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My nonprofit celebrates birthdays for families who can't afford them. In 14 years, I've never grown tired of seeing their joy.

Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...

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I started drinking at 14, and it became a dangerous habit for more than 55 years. I'm finally sober at 70.

From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...

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Passengers flying to Paris spent 21 hours stranded in the remote nation of Turkmenistan before a spare plane came to rescue them

A monument of Turkmenistan's former president, in Ashgabat. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images An Air France flight from India to Paris diverted to Turkmenistan. It was already running almost a ...

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Nintendo DS Disney Tie-in Looks Set to Dethrone Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as Metacritic's Best User-Rated Game of All Time

Disney Cory in the House , a 2008 tie-in game for Nintendo DS, looks set to be crowned the best game of all time on Metacritic in the near future — by user ratings, at least. The obscure adventure tit...

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Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI

Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Tw...

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Games Workshop Addresses Long Wait for Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, Confirms Standalone Warhammer Age of Sigmar Animation for Prime Video

Games Workshop has addressed the long wait for Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, insisting that Amazon is in control of the delivery of the adaptation. Former Superman actor and Warh...

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Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Jan. 5, 2026: The moon met which bright star in the night sky this week?

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines....

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It's shaping up to be the 'prove it' year for workers in Silicon Valley

Across tech, pressure on workers to perform comes as leaders wait for AI bets to pay off. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Big Tech firms like Amazon and Meta are doubling down on worker oversight and p...

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US planning for the Maduro raid eyed a time when much of the Venezuelan military was expected to be on holiday, memo reveals

The US initially planned its raid into Venezuela at a time when soldiers would be on leave, a newly released memo reveals. AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez US planning for the Maduro raid focused on a time...

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Dell tells staff to get ready for the 'biggest transformation in company history.' Read the memo.

Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell. John Lamparski/Getty Images Dell has told its employees to expect a companywide systems overhaul in May. Top exec Jeff Clarke told workers it would be the "b...

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There's a new way to make money from real estate — without ever buying a home

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI For most Americans, every home purchase is a bit of a gamble. Is now the right time to jump into the market? Can I haggle on the price a bit more? What if mortgage rates drop...

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After Game of Thrones, Emilia Clarke Says She's Likely Done With Fantasy and Unlikely to Be 'Even in the Same Frame as a Dragon, Ever Again'

Emilia Clarke has said she's likely finished working on fantasy projects after spending nine years as Daenerys Targaryen, the central character in Game of Thrones who received a highly controversial e...

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I pay the millionaire's tax in Massachusetts. I've thought about moving my family away, but I'm staying for my kids.

Sam Slater says he wants to raise his children in Massachusetts, despite paying the millionaire's tax. Sam Slater California's proposed wealth tax is sparking debate among billionaires across the stat...

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Who Ends the World? Fallout Season 2 Just Got a Lot More Interesting With Episode 5 — and Fans Have Plenty of Theories About What It All Means

Fallout Season 2 Episode 5 contained a number of revelations for the ongoing storyline of Amazon’s adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video games — some of which have ramifications for what we underst...

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Lord of the Rings Movie Re-Releases Include New Introductions With Peter Jackson, and Anecdotes Including the One Where Viggo Mortensen Had to Hide a Black Eye

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has filmed new introductions for each movie in the trilogy, featuring reflections and anecdotes on filming. Warner Bros. Pictures and re-release company Fathom...

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Bobby Kotick Claims Activision, Call of Duty, and Consoles Are Doing So Poorly It Proves He Was Right to Sell Activision Blizzard to Microsoft for $69 Billion

Former Activision boss Bobby Kotick has made a number of claims about the state of his former company, Call of Duty, and the console market as part of a response to a lawsuit. Kotick, who left Activis...

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Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech

Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. Deliver...

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'I'm Sure There Will Be More Death Threats Again' — Former Bethesda Dev Wonders How The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Meet Expectations After 'Top 10 Game of All Time' Skyrim

A former veteran Bethesda developer has said the studio may end up with “hateful comments” even if The Elder Scrolls 6 ends up just being as good as Skyrim, which he considers to be one of the top 10 ...

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Ecco The Dolphin Creator Confirms Multiple Games in Development, Says 'Ecco Has Always Been More Than a Game About a Dolphin'

It's official: "several" new Ecco the Dolphin games are in development. Last summer, the creator of Ecco the Dolphin pleased many fans by announcing that not only were remakes of the original games un...

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Game of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke Was 'Really Pissed' at Show's Language Expert Who Thought She 'Sucked' at Dothraki, He Insists She Was Never Supposed to Be Good at It

Emilia Clarke has admitted feeling "really pissed" at the expert who developed Game of Thrones' fictional languages, after reading that he thought her Dothraki pronounciation "sucked." David J. Peters...

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