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A teacher brought a hungry student a sandwich, but it meant much more to her

4:26pm May 29, 2023

Growing up, Evelyn Flores' parents were flower farmers in Mexico. When they fell on hard times, school lunches were too expensive. Her mom would bring her food — but one day, she didn't show up.

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Dear 'Succession' fans, we need to talk about Shiv Roy in that series finale

1:37pm May 29, 2023

by Linda Holmes

HBO's Succession ended a four-season run on Sunday night. And Siobhan Roy's final choice exemplifies what the show has been best at, and what its devotees love about it.

Shiv (Sarah Snook) has made her choices — and she will live with them.

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'Succession' has ended — and the point was never who was going to win

12:30am May 29, 2023

by Linda Holmes

The best finales feel both surprising, like you wouldn't have thought of them, and like they were always destined to happen — and Succession's final episode passes the test.

Musician corook wears a shift, jacket, and tie, as well as their signature frog bucket hat. They hold a keyboard over their shoulder.

Flooded with online hate, the musician corook decided to keep swimming

2:23pm May 28, 2023

by Lennon Sherburne

Made famous on TikTok, "if i were a fish" is a silly, fun ode to self-acceptance and self-confidence from the musician corook.

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Brisket is a classic cut of meat for the low and slow cook.

Turning a slab of meat into tender deliciousness: secrets of the low and slow cook

8:32am May 28, 2023

by Gisele Grayson

Cooking meat for a long time over relatively low temps can transform a tough cut. Who thought it up? And what's the chemical magic? You might be surprised by the origins.

Doc Todd, a rapper who helped other veterans feel 'Not Alone,' dies at 38

7:00am May 28, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

George Michael Todd — a generous, "gentle giant" — died of sudden cardiac death. He served in Afghanistan and returned home with PTSD. In 2017 he released an album called Combat Medicine.

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'Platonic' is more full-circle friendship than love triangle, and it's better that way

7:00am May 28, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne star as estranged best friends who reconnect in midlife. Harry Met Sally vibes aside, this show is too busy having good, goofy fun to bother focusing on will they/won't they.

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'Wait Wait' for May 27, 2023: Live from New Orleans with John Goodman!

10:59am May 27, 2023

We're back in beautiful New Orleans and joined by the legendary John Goodman! He may be a Goodman, but what does he know about good boys, specifically, dogs?

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Adam Savage, host of Tested, and right to repair advocate, shows off the lathe he's fixing at his San Francisco workshop.

Fixit culture is on the rise, but repair legislation faces resistance

9:39am May 27, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

U.S. consumers are showing an increased interest in prolonging the life of the things they own, rather than throwing them out. But some products are easier to fix than others.

Justine Lupe, Alan Ruck, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook in Succession.

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As 'Succession' ends, a family is forced to face the horrifying truth about itself

7:27am May 27, 2023

by Eric Deggans

Succession unveils its widely-anticipated finale on Sunday. It has been an entertaining cautionary tale about leaving the fate of our world to the fickle impulses of emotionally stunted plutocrats.