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Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in My Old Ass.

A teen meets her middle-aged self in 'My Old Ass' and finds hindsight isn't 20/20

Aisha Harris

Imagine camping out in the woods, taking mushrooms, and meeting your future self ... played by Aubrey Plaza. That's what happens to 18-year-old Elliott (Maisy Stella) in this charming, quirky comedy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Government Press Office (GPO) in Jerusalem to give a press conference on September 4, 2024.

'The Bibi Files.' Benjamin Netanyahu fails to block documentary from screening

Itay Stern

An Israeli court this week rejected a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block a documentary about his legal troubles from screening at a Canadian film festival.

Micaeli and Gerhard du Plessis sometimes use a grocery delivery service, as well as prepackaged meal kits, and they get takeout delivered to their suburban Washington, D.C., home about once a week. With two full-time jobs and two children, it makes time-saving sense. But they've wondered how it affects their carbon footprint.

Is getting food delivered worse for the climate? Sometimes it’s better

Scott Neuman

From meal kits to grocery service to restaurant delivery, we look at the carbon footprint of convenient food and the choices people can make to try to reduce it. Sometimes there are trade-offs.

The StraightForward Foundation helps Russian authors publish abroad. Here are the French and Russian edition covers of a book about the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, by Ilia Barabanov and Denis Korotkov.

Russian publishers in exile release books the Kremlin would ban

Michele Kelemen

In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, writing about the war in Ukraine, the church or LGBTQ+ life could land you in jail. A new organization helps authors publish books in Russian they couldn't back home.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris participate during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024, in Philadelphia.

The debate between Harris and Trump wasn’t close — and 4 other takeaways

Domenico Montanaro

Tuesday’s debate between the current vice president and former president was a clear contrast from the June debate that forced President Biden from the race.

Flags and flowers are placed by the names of those killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the reflecting pools at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Tuesday in New York.

After the debate, Harris, with Biden, and Trump will commemorate 9/11 anniversary

Eric McDaniel

Vice President Harris will join President Biden on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 with visits to all of the crash sites. Former President Donald Trump will also travel to New York and Pennsylvania.

Elon Musk's xAI took over this factory in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this year. This is where it's building a supercomputer to fuel artificial intelligence.

How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer

Dara Kerr

A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it.

Even if you use a credit card all the time, it can be difficult to understand the ins and outs of how they work.

5 good habits to keep you out of credit card debt

Marielle Segarra

Stay on top of your monthly payments and avoid costly fees and interest charges with these smart credit card strategies.

Police maintain a presence following a school lockdown after 911 calls falsely reported a gunman in Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Central Catholic schools on March 29, 2023.

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

Christine Spolar

Armed officers on campus could speed police response to gun violence. But there is scant research to support this strategy, and studies about racial bias raise other concerns about police in schools.

In Tuesday night's debate, former President Donald Trump repeated an unfounded claim that immigrants are eating people's pets.

The stereotype of immigrants eating dogs and cats is storied — and vitriolic as ever

Jasmine Garsd

Immigration was always going to be part of Tuesday night’s presidential debate. More surprising was that the conversation veered into bizarre falsehoods about migrants eating pet dogs and cats.