

Alison Stine

There may never be a so-called normal again. So, how do we live in the broken world we have?

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London, England. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Harry: William physically attacked me

Joy Saha

The Duke of Sussex's account paints Prince William as hot-headed, causing destruction with the physical alteraction

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., are seen on the House floor during a vote in which House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., did not receive enough votes to become Speaker of the House on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

House GOP priority: Protect tax dodgers

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams

Watchdog group warns GOP trying to "protect their rich tax cheat friends from paying taxes they owe"

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sits in the House Chamber during the third round of votes for House Speaker on the opening day of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

McCarthy's "shameful" super PAC deal

Rae Hodge

McCarthy-aligned PAC strikes deal with conservative Club for Growth to back his nomination amid negotiations

Dave & Busters (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Dave & Buster's co-founder has died

Ashlie D. Stevens

Corley and David Corriveau opened their first trademark combination bar and arcade in Dallas in 1982

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Speaker battle could spark Medicare cuts

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

Some Republicans say threat of government shutdown is "non-negotiable"

The waiting room at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services is empty as just an hour prior the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade shutting down abortion services at Alamo Womens Reproductive Services on June 24, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

What happens when you restrict abortion

Nicole Karlis

An alarming study suggests a devastating effect on women's mental health when abortion rights are restricted

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Heatwave hot sun (Getty Images/chuchart duangdaw)

Europe starts 2023 with a heat wave

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

Climatologists are calling it “the most extreme heat wave in European history"

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) talks with fellow Republicans after the new Congress failed to elect a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cori Bush: GOP tokenizes speaker nominee

Candice Cole - The Young Turks

“His name being in the mix is not progress—it’s pathetic," the progressive lawmaker said

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What does the EPA count as 'renewable?'

John McCracken - Grist

The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation's fuel mix. Is that really a good thing?

Signs for Crumbl Cookies beside a palm tree at Veranda shopping center in Concord, California (Gado/Getty Images)

Crumbl in violation of child labor laws

Joy Saha

The U.S. Department of Labor found violations affecting 46 minor workers at 11 franchises nationwide

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The GOP war on green investing

Blanca Begert - Grist

From the U.S. House to state governments, the GOP takes aim at pro-climate finance strategies

Tumbleweed rolls across a dried out landscape in central California's Kern County as trucks head south toward the Grapevine to begin the climb over the Tejon Pass leading into Southern California, on February 3, 2014. The United States government announced on February 5 a new system of regional hubs to tackle the effects of climate change as the country's southwest battles a historic drought. In January, California declared a state of emergency due to what could be the worst drought in a century for the state, and which has prompted fears of lost harvests and devastating forest fires. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Is California's drought over?

Jake Bittle - Grist

Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's broader water crisis

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attends a House Second Amendment Caucus press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hannity grills Boebert over "math"

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

"Is this a game show?" Hannity asked Boebert

President Joe Biden appears on stage with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, former Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell on Jan. 4, 2023, in Covington, Kentucky. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

GOP in shambles — Dems are loving it

Brian Karem

Actual bipartisanship was on display in Kentucky — not that anyone noticed amid the toddler tantrum on Capitol Hill

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy caves to more MAGA concessions

Igor Derysh

Despite the negotiations, McCarthy still appears unlikely to have won over enough votes to become speaker

Church of St. Francis of Assisi commemorates the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI displaying his portrait picture with a black ribbon, on January 04, 2023 in Krakow, Poland. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pope Benedict: Troubled leader, no saint

Celia Viggo Wexler

Before we canonize the late pope, let’s remember all the harm his preaching caused — and hope for something better

U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (C) walks among members of the House in between roll call votes for Speaker of the House of the 118th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kev's lesson: GOP trolls eat their own

Amanda Marcotte

Calling Republican renegades "ultraconservative" doesn't cut it: This clown show is a symptom of the big F

People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

China and COVID-19: A lesson in extremes

Matthew Rozsa

China once had the strictest COVID-19 policies in the world. Now, the pandemic situation is out of control

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump debunks McCarthy dumping rumors

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

"The story and statement that was just put out that I endorsed Byron for Speaker of the House is fake," says Trump

Bryan Christopher Kohberger (AKA "The Idaho Killer") (Monroe County Correctional Facility via Getty Images)

Idaho killer sought mass casualties

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

"There was effort and strategic thinking that went into it," says former FBI Special Agent Mary Ellen O'Toole

Dana Marie Perino (Getty/Riccardo Savi)

Perino on speaker stalemate: "Get drunk"

Kelly McClure

"They need to all get drunk and have a moment," Perino says

Pasta Amatriciana (Getty Images/Alexander Spatari)

How the discovery of pasta shaped Italy

Luca Cesari

"Many popular beliefs about the origin and evolution of classic Italian dishes . . . are flat-out wrong"

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