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Michelle Carter is a journalist and writer who has been working in local news for over 10 years. She's written about everything from local education and politics to entertainment, sports, and business.

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Tracing America’s Obsession With Conspiracy Theories Back to Its Founding

A college-educated liberal friend sitting at my kitchen table recently let me in on a secret: the fossil fuel industry is suppressing alien technology that could eliminate our need to burn oil and gas. The revelation is just one of any number of strange tales circulating on social media. From Jewish space lasers to microchips

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In Praise of Wonder Boys (Both the Book AND the Movie)

Architect Henry Hornbostel’s 1905 School of Applied Design, now Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts building, is a beaux arts structure built around a cavernous, marble-laden Great Hall featuring a curved ceiling mural depicting the great buildings of the world—the Pantheon, Notre Dame—with schematic illustrations of similar landmarks inlaid into the floor. Article continues

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14 Best Wrinkle Creams We Tested 2025, Reviewed by Dermatologists

Leave it to famed makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury (whose expert hands have graced nearly every A-list complexion you can think of, including Kate Moss, Kim Kardashian, and Amal Clooney) to create an effective anti-aging moisturizer that also lays well under makeup. “This face moisturizer incorporates hyaluronic acid and a peptide complex, so it works to

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8 Times Celebrities Wore the Exact Same Dress at Different Times

Somewhere between method dressing and archival pulls lies the rewear: a celebrity steps out in the exact same dress one of her predecessors wore years ago. It’s a tricky stunt, immediately inviting comparison, but so far it’s seemed to work out, with a number of recent red carpets giving us a sort of doppelgänger effect.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt Got Super Candid About Aging in the Caption of Her No-Makeup Birthday Selfie

Jennifer Love Hewitt also acknowledged that everywhere, but especially in her industry, things do not always get better as women get older. “I have experienced and seen how the world can be cruel to women as they age and yet seen the women I admire become happier, sexier, and more powerful with every added number,”

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11 Best Vitamins for Hair Growth 2025, According to Real Reviewers

Another product backed by clinical research, Viviscal is made with a proprietary compound (AminoMar) that contains marine extracts, biotin, zinc, vitamin C, iron, and niacin, says Michele Green, MD, a board-certified cosmetic dermatologist in NYC. She describes the product as “excellent for individuals looking to achieve thicker, denser hair.” Indeed, multiple studies in men and

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10 Best Retinol Serums 2025, Reviewed by Dermatologists & Editors

“This is my favorite skin care product to date, a bold claim from someone who tests beauty products for a living,” says Glamour beauty contributor Denise Primbet. Ever since Medik8 put retinaldehyde on the map—the type of a retinoid that’s more gentle on the skin and acts 11x faster than traditional retinol—the Crystal Retinal has

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