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- Researchers in Israel have dug up the remains of a different type of human that lived 100,000 years ago.
- An heir to the Gore-Tex fortune has been bankrolling a rag-tag group of "spies" that's been trying to infiltrate Democratic and moderate Republican groups to gather dirt that could help Trumpian politicians.
- Nikki Haley is poking around Iowa, ostensibly in preparation for a 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
- People who fled to Southampton during the pandemic have wreaked havoc on the area's sewage system.
- Climate experts and urban planners warn that focusing on a transition to electric vehicles, instead of a move towards public transportation, will undercut environmental goals and exacerbate racial and income disparities.
- Anyway, Ferrari made a hybrid.
- Snooki is back on Jersey Shore.
- Lily Collins will play Polly Pocket in a new live-action movie written and directed by Lena Dunham.
- Leslie Jones has tuned in to the U.S. Olympic track and field trials and God she's so good.
- And finally, some summer Friday inspiration:
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