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Megan Thee Stallion: Still awesome, but just can’t win
Angry dudes keep finding reasons to belittle the multiple Grammy-winning superstar, who’s now on Broadway in “Moulin Rouge!” Now they’ve seized on her breakup with NBA boyfriend Klay Thompson. Melanie McFarland breaks it down.
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Haitian immigrants face a troubled future — and the Supreme Court
Donald Trump and JD Vance have stopped talking about the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio. As Tatyana Tandanpolie reports, the community’s still there, struggling to forge a future amid Trump-era trauma and legal uncertainty.
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