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Author: Hallie Bateman, Joe Berkowitz
Sam Jay’s ‘PAUSE’ series captures the vibe of a house party debate among friends
The SNL alum talks with friends and other comics about queer culture, relationships and racism on her HBO show. Jay’s comedy special, 3 in the Morning, is about her relationship with her fiancée.
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Author: Terry Gross
Cultural Sensitivity Course Trains Police Officers In Proper End-Of-Life Rituals For People They Kill

MINNEAPOLIS—Instructing law enforcement on the proper procedures to follow after they carry out the extrajudicial killing of a suspect or civilian bystander, a new cultural sensitivity course reportedly seeks to teach police about the different end-of-life rituals observed by the many people they gun down. “Sure, a…
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Maxine Hong Kingston’s work is as wondrous and alive as ever in this collection

Kingston burst onto the scene in 1976 with The Woman Warrior and then kept writing. Critic John Powers says that, like James Baldwin, she’s managed to shift American culture and remain relevant.
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Author: John Powers
Americans Explain How High Gas Prices Have Affected Them

With gas prices averaging nearly $5 per gallon, many drivers are struggling to stay afloat. The Onion asked everyday Americans how gas prices have affected them, and this is what they said.
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Prisoner Has Intricate Escape Plan Tattooed On Back
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Paramount Pictures faces copyright lawsuit over ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Ehud Yonay wrote the 1983 magazine story that inspired the original Top Gun film. His widow and son say they recovered the copyright and that Paramount didn’t secure the film rights before the sequel.
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Author: Joe Hernandez
TV and movie music supervisors are looking to unionize

Music supervisors help develop the emotion of a scene using songs. Now they want a union to represent them.
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Author: Andrew Limbong
Parents of Toddlers Fact-Check the Laws of Science
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Author: Naomi B. Ware
Inspired by the Sixers, basketball star Dawn Staley forged her own path on the court
Staley’s won Olympic gold medals as a player and as a head coach. She played in the WNBA, and is now head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s team, which won the NCAA championship in 2022.
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Author: Terry Gross