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Mar 18 2026ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon MGM Turns Game of Life Into Movie

A new film project is set to bring the classic board game to the big screen. Amazon Studios and MGM have teamed up to adapt Hasbro’s Game of Life, a game that has entertained families for decades. The partnership suggests the studios see potential in blending nostalgia with modern storytelling. The

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Mar 18 2026TECHNOLOGY

Samsung’s Art‑TV: A TV That Looks Like a Painting

Samsung has turned its 2025 Frame Pro into more than just a screen; it doubles as wall art. In many offices the device is hung like a portrait and left to show rotating images, proving that the TV can also serve décor. The company’s goal is to make a television that blends into a room when not in us

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Mar 18 2026POLITICS

Truth About a Farm Worker Hero

A respected civil‑rights activist, who helped start the United Farm Workers union and worked closely with a famous labor organizer for many years, has said that he sexually assaulted her in the 1960s. She chose to speak out now because a long‑running investigation by a major newspaper revealed simil

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Mar 18 2026POLITICS

Argentina Cuts Ties With WHO to Claim Health Independence

Argentina has officially ended its membership in the World Health Organization, a move announced by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno after the government had notified the UN a year earlier. The decision follows President Javier Milei’s pledge to protect “health sovereignty, ” which he says was compromi

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Mar 18 2026TECHNOLOGY

Cryptocurrency Ads and the Fear of Losing Control

Coinbase’s latest commercial suggests that many people feel stuck in a system that no longer moves them forward. The ad uses the idea of an “NPC” – a character in video games that follows preset rules – to show how some feel like they are simply going through the motions. The message is that i

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Mar 18 2026FINANCE

US Debt Hits $39 Trillion: What Happens to Crypto?

The United States will reach a debt of $39 trillion next week. That number means each person owes about $113, 000 and each family about $288, 000. The government is running a yearly shortfall of nearly two trillion dollars in 2026. Interest on the debt already topped $520 billion this year,

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Mar 18 2026SCIENCE

Malaria Makes Worms More Productive

In tropical regions, millions of people carry intestinal worms that can linger for years and cause serious health problems. When these worm infections overlap with malaria, the outcome is not simply additive; one disease can change how the other behaves inside the host. Researchers used mice to stu

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Mar 18 2026TECHNOLOGY

Sky‑High Test Flights: Eight States Picked to Pilot Flying Taxis

The Federal Aviation Administration has chosen eight projects from a pool of more than thirty to test electric vertical take‑off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles in real airspace. These projects, spread across 26 states, will experiment with everything from city rides to cargo drops and medical transpor

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Mar 18 2026SCIENCE

Risk of Chikungunya Returns to French Polynesia

The chikungunya virus has come back in some overseas areas of France and on the mainland, which worries health officials about a possible spread to French Polynesia. Scientists studied how people mix in the islands and found that certain patterns could let the virus travel more easily. For exa

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Mar 18 2026LIFESTYLE

Old Home, New Boundaries

The couple, both in their early sixties, had turned their house into a playground. They dressed up, staged scenes, and sometimes brought friends over to keep the spark alive. Their days felt vibrant until their adult son returned home after a long period away. He rarely leaves the house, and his gir

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