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Georgia has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics, but the nation has a good chance of a podium finish with the team of Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava. Only together since 2023, they are ...

The trouble is that my husband and I have a 4-year-old daughter, “Bella,” who now thinks I’m a horrible person for ...

YouTube led me straight into the arms of podcast bros like Andrew Huberman and Joe Rogan. I’m almost glad it did.

Plus, selfishly, it’s one less hang I need to plan myself, and I usually get to see my parent friends there, so bonus for me. But getting invited to every birthday party for all 25 kids in her class ...

Just like that, the most incredible streak in the history of the Winter Games was over. Not only is Pinheiro Braathen’s gold the first Winter Olympics medal of any sort that Brazil has ever won, it’s ...

I have a 14-year-old son, “Tim.” About a month ago, I caught Tim on making lewd and disgusting posts in an online forum. Both ...

My boyfriend and I (both men) have fallen into a well-worn pattern, with him topping and me bottoming. It’s great, I enjoy it, but I’m ready to flip and he’s willing to give it a shot. But despite ...

So he stopped wearing clothes. More than once, when I’d come in, I got treated to a full-frontal from my own son as he just ...

Five years ago, my best friend “Cathy’s” sister, “Lynn,” got sick. Her symptoms and pain were dismissed. Lynn turned out to have a well-known and usually treatable cancer, but doctors didn’t catch it ...

Ilia Malinin seemed calm as he took center ice. He needed 183.42 points to win—14.36 points lower than his lowest-scoring free skate this season. The last time he scored below that number was ...

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