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Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in <em>Landman</em>.

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Billy Bob Thornton is a strong 'Landman' – but the show's women are often caricatures

In Landman, filmmaker Taylor Sheridan turns his attention to the dangerous and very masculine oil industry. TV critic Eric Deggans says the series often portrays women as caricatures.

November 18, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Flood waters cover the main streets of Tarpon Springs, Florida after Hurricane Helene passed offshore on September 27, 2024 . (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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  • Politics

Biden asks Congress for about $100 billion in disaster relief funding

The largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
A worker with Lyon Contracting Services installs new windows at a home in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood heavily impacted by the drug overdose epidemic. Free repairs at 400 homes in Kensington were paid for by settlement funds from opioid-related lawsuits. A Pennsylvania oversight board ruled that the repairs did not comply with guidelines on how the money should be spent.

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  • Health

Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits

Philadelphia has disputed a state ruling that it should not have spent money from opioid-related legal settlements on home repairs and small businesses in an area ravaged by the drug epidemic.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Rizzo and
  • Sammy Caiola
Miles Mitchell, 21, won the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York City in late October, the first in a wave of celebrity lookalike contests that have since popped up in Chicago, San Francisco, London and Dublin.

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  • Pop Culture

From Chalamet to Styles: Why are celebrity lookalike contests suddenly everywhere?

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A Spirit Airlines plane prepares to depart from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The low-cost carrier plans to keep flying as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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  • National

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection but plans to keep flying

Spirit Airlines says it will continue flying as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Monday's announcement follows years of losses and a failed merger attempt for the low-cost carrier.

November 18, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
The North Fork Community Choir practices at the North Fork Baptist Church in Paonia, Colo., on Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day.

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  • Arts & Life

They disagree about a lot, but these singers figure out how to stay in harmony

Members of the North Fork Community Choir in Paonia, Colo., aim to set aside their opinions on big topics when they sing. When differences arise, they figure out creative solutions to stay in harmony.

November 18, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
Leander Antwione Williams, identified by the FBI as the man with a “W” on his shirt, is seen on bodycam footage in an altercation with police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Former NFL, Ga. Southern player in Savannah arrested on Jan. 6 charges, due in DC court this week

Former Detroit Lion and Georgia Southern University football player Leander Antwione Williams is charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

November 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.

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  • Your Health

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, "What virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.

November 18, 2024
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  • Rob Stein

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  • Perspective

How to approach the holidays with people you deeply disagree with

Code Switch weighs in on preparing for difficult political conversations and when to draw the line and uninvite yourself from that family potluck.

November 18, 2024
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  • Leah Donnella
Georgia Election Board member Janice Johnston voted Sept. 23 in favor of the board opening an investigation into eight county boards that review mass voter eligibility challenges filed predominantly by conservative residents. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia election board majority that was praised by Trump resumes rulemaking push this week

The Georgia State Election Board will hold its first post-election meeting on Monday, where it is set to consider resuming its recent push to change Georgia’s election rules and stir the debate anew about counties review controversial mass voter challenges.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers, from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Bragg N.C., conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Dec. 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System.

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  • News

U.S. allows Ukraine to use long-range weapons in Russia. And, Trump's fentanyl plan

Why President Biden changed his stance on Ukraine using U.S. long-range missiles to strike inside Russia. And, experts are skeptical of President-elect Trump's plan to crack down on fentanyl.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
An electron microscopic image of mpox virus particles.

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  • Health

A more severe strain of mpox has been detected in the U.S. for the first time

The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
People watch a hologram called "Studio di uomo barbuto" (study of bearded man) during a Leonardo da Vinci multimedia installation in Milan in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Artist, scientist, polymath — a new documentary uncovers the real Leonardo da Vinci

We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Adam Raney,
  • and 1 more
Emma Carlson Berne with her young family.

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  • National

'You're doing such a good job': A stranger tells a mom just what she needs to hear

Emma Carlson Berne was at a restaurant, feeling overwhelmed with her three young children. Then a stranger came over with words she's never forgotten: "What a beautiful family."

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Laura Kwerel
Bela Karolyi reacts with joy as his gymnastics student Kerri Strug finishes a routine on the balance beam during the U.S. Olympic Trials in gymnastics, on June 30, 1996, in Boston.

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  • Sports

Bela Karolyi, legendary and controversial gymnastics coach, dies at 82

Bela Karolyi coached several renowned gymnasts, including Mary Lou Retton, Kerri Strug and Julianne McNamara. But he was known for harsh methods of training.

November 18, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
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