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What makes a person keep playing a video slot machine? Some of the same features that make children stay on social media apps or video games for too long.
Paige Stampatori for NPR
The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens
Michaeleen Doucleff
Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.
Masked agents stand at an intersection during an ICE immigration enforcement operation in St. Paul, Minn. on Jan. 31, 2026. Some employees of Thomson Reuters, which has a major presence in the Twin Cities, became concerned about the company's contracts to supply data to ICE as the Trump administration's immigration surge in Minnesota intensified.
Octavio Jones
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AFP via Getty Images
She raised concerns about her company's contracts with ICE. Then she lost her job
Jude Joffe-Block
Kevin Warsh speaks during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2025.
Tierney L. Cross
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Bloomberg via Getty Images
3 things to know about Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh
Scott Horsley
Composer John Luther Adams, photographed in his outdoor studio in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 2017.
Cynthia Adams
The dissenting musical life of John Luther Adams
Tom Huizenga
Texas Standard
The Onion says it’s finally acquired Alex Jones’ Austin-based InfoWars
Jones said last month that his flagship program was circling the drain.
A Central Texas fossil discovery is reshaping how scientists view Texas’ Ice Age
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Circus to Six Flags, ballgowns to Broadway: Celebrating costume designer Winn Morton
As small attack drones become vital in warfare, the US is trying to catch up to other countries
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