Lea Michele’s star turn in “Chess.” Kara Young as an 8-year-old. A 12-minute monologue delivered from a cloud. These are our favorite scenes from this year.

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President Trump’s unusual decision to involve himself in the government’s review of the deal puts his antitrust chief in an awkward position.

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The end of Jerome Powell’s term as Fed chair will give President Trump his biggest opportunity yet to reshape the central bank.

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An us-versus-them mentality has emerged between Meta’s top artificial intelligence team and longtime lieutenants to Mark Zuckerberg.

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The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.

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In the 1970s, she photographed Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry on wild nights at Studio 54. Now she’s chronicling a new generation.

In the Ozarks, the growing college town of Fayetteville, Ark., is using clean energy to power city facilities and embracing nature-based solutions to climate threats.

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The United States’ history in the region includes several about-faces, contradictions and missteps.

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Police said the opera singer's 31-year-old son, Micah Sykes, was "found inside the residence and taken into custody without incident."

Blue faces up to 15 years in Indonesian prison if prosecuted and found guilty.

Viewers were not lovin' it.

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett faces criticism from Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill and actor Zachary Levi following the announcement of her Senate campaign launch.

Dvalishvili’s dominant run atop the division ended at UFC 323, as he was beaten by old foe Petr Yan

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Age verification became mandatory on 25 July this year as part of the Online Safety Act

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The ruling could lead to the most expansive look yet at the federal investigation of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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New poll shows 55% of Americans hold Trump administration accountable for cost of living rises – a day after Trump makes false claims on economy

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Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat from Michigan who is also running for Senate, announced today that she has filed articles impeachment against Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary.

Stevens said that Kennedy has “turned his back on science and public health and on the American people”. In a video posted to social media a short while ago, she added that “families are less safe” since he started leading HHS.

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Buying the Zombies, Run! studio wasn’t part of ​my plan, but a post-apocalypse ​game with stories that make people feel seen pulled me in

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A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run! I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV series starring Toni Collette. What on earth am I doing buying a games company?

Well. First of all. Zombies, Run! is special. It’s special to me – the game started as a Kickstarter and the community that grew up around it has always been incredibly supportive of what we’re doing. And it’s special in what it does. It’s a game to exercise with. You play it on your smartphone – iPhone or Android – and we tell stories from the zombie apocalypse in your headphones to encourage you to go further, faster, or just make exercise less boring. Games are so often portrayed as the bad entertainment form, but I made a game that fundamentally helps people to be healthier.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 Episode 2 ends with a tribute to Danny Virtue, who the show refers to as a "true pioneer."

WWE’s vision for its most important faction is coming into focus, and there is plenty to like following the pivot after Seth Rollins' injury.

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Labour prime minister also rejects US president’s claim about UK immigration

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A judge has ruled secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public

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