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Secret Santa gift exchanges can be chaotic in the best way. One minute you’re drawing a name from a hat, the next you’re scrambling to figure out what they’d actually like. The trick is finding ...

A secret Central Intelligence Agency mind control program. National Security Agency spy operations aimed at Martin Luther ...

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National Security Archive analysts have uncovered everything from CIA assassination plots of Fidel Castro to programs that ...

It may feel like we’re living in the Upside Down these days, but we’re about to be reminded just what that means, Stranger Things–style. Netflix’s buzziest sci-fi series is finally back after more ...

Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling rom-com sequels, died Monday, ...

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