Month: February 2022

CLINTON, MD—Puffing on a cigar as she strode up and down the lines of tables piled high with stacks of $100 bills, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reportedly surveyed a warehouse Friday full of topless women sorting the department’s cash. “You’re all good girls, right? Momma takes care of you,” said Yellen, glancing…

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Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her platinum jubilee on Feb. 6, 2022, marking 70 years of rule for the longest-serving monarch in British history. The Onion looks back at the highlights of her reign.

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While promoting her new movie God’s Country, Newton talked about wanting to “apologize every day to darker-skinned actresses” for being chosen for roles.

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WASHINGTON—With the kerfuffle leading to a brief cessation in oral arguments, Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch reportedly recited their questions in perfect unison Friday after accidentally memorizing the same lines from a script sent to them by the Federalist Society. “It seems to me such…

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MÉRIDA, MEXICO—Shedding new light on a rarely discussed prehistoric era, paleontologists from the Ohio State University announced Friday they had uncovered fossilized evidence that confirmed the extinction of dinosaurs led to a brief epoch when asteroids ruled the Earth. “The fossil record clearly shows that after…

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“C.R.T. is a Black writer from the eighteen-fifties. I read some of his stuff in high school—it’s really beautiful.” —Arnold Ringer, judge

Music icons like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have sold their songwriting catalogs for eye-popping amounts of money. It’s a growing trend in an industry that’s shifted since the start of streaming.

In Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s film, Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who can’t decide who she is. As she finds out, she makes mistakes that inspire an ache of rueful recognition.

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CINCINNATI—Hailing the product as a major breakthrough in laundry technology, the detergent brand Tide announced Thursday that its top-selling line of household products now includes a guy who comes into your home and licks the stains off you. “We at Tide are proud to introduce Greg, our latest weapon in the war…

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