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Why the Right Thinks Trump Is Running Away With the Race

Skewed polls and anonymous betting markets are building up Republicans’ expectations. Donald Trump could use that to challenge the result.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 31

Harris camp thinks she’s regained edge on Trump

Vice President Harris and her supporters believe they have the edge in the final hours of the presidential campaign, after several weeks when the campaign felt it was on shaky ground as former ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Time to close America’s bureau of wishful thinking

Trump will not be stopped by legal niceties or moral outrage

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Trump’s European allies think history is turning in their direction

Populist nationalists on both sides of the Atlantic share common ideas. But there are tensions just beneath the surface

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

My Male Partner Cheated on Me With My Gay Best Friend. Now What?

A reader is eager to patch things over with her best friend and her boyfriend after they had a tryst behind her back. But should she be?

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 16

Saquon Barkley vs. Giants: Here's how RB is handling pressure of facing old team, friends

Barkley learned his lesson of trying to make the game bigger than what it is

Sports - CBS Sports - October 17

Why Bonobos Co-Founder Andy Dunn Says a Therapist Can Be an Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

Dunn, who’s been open about his mental health struggles, spoke at the Inc. 5000 Conference on Thursday.

Business - Inc. - October 17

'It hurts': Baker jokes about absence from 'best friend' Andrews during the season

Baker said Andrews doesn't talk to him during the season, even though they're best friends.

Sports - ESPN - October 18

I’m in my 30s, and my lack of close friends is making me sad | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

It might be that you are looking for an idyll that doesn’t exist and rejecting real – though perhaps at times messy – relationships. Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

Putin's expanded BRICS summit proves he has friends — but risks buckling under its own contradictions

World - Yahoo News - October 22

A$AP Rocky to go to trial next year on charges he fired a gun at a former friend

A$AP Rocky is set to go to trial in January on charges that he fired a gun at a former friend and collaborator outside a Hollywood hotel in 2021

Entertainment - ABC News - October 22

My vain and greedy best friend stole £86,000 from our cancer charity

Angela MacVicar feels "hurt and betrayed" by the crimes of Lindsay MacCallum, her best friend of decades.

‘Art and music have always been like friends to me’: painter to the stars Jack Coulter

The Irish artist talks about his synaesthesia and being mutually inspired by musicians such as Elton John and Paul McCartney. Jack Coulter’s earliest memory is of sitting on the sofa in his ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

Barca's impact on MLS goes beyond Lionel Messi and friends: How Riqui Puig turned LA Galaxy into contenders

Puig recorded 13 goals and 16 assists as the Galaxy finished second in the Western Conference

Sports - CBS Sports - October 24

North Korean troops could join war this weekend, Ukraine warns, as Putin alarms his friends and foes

Reports that North Korea is sending soldiers to fight for Russia in Ukraine are likely to be unwelcome in China, which has long been North Korea’s main ally.

Our Fun Friend Bails on Dinner Dates but Still Sends Her Dull Husband. Help!

Tired of being saddled with “dud” husbands when their more exciting wives bow out of plans, a reader wonders if there’s a way to delicately insist that both members of a couple attend.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 30

Rob Gronkowski reveals he is college friends with Yankees fan who interfered with Mookie Betts on foul ball

Gronk noted that he's not surprised to see his fellow Arizona State grad pulling that kind of move

Sports - CBS Sports - October 30

Lisa Kudrow mourns Teri Garr, calling onscreen 'Friends' mom a 'comedic acting genius'

Lisa Kudrow memorializes Teri Garr, who played her mother on 'Friends' and who died Tuesday after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was 'a comedic acting genius.'

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 30

Rob Gronkowski says he was college friends with Yankees fan who grabbed Mookie Betts' glove

"He is all in for his teams. He is all in for the Yankees," Gronkowski said of the fan on Wednesday.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 30

I am the infamous non-responder in our group chat. Does that make me a bad friend? | Louis Hanson

I find it overwhelming to keep up with the never-ending stream of notifications we’re flooded with every day. Sometimes I feel like throwing my phone into a lake. There’s always one nonexistent ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Rishi Sunak keen to remain MP after jetting-off jibes, insist friends

Former PM wants to prove a point by staying the course, but other Tories said to be mulling their own early exit. Rishi Sunak is planning to stay the course in parliament on the backbenches, as ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

Blind date: ‘A drunk birthday girl tried to join our date and had to be forcibly removed by her friends’

Alan, 33, a marketing manager (left), meets Robert, 30, a doctor (right). What were you hoping for? To get out of the usual apps-based dating at the very least – and maybe even the start of ...

World - The Guardian - November 2

‘Modern Love Podcast’: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

The “Somebody Somewhere” star is tired of the same old love stories.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - November 6

How to say 'no' when family and friends ask to borrow money, from a financial therapist

Here's one way to set financial boundaries with friends or family members and how to manage guilt when you need to say no, according to a financial therapist.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

‘I met the actor I replaced at a party!’ From Friends to Paddington, the tricky art of taking over a much-loved character

Sally Hawkins being replaced in the Peruvian bear’s latest romp is nothing new: from Ross’s wife-switch in Friends to Dallas’s short-lived Miss Ellie stand-in, recasting can cause confusion – and ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Artist Kenny Scharf: ‘I’m carrying the torch for friends who couldn’t keep it going’

He worked alongside Keith Haring and Andy Warhol in 1980s New York and now gets his first major institutional show in the same city. In the mid-1980s, Kenny Scharf biked from his Queens studio to ...