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Why Some in Gen Z Are Trading Their Smartphones for Simpler Gadgets

Why Some in Gen Z Are Trading Their Smartphones for Simpler Gadgets

I was scrolling through some TikTok clips the other day when I noticed how many of them featured a chunky little Nokia flip phone snapping open with that satisfying clack. It got me thinking about a conversation I had last month with a college student who had swapped her iPhone

A Ranch House That Refuses to Fade

A Ranch House That Refuses to Fade

The first thing you notice when you step through the ranch gate at Bob Taylor’s Ranch House is the smell of mesquite burning low and steady, the same smoke that has curled up from that grill since 1955. Not the theatrical kind you find on the Strip, where everything

Venezuela Claims First World Baseball Classic Title

Venezuela Claims First World Baseball Classic Title

In the final at loanDepot Park in Miami, a crowd of 36,190 leaned heavily toward one side. Venezuela edged the United States 3-2 on a tiebreaking ninth-inning double from Eugenio Suárez. It was the first time the tournament’s championship has gone to Venezuela, a nation long proud of

The Morning a Fireball Split the Sky Over Ohio

The Morning a Fireball Split the Sky Over Ohio

Around nine in the morning on March 17, a streak of daylight fire crossed the sky above Lake Erie. It wasn’t a plane or a drone. It was a meteor, roughly six feet across and weighing several tons, traveling at more than forty thousand miles an hour. The Path

A Resignation Over the Strikes Near the Strait of Hormuz

A Resignation Over the Strikes Near the Strait of Hormuz

The letter was blunt. Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, submitted his resignation on Tuesday, citing disagreement with the ongoing military actions against Iran. In it, he argued that Iran had presented no imminent threat warranting the escalation, and that external pressures, particularly from Israel, had influenced the

A City That Eats Without Pretending

A City That Eats Without Pretending

The first time I stepped off a plane in Melbourne the air smelled like wet concrete and coffee. Not the burnt, corporate kind. Real coffee, the kind that makes you pause on a street corner just to finish the last bitter sip. That was years ago. This time it was

Riding a Wave in the Desert

Riding a Wave in the Desert

I arrived an hour early like they told me, mostly because the taxi driver dropped me off at the wrong gate. I wandered around carrying my rented rash guard until someone pointed toward the low, modern building that looked more like a boutique gym than a surf spot. The air