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From Seattle to Baltimore, many Americans were celebrating Monday as Indigenous Peoples Day, determined to see it as a triumph of perseverance over centuries marked by trauma. Tribal nations and communities gathered at powwows, markets and musical performances among other joyful events to honor their culture and their history. Some states and cities have for decades now made the second …

Stephanie White only had guard Caitlin Clark on the court for 13 games this season, but the Indiana Fever head coach showed strong support Friday for the injured star amid the ongoing CBA battle between the WNBA and its players. Players association VP Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx went public last week with a conversation she had recently with …

The Hoosiers remained undefeated on Saturday — and they didn’t accomplish it by concerning themselves with betting odds.  Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza joked about spoiling betting lines with his bizarre scramble that drained the clock in the team’s 20-15 road victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium.  Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza runs from Iowa defensive lineman Max Llewellyn, left, …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., explains her ‘no’ vote on the Charlie Kirk resolution on the floor of the U.S. House. | Image via C-SPAN How would the Democratic House leadership of today have voted if they’d been around back in 1963 and were put on the spot with a resolution honoring Alabama Gov. George Wallace of “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, …

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My spouse and I are on a difficult journey through infertility struggles. We’ve had some pregnancy losses, and we’re currently pursuing treatment. During this time, we also became foster parents, with the goal of helping parents and children to reunify …

The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 50th Toronto Film Festival has gone to Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, first runner-up is Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and second runner-up is Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Hamnet hails from Focus Features, while latter two are from Netflix. Also in the awards revealed Sunday, the newly created International People’s Choice Award went to …

Our brains seem to respond to specific colours in a similar way. Credit: Hispanolistic/Getty Is the colour you see the same as what I see? It’s a question that has puzzled both philosophers and neuroscientists for decades, but has proved notoriously difficult to answer. Now, a study that recorded patterns of brain activity in 15 participants suggests that colours are …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a more than two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1, 2016, …

Scientists have found that artificial intelligence is reshaping the way people talk.  Researchers at the University of Florida found that adults are increasingly weaving ChatGPT-style vocabulary into everyday speech, favoring words like ‘surpass,’ ‘boast,’ ‘meticulous,’ ‘strategically’ and ‘garner.’  The team analyzed 22.1 million words from unscripted and spontaneous spoken language, including conversational podcasts on science and technology. They discovered that …

Q. After reading about low-dose minoxidil a few years ago, I got a prescription from my general practitioner and have been taking it ever since. My fine hair began to thin with menopause, and I could barely make a ponytail. I estimate its quantity has increased by 30% to 40% without any apparent side effects. For the first time in …