Every airline traveler has been there. The boarding process begins, and the gate is swarmed with passengers before their zones have been called. They’re popularly known as “gate lice” and, despite being shamed and mocked in popular culture, U.S. airports are still experiencing outbreaks. Enter American Airlines, which recently announced …
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As Vice President Kamala Harris fired up voters in Detroit and Atlanta this weekend, some of her most fervent backers were just two miles from her home in the District of Columbia, where her alma mater, Howard University, celebrated its 100th homecoming. The historically Black college, known to its alumni …
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A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Mich., said she had received death threats. “Murdering …
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The haystacks have been raked up, the water lilies are clustered; the ballerinas at the Opéra and the revelers at the Moulin de la Galette have taken their places. This year is the 150th birthday of Impressionism, a movement so popular and so familiar that it can seem like some …
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