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Aug 7, 2026
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2 min read
Plus: a Cambridge star's unraveling memoir, lead still in Omaha's cleaned-up yards, and Japan's unloved farm robots.
Environment
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Aug 6, 2026
Plus: Roy Cohn's rules for Donald Trump, al-Qaeda 25 years after 9/11, and the billion-dollar ice industry.
Culture
Aug 5, 2026
Plus: the millions of American kids secretly running their parents' health care, the Vatican's biggest schism in a century, and why teens are chasing brain rot on purpose.
Aug 4, 2026
The five stories that resonated most with LBR readers this month
Human Interest
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