President Trump Celebrates as Pastor Andrew Brunson Returns From Turkey
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump welcomed American pastor Andrew Brunson to the Oval Office on Saturday, celebrating his release from nearly two years of confinement in Turkey that had sparked a diplomatic row with a key ally and outcry from U.S. evangelical groups. Brunson, who returned to the United States aboard a military jet shortly before their meeting, appeared to be in good health...
7m Oct 14, 2018
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Column: Why the Trump Administration and Turkey Don’t Win in Pastor Andrew Brunson’s Release
Predictably Pastor Andrew Brunson was released following a court appearance on October 12 from custody in Turkey after two years of incarceration for supposedly supporting terrorist groups. This was part of a fantastical indictment that involved secret Mormon missionaries (Brunson is a Protestant mind you) and secret witnesses.
5m Oct 13, 2018
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Lena Dunham's Camping Is One Bad Trip
In her 20s, Lena Dunham built a multimedia empire around the maxim "write what you know." But one young life can fuel only so many stories, and so the creator and star of Girls, now 32, is branching out: on Oct. 14, she and Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner return to HBO with Camping, an eight-episode series whose characters bear far less resemblance to Dunham.
5m Oct 13, 2018
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Millions Could Be Identified Using Genetic Databases—Even if They Never Took a DNA Test
Up to 60% of Americans of European descent could be identified using only a DNA sample, some basic personal information and consumer genetic databases—even if they've never done a genetic test themselves, according to a new study published in Science. Some 7 million Americans have taken a direct-to-consumer DNA test, many of which promise insights about ancestry, wellness and likelihood of dev...
7m Oct 13, 2018
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Is Health Care a Sleeper Issue in the Midterm Elections?
President Donald Trump has all but put himself on the ballot this November, dominating the news with a brutal confirmation fight over a Supreme Court justice, renegotiation of a trade pact with Mexico and Canada and inflammatory comments at rallies and in TV interviews. But Democrats see a potential opening in an issue that's dropped off the radar: health care.
5m Oct 13, 2018
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Civil Rights Lawyer: How a Conservative Supreme Court Could Actually Benefit Progressives
If intentions lead to action, the process by which Judge Brett Kavanaugh became a Supreme Court Justice will send a great many people on the Left to the polls in November. That is a good thing. But still more exciting is the possibility that the Left will finally relinquish the dangerous fantasy that progressive change originates with, and depends upon, the Supreme Court.
8m Oct 13, 2018
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Samin Nosrat Is Taking the Home Cook Around the World
When Samin Nosrat laughs, she tilts her whole body back and fills the room with sound, uproariously, not unlike Julia Child. If Netflix was looking for a successor to that cooking icon, it found one. Nosrat's new streaming show, Salt Fat Acid Heat (Oct. 11), based on her best-selling cookbook by the same name, inherits the best aspects of Child's famed series The French Chef. Both women publish...
8m Oct 13, 2018
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Ellie Kemper Discusses the Perks of Being a Redhead in Her New Book
On the cover of your book, My Squirrel Days, you're posed with a squirrel. Was that a real squirrel? Yes, her name was Squirrel. She had done a lot of commercial work and was comfortable on set. She sat on my arms, on my shoulder, on branches, on the desk. There was one scary moment where she slipped on my blouse, and I didn't know whether to catch her or not. I think Squirrel lost confidence ...
3m Oct 12, 2018
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Amandla Stenberg Is a New Kind of Hollywood Star
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
5m Oct 12, 2018
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How the Midterms Will Test Trump’s Hold on the GOP
Blake Hurst has mixed feelings about his new combine. Sitting 10 feet off the ground in the cab of the half-million-dollar piece of equipment, Hurst proudly points out its cutting-edge bells and whistles, including a GPS monitor that helps track the yield of his farm crops, and remote monitoring that lets him check in on the machinery when members of his family operate it.
22m Oct 12, 2018
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Melania Trump Says We Should Stop Critiquing Her Fashion Choices. Here’s Why It Keeps Happening
Melania Trump's recent solo trip to Africa sparked a familiar controversy for the First Lady: a heated critique of her wardrobe. Trump responded to her detractors who said she wore clothing reminiscent of European colonizers (including a white pith helmet) while visiting four African countries, on Saturday by saying that the attention given to her clothes should be centered on other aspects of...
6m Oct 12, 2018
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‘People Feel There’s a Chance of Being Believed.’ India’s #MeToo Movement Gathers Momentum
On Oct. 4, a young Indian writer by the name of Mahima Kukreja tweeted that a popular, Mumbai-based comedian, Utsav Chakraborty, had once sent her an unsolicited photo of his penis. Other women responded by sharing stories of similar behavior from Chakraborty and Kukreja began tweeting screenshots of the messages she received (while blurring out the names of the accusers). She kicked off a fire...
7m Oct 12, 2018
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Aerial Photos Capture 'Unimaginable Destruction' in Florida Town Hit Hard By Hurricane Michael
The first footage is emerging of the “unimaginable destruction” Hurricane Michael left behind in Mexico Beach, Florida – the small city where the Category 4 storm made landfall on Wednesday. “So many lives have been changed forever. So many families have lost everything. Homes are gone, businesses are gone. Roads and infrastructure along the storm’s path have been destroyed,” Florida Gov. Rick...
4m Oct 12, 2018
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Ex-US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia on the Fallout of Khashoggi's Disappearance
Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi Arabian regime, walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Oct.2. He has not been seen since. Late Thursday, the Washington Post reported Turkish authorities had video and audio evidence that Khashoggi had been murdered and his body dismembered shortly after entering the consulate.
7m Oct 12, 2018
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Khanna: Facebook's and Google’s Breaches Show It’s Time for an Internet Bill of Rights
Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to safeguard our freedoms in the physical world. Today, as Americans are living more of their lives online, the digital age demands that we have new rights to protect our freedoms in the cyber world. To secure these rights, we will have to overcome gridlock and a knowledge gap in Congress. Following the Equifax breach nearly a year ago and the Fa...
7m Oct 12, 2018
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Scientists See a Treatment for Vision Loss in Lab-Grown Retinas
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are exploring new treatments for vision loss after growing human retinas from scratch, according to a new paper published in the journal Science. The project advances scientists' understanding of both retinal cell development and color vision, and it paves the way for potential treatments for vision disorders of all kinds.
4m Oct 12, 2018
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Here’s How to Tell if You Have a Cold or the Flu
Your nose is dripping like a leaky faucet, your throat is sore and you can’t stop sneezing. You don’t have a fever, but you feel wiped out—like you could curl up on the floor and fall asleep. Do you have a cold or the flu? If you guessed cold, you’re probably right. But experts say that differentiating the common cold (an upper respiratory infection) from the flu (influenza) can be trickier th...
8m Oct 12, 2018
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When Neil Armstrong Went to the Moon, He Brought Souvenirs of the Wright Brothers’ Flight. Now They’re for Sale
In July of 1969, as Neil Armstrong and his crew headed toward the moon, the pioneering astronaut carried with him a very special souvenir, as an homage to another set of pioneers who paved his way. Armstrong had with him remnants of fabric and the propeller of the Wright Flyer, the craft flown by Armstrong's fellow Ohioans Wilbur and Orville Wright when they succeeded in taking the first powere...
4m Oct 12, 2018
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Meet the 30-Year-Old Transforming Rural Healthcare Across Africa
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
3m Oct 12, 2018
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Humans Are Hardwired to Tell History in Stories. Neuroscience Tells Us Why We Get Them Wrong
We love stories. We’d like to have all our knowledge packaged in stories — narratives with plots that involve people (and animals) with reasons and motives, carrying out their aims and designs, in cooperation or conflict, succeeding or being thwarted. Science comes hard to most of us because it can’t really take that form. Instead it’s equations, models, theories and the data that support them...
7m Oct 11, 2018
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Chinese Intelligence Official Charged With Stealing U.S. Aviation Secrets
A Chinese national who allegedly conspired to steal trade secrets from an Ohio aviation company has been extradited to the U.S., according to the Justice Department. Xu Yanjun targeted U.S. and European aerospace companies on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security, according to an indictment charging him with economic espionage and other crimes. Xu, who used multiple aliases, is a deputy...
2m Oct 11, 2018
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Amazon’s The Romanoffs Is an Incredibly Strange Experiment From the Creator of Mad Men
In the annals of history, the name “Romanoff” is written in blood. As one character points out in Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner’s odd new Amazon series The Romanoffs, if you know one thing about Tsar Nicholas and his family, it’s that Bolsheviks shot them to death in a basement during the aftermath of the Russian Revolution.
4m Oct 11, 2018
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U.S. and Russian Astronauts Are Making an Emergency Landing After a Failed Space Launch
(BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan) — Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia are making an emergency landing after a Russian booster rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station has failed after launch. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin lifted off as scheduled at 2:40 p.m. (0840 GMT; 4:40 a.m. EDT) Thursday from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhst...
4m Oct 11, 2018
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Hurricane Michael Brings Deadly Destruction as It Moves North
Hurricane Michael brought devastation to the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, careening into the coast as the most powerful storm to hit the region and killing at least two people as it cut a path into Georgia. The storm made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida as an unprecedented, Category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 miles per hour. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm with maxim...
6m Oct 11, 2018
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Next Generation Leaders: How BTS Is Taking Over the World
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
6m Oct 11, 2018
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Sears Could File for Bankruptcy As Soon As This Weekend
Sears Holdings Corp., the struggling U.S. retailer owned by hedge fund manager Eddie Lampert, is laying the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing as soon as this weekend as it faces a critical debt maturity. Lampert, who for weeks has been pushing a debt restructuring proposal that would avoid a Chapter 11 filing, is now focused on a deal that would preserve stakeholders’ value in a court restruc...
2m Oct 11, 2018
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Melania Trump Says #MeToo Accusers ‘Need to Show the Evidence’
First Lady Melania Trump spoke out about the #MeToo movement, saying she supports women but that accusers "need to show the evidence." Speaking to ABC on her recent trip to Africa, Trump said, "I do stand with women. But we need to show the evidence. You cannot just say to somebody, 'I was sexually assaulted or you did that to me,' because sometimes the media goes too far and the way they port...
1m Oct 11, 2018
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Stocks Just Suffered Their Worst Loss in Months. Here’s Why
(NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks plunged to their worst loss in eight months on Wednesday as technology companies continued to drop. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 831 points. The losses were widespread, and stocks that have been the biggest winners on the market the last few years, including technology companies and retailers, suffered steep declines. Apple and Amazon both had their worst day ...
7m Oct 11, 2018
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Limo Company Operator Arrested After Deadly Crash
(ALBANY, N.Y.) — The New York State Police say that the operator of a limousine company involved in a deadly crash has been arrested. The arrest was announced in a brief press release Wednesday afternoon. It says Nauman Hussain was taken into custody following a traffic stop on a highway near Albany. No further details were released on the charges, and it was unclear whether the arrest was r...
6m Oct 11, 2018
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'Emotional Support Squirrel' Gets Woman Kicked Off Flight
A woman attempting to fly from Orlando to Cleveland was kicked off her Frontier Airlines flight for bringing an "emotional support squirrel" on board. Despite noting in her reservation that she would be bringing a support animal on the plane, the woman neglected to mention that it would be a squirrel—an animal that falls under the airline's category of rodents and is therefore not allowed.
1m Oct 11, 2018
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This Is Brett Kavanaugh’s First Question as a Supreme Court Justice
There were no signs of the recent contentious confirmation battle inside the Supreme Court Tuesday as Justice Brett Kavanaugh began his new job, asking his first question about 20 minutes into the first argument of the day. Seated on the far right end of the bench, Kavanaugh listened alongside his eight colleagues to Stokeling v.
2m Oct 10, 2018
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Bulgarian Officials to Release Man Arrested in Connection with Journalist’s Death
RUSE, Bulgaria — Bulgarian authorities on Tuesday will release and won't charge a man taken into custody in connection with the slaying of Bulgarian television reporter Viktoria Marinova, whose body was found after she highlighted possible government corruption. The man, who wasn't identified, would be freed "very shortly," said Teodor Atanassov, chief police officer of the northern town of Ru...
4m Oct 10, 2018
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Experts Warn of More Deadly Disasters to Come in Indonesia
Indonesia is facing a long and painful recovery from the devastating earthquake and tidal wave of two weeks ago, but scientists say that this latest calamity could simply be a warning of more deadly and destructive disasters ahead. Palu, in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, was ravaged on Sept. 28 by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that lashed the coastal city with waves up to 20 f...
7m Oct 10, 2018
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‘That Doesn’t Represent Me.’ The Man Whose Mom Made Him the Face of a Viral #HimToo Meme Wants No Part of It
This week, a mother made her son the face of a viral "HimToo" political meme that he wants no part of. Pieter Hanson was shocked to find photos of himself in his Navy uniform all over the internet with a message that sparked a Twitter trend on Monday. It appeared to suggest that at the time of Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings, men have fallen victim to false sexual assault a...
4m Oct 10, 2018
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The Trump Administration Has Escalated Its Conflict with China Even Further. Here’s What Needs to Happen to Stay Out of War
Those preoccupied last week with concerns over the effect Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have on the Supreme Court for decades were actually, it turns out, being too near-sighted — as the Trump Administration made a move that could significantly affect an international relationship that will last centuries. In a little-noticed pivot, the Administration set up China as the major geopolitical oppo...
7m Oct 10, 2018
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Google’s Home Hub Is Missing a Camera. Here’s Why That’s a Smart Idea
At Tuesday’s Google event, the company unveiled the extensively leaked Pixel 3 and 3 XL smartphones, in addition to both a new ChromeOS tablet, the Pixel Slate, and a new smart home assistant in the form of Google Home Hub.
7m Oct 10, 2018
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Midterm Elections Are Less Than a Month Away. Here’s When You Need to Register to Vote
The midterm elections are less than a month away. Following Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s embattled confirmation process and indictments of former Trump campaign associates, even previously non-political pop star Taylor Swift broke her political silence to encourage voter participation. But if you want to cast a ballot, you'll need to meet your state's deadline to register to vote. ...
9m Oct 10, 2018
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Florida Panhandle Braces for Michael, Now a Category 4 Storm
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Michael roared down on the Florida Panhandle strengthening into a Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday before it crashes against the region's white-sand beaches, fishing villages and coastal communities later in the day. The unexpected brute that quickly sprang from a weekend tropical depression grew swiftly, rising in days to a catastrophic storm.
6m Oct 10, 2018
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The Numbers Are Better for Donald Trump Than You Think. Here’s Why
If history holds true, President Donald Trump is about to enter a rougher period of his presidency. The most current forecasts show Republicans are likely to lose the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, while maintaining their narrow majority in the Senate. That would mean new Democratic-led investigations and gridlock on his legislative agenda. But that doesn't mean that Trump...
8m Oct 10, 2018
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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Take a Sleeping Pill Every Night
Tens of millions of Americans struggle to sleep at night, and many of them turn to sleeping pills for relief. Prescription and over-the-counter sleep aids are especially popular among older adults. A recent study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that roughly one in three adults ages 65 to 80 use these drugs at least occasionally to fall asleep, and OTC meds like B...
8m Oct 10, 2018
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Nikki Haley Boasted That the U.S. Is More Respected Under Trump. Polls Say Otherwise
President Donald Trump and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley — who announced that she will resign at the end of the year — touted their foreign policy achievements Tuesday, claiming the United States is more respected now than when Trump took office. But global opinion polls tell a different story. "Look at what has happened in two years with the United States on foreign policy...
4m Oct 10, 2018
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Science Says You Should Embrace Hugging
When a loved one has a tough day, you probably give them a hug without a second thought. And a new study says that simple act may have a larger effect than you realize. Hugs can have a measurable impact on mood and stress after social conflict, according to a paper published Wednesday in PLOS One. The gesture seemed to increase positive feelings and reduce negative ones on days when people exp...
4m Oct 10, 2018
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Better Call Saul Season 4 Was an Indictment of the American Justice System
This article contains spoilers about the Better Call Saul Season 4 finale. AMC’s Better Call Saul is a show that defies succinct description. It is, sure, a prequel to Breaking Bad that traces struggling public defender Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) mutation into the flamboyant criminal accomplice and walking linguistic joke Saul Goodman. It’s a classical tragedy with dark comic elements—or ma...
7m Oct 09, 2018
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Politician: Why Taylor Swift's Political Endorsements Could Be So Powerful in Tennessee
During my campaign for the United States Congress this past year, I would spend many weekday mornings at the City Cafe in downtown Murfreesboro, Tenn. — my hometown, about 45 minutes southeast of Nashville. When I finished my daily serving of coffee, sausage, biscuits, and grits, I would get to work attempting to charm the patrons of the venerable diner with twin goals in mind: building friends...
5m Oct 09, 2018
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6 Minnesota Kids Have Developed a Rare, Polio-Like Illness—and Health Officials Don’t Know Why
Six Minnesota children have recently been diagnosed with a rare, polio-like nervous system disorder that can cause paralysis — and the cluster is concerning and puzzling state health officials. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has since mid-September received a half-dozen reports of children with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a severe condition that typically affects kids and can resul...
4m Oct 09, 2018
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Trump Apologizes to Kavanaugh at Public Swearing-In Ceremony
(WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in —again, for the cameras, this time — Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed Kavanaugh's opponents for a "campaign of personal destruction." In a ceremony that could have been a unifying moment for the nation, Trump instead delivered remarks that even he acknowledged began "different...
7m Oct 09, 2018
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‘There Is a Risk to Democracy.’ Brazil Wakes Up to the Reality of a Bolsonaro Presidency
The rumors came fast, even before polls closed. Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right firebrand with an affection for violent dictatorships, was running away with the race to become president of the world’s fourth-largest democracy. In Rio, delighted cheers rang out. Fireworks exploded. The extent to which the 63-year-old had captured the electorate across Brazil was soon clear.
7m Oct 09, 2018
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Hurricane Michael Expected to Become Major Hurricane by Tuesday
A hurricane warning has been issued for parts of the Gulf Coast of Florida as Hurricane Michael is expected to become a "major hurricane" by Tuesday or Tuesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). "Steady to rapid strengthening is forecast during the next day or so," the NHC said Monday. Hurricane Michael is currently tracking northwest at 12 mph., but will tilt southeast ...
2m Oct 09, 2018
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This Woman Wrote a Song Clapping Back at the Idea That It’s a ‘Scary Time’ for Men
After President Donald Trump commented recently that "it's a scary time for young men in America" — referring to the sexual assault allegations leveled at Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh — this woman wrote a song that shut down the idea. Dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter Lynzy Lab Stewart took to social media to share a song titled "A Scary Time" that appears to be written in resp...
1m Oct 09, 2018
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New Voices in Southern Photography and Where to See Them This Fall
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
5m Oct 09, 2018
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