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- 1. After Losing Her Limbs, Our Cooking Columnist Returns to the Kitchen · 2 Aug 2026
- 2. Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back. · 8 Aug 2026
- 3. Is 'Gentle Parenting' Ruining French Children? · 9 Aug 2026
All the President’s Planes
12 Aug 2026 · 23 min
Last month, President Trump made a dramatic exit after a visit to Turkey, prompting concerns about the safety of his planes. This week, we learned it was all a ruse.
The U.S. Missile Stockpile Is Dangerously Low
11 Aug 2026 · 31 min
The United States’ war with Iran has caused a critical weaponry shortage. That leaves the U.S. military vulnerable and complicates Washington’s efforts to end the war.
Why Adults Are Getting Cancer at a Younger Age
10 Aug 2026 · 27 min
For years, cancer has been seen as a disease people mostly get when they’re older. That seems to be changing as more young people are getting cancer than ever before. Today, Nina Agrawal, a health reporter for The New York Times, explains what scientists are l
Is 'Gentle Parenting' Ruining French Children?
9 Aug 2026 · 39 min
“Traditional” French parenting is built on a foundation of firm boundaries, strictness and punishment for misbehavior. Within these rules, children are also allowed freedom and autonomy, which some say results in both well-behaved children and stress-free pare
Billy Strings Escaped the Darkness. He’s Playing to Not Go Back.
8 Aug 2026 · 52 min
The genre-straddling musician could have been lost to addiction and trauma. Instead he’s filling arenas.
After Losing Her Limbs, Our Cooking Columnist Returns to the Kitchen
2 Aug 2026 · 31 min
For decades, the kitchen was the centerpiece of Yewande Komolafe’s life. She spent long hours there, first as a restaurant cook and later as a recipe developer. But though she loved the often-intense culinary world, she had to navigate it with certain limitati
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