Top StoryThe Capitals' OT Win Changes Nothing About Your Life — Unless You Bet on It
A rookie's overtime goal in November is fun, not fate. Here are the two decisions a Capitals-Senators result should actually affect, and the one it shouldn't.
The United Cockpit Scare Wasn't an Intelligence Failure. It Was a Paperwork One.
The man accused of storming a United cockpit and threatening a bomb had been deported twice. The reason he was on the plane anyway is a chain of small bureaucratic decisions no agency owns.
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The Ozempic Blindness Warning Is Real — and It's Not the Reason to Panic
The FDA's new vision-loss label on GLP-1 drugs sounds terrifying. The math says otherwise — and the real risk is what people do after they read the headline.
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Natalie Harp and the C-SPAN Giggle: Who Actually Got Paid Here?
The viral mystery woman is a sideshow. The real story is a president using unpaid airtime to commandeer a cable network's premiere — and the money that flows around it.
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Naresh Bhatt Was Convicted. The Money Questions Are Just Starting.
A murder verdict closes one ledger and opens another. Here's who actually pays for the Bhatt case — and why the cash trail matters more than the confession the jury already heard.
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The DWTS Pay Gap Is Old News. The Real Story Is That It Keeps Happening.
Julianne Hough reportedly earns less than Alfonso Ribeiro. Hollywood has run this play before, and the ending is usually the same.
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The IGF AI Fight Is Really About Who Cashes the Check
Everyone's arguing about whether House House used AI in Big Walk. The money question is simpler: who pays for the IGF, who gets paid by it, and why the award's financial value keeps getting smaller even as the controversy gets louder.
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Houston's November Rain Is a Payday for Almost Everyone Except the People Who Warn You About It
Plumbers, roofers, tow trucks and insurers all get paid when the Gulf opens up. The forecasters who give it away free are passing the hat.
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GTA VI Is Already on Your Console. You Just Can't Play It Yet.
The pre-load is the whole story. Here's how the biggest game launch in years is being engineered — and why your download, your disc, and your cloud stream are three different products.
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GTA 6 Is Launching Without a PC Version — and the Winners Aren't Who You Think
The PC release is months away, but the real story is what happens to the millions of players who don't want to buy a console to play it — and the cloud providers, ISPs, and mod scene already repositioning around them.
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