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Prediction markets signal a flash point for the future

Prediction markets signal a flash point for the future

Energy Secretary Chris Wright wrongly and notoriously claimed on social media Tuesday that the U.S. Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker...

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Dan Janison

Attacking Iran, while excusing Russia as it helps Iran

Attacking Iran, while excusing Russia as it helps Iran

It is increasingly clear that the war the United States and Israel are fighting in Iran, however long it continues, will reverberate not only in the...

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Cathy Young

Do you feel queasy about AI yet?

Do you feel queasy about AI yet?

From the Department of You-Can't-Make-This-Up: After a heated back-and-forth between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense...

08.03.2026 20

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Michael Dobie

Messing with Texas maps faces the test

Messing with Texas maps faces the test

Off-cycle gerrymandering has stood out as the biggest and most controversial strategy so far for picking up House seats in this high-stakes midterm...

05.03.2026 3

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Dan Janison

Iranian dissident rejoices at Khamenei's fall

Iranian dissident rejoices at Khamenei's fall

On Saturday, exiled Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad was being interviewed on CBS News about the Israeli and American strikes against Iran's...

03.03.2026 10

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Cathy Young

When a change in perspective does the trick

When a change in perspective does the trick

To get from the back door around the garage and out to the garbage cans, I dug a path barely the width of one shovel, a concession to age and the deep...

01.03.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

4 years in, Ukraine has won by surviving

Russia's war in Ukraine passed the four-year mark on Tuesday. It's difficult to remember now that in the early days of the invasion, many...

27.02.2026 10

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Cathy Young

Blakeman's burden is a heavy one

26.02.2026 20

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Dan Janison

Looking to up quality of what's often a slog

25.02.2026 10

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Randi F. Marshall

There's nothing like a cardinal in winter

22.02.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

One aide's exit spotlights the Noem mess

19.02.2026 10

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Dan Janison

Retirement seems a grim prospect for some

18.02.2026 10

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Randi F. Marshall

Olympics are a peculiar kind of mirror

15.02.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

Long efforts pay off on 9/11 health funding

13.02.2026 30

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Randi F. Marshall

Gender surgery verdict a wake-up call

10.02.2026 5

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Cathy Young

Savoring what elite athletes can do that we cannot

08.02.2026 7

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Michael Dobie

Latest Epstein release may benefit Trump

04.02.2026 7

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Cathy Young

A moment in time that changed my childhood

28.01.2026 9

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Randi F. Marshall

Smear attempt incenses gun rights backers

27.01.2026 4

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Cathy Young

A chance encounter, a flood of memories

25.01.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

Will NY become a petri dish for measles?

23.01.2026 8

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Randi F. Marshall

Police groups to flex their influence

22.01.2026 10

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Dan Janison

Heavy hand ripping our social fabric

21.01.2026 20

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Cathy Young

Trees as property are like no other

18.01.2026 6

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Michael Dobie

A bob and weave by Mayor Mamdani fails

16.01.2026 30

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Randi F. Marshall

An oath in Nassau, a mission in Albany

14.01.2026 10

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Dan Janison

U.S. lacks moral authority in Iranian dissidents' fight

13.01.2026 8

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Cathy Young

A human marvel that's hard to replicate

11.01.2026 10

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Michael Dobie

Venezuela shake-up bad news for Putin

06.01.2026 10

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Cathy Young

December's light makes you work

19.12.2025 9

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Michael Dobie

Motive's the mystery in Trump aide's remarks

17.12.2025 9

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Dan Janison

Massacre likely to become a symbol of hate

16.12.2025 6

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Cathy Young

Pain and relief in the twilight zone

14.12.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

It's up to WFP to avoid being hijacked

11.12.2025 6

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Dan Janison

Incoherent Ukraine policy yields a big setback

09.12.2025 7

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Cathy Young

As memory fades into history, what then?

07.12.2025 9

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Michael Dobie

Queens 'border' defense is less than meets the eye

04.12.2025 8

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Dan Janison

Anti-immigration animus at new level

02.12.2025 9

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Cathy Young

Going with 6-7 for '25 means ... something

30.11.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

This organ donation was a match 'meant to be'

27.11.2025 10

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Randi F. Marshall

Tampering with our formula for success

23.11.2025 10

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Michael Dobie

Does this House drama on LI have an Act 3?

21.11.2025 9

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Dan Janison

50-year mortgage pitch recalls another time

20.11.2025 5

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Randi F. Marshall

MAGA compels a retreat on Epstein files

18.11.2025 8

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Cathy Young

'Level playing field' gets more lopsided

16.11.2025 9

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Michael Dobie

Changed attitudes on housing, development

13.11.2025 6

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Randi F. Marshall

The Fuentes debacle and an eroding line

12.11.2025 8

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Cathy Young

A telling stat for the affordability election

09.11.2025 7

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Michael Dobie

Defeated again, Nassau Dems can only look to '26

06.11.2025 7

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Dan Janison

What Mamdani said about Long Island in his victory speech

06.11.2025 8

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Randi F. Marshall