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• Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2026 is out
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• The lowdown on the new travel requirement for Americans visiting the U.K.

Humanity

In New Book, Therapist Defines 5 Communication Types — Why It Helps to Know Yours

​​Jason VanRuler is an author and psychotherapist specializing in communication, attachment, and relationships.
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​Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking to yourself “That went really well,” only to learn later that the conversation did not actually go well?
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If so, you’re far from alone. In fact, almost everyone has had this experience at some point. The reason is simple; we often view our words and communication through the lens of our intentions rather than how they were received by others.
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As a therapist, I have had a front-row seat to conversations between couples, teams, and others that have gone amazingly well, have ended badly, and everything in between. As I write about in Discovering Your Communication Type (published earlier this week), I noticed distinct communication types and patterns during the past decade working with clients and realized there are five main types. Underneath each was a powerful “Why” that explained the drive behind someone’s communication. And when you know “Why” you communicate, improving “How” you communicate becomes much easier to do.
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​Read VanRuler’s article to learn the five types.​

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Culture

The Big Picture: Movie Theaters Are Making a Comeback

Heading out for that date-night classic, dinner and a movie — perhaps with a Nicole Kidman cameo? You’re in good company. Movie ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada are up nearly 16% this year compared to 2025, with 154 million sold. And the year-to-date domestic box office revenue is about 23% higher than last year, according to Comscore.
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“This is the year we wanted last year,” David A. Gross, who writes the FranchiseRe movie industry newsletter, told the Los Angeles Times. “There is wind at the back of the industry right now.” Execs attribute the post-COVID momentum to a steady cadence of bankable blockbusters, such as Project Hail Mary and Hoppers, that make people excited to get up from the couch. Not to mention the slew of sequels in the queue, like The Devil Wears Prada 2, Toy Story 5, and Dune: Part 3, that are expected to further the upward trend.
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“We’re getting into that cadence we needed in terms of having good movies, different types of movies being released every weekend,” added Cinépolis USA CEO Luis Olloqui. “This year in general, we’re feeling more confident, more optimistic.” Explore a thorough list of upcoming releases.​

Environment

There’s a Secret World of Ground-Nesting Bees Beneath a New York Cemetery

It may sound like an oxymoron, but life is thriving at a cemetery in upstate New York. Researchers found an estimated 5.56 million ground-nesting bees at the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, making it one of the largest — and likely one of the oldest — recorded aggregations of these solitary bees.
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To estimate how many of the pollinators were living underground, Cornell University scientists spent about a month and a half in 2023 collecting bees at various sites across the cemetery. They found an “extraordinary abundance,” they wrote in a paper published this week, noting for reference that a honeybee colony typically includes around 30,000 individuals.
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Rest assured, ground-nesting bees are known for being docile ecosystem engineers that rarely sting. In addition to pollinating, the insects improve soil health by aerating the ground, which, in turn, benefits plants.
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“The solitary bees are totally underappreciated. I spend a lot of time trying to encourage people to appreciate the solitary bees, just because they do so much, and they’re kind of under the radar,” senior study author Bryan Danforth told Scientific American. “But they’re fascinating creatures.”

Global Good

🇮🇳 India debuted its first “red road” to trigger drivers to slow down and prevent animal-vehicle collisions (read more)
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🇳🇴 An HIV patient in Norway got a stem cell transplant from his brother and is now free of the virus years later (read more)
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🇯🇵 278 lives remembered: A memorial honored the victims of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan (read more)
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🇪🇬 After six years of excavations, an ancient Egyptian temple was found in northern Sinai (read more)
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🇨🇦 There’s new evidence that wolverines might be making a comeback in the Labrador region of Canada (read more)

Inspiring Story

Operation: Save a Sea Turtle

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What started as an annual beach clean turned into a turtle rescue mission. Volunteers picking up litter on South Carolina’s Folly Beach spotted a young Kemp’s ridley sea turtle struggling in the water with a hook caught in its mouth. Luckily, the volunteers dislodged most of the hook, and the turtle was able to be released without needing extra care.

Photo of the Day

It was a day for Jackie Robinson on Wednesday. Every MLB player, coach, and umpire wore No. 42 to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Robinson becoming the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. That included the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers, pictured here. “[It is] a special day, especially for me as a Latino,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said, per the Associated Press. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t because of him.”

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Up This Weekend

1. Paris Book Festival: Today through Sunday, publishers, authors, and general literary enthusiasts will gather at Paris’ Grand Palais for a celebration of “books in all their forms”
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2. World Heritage Day: This April 18 observance, more formally known as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, raises awareness for strengthening and safeguarding cultural heritage sites, from the Statue of Liberty to the Pyramids of Giza
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3. Boston Marathon: Monday is Patriots’ Day, a Massachusetts state holiday marked most famously by the Boston Marathon — meet some of the notable athletes who will be on the starting line
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Odds & Ends

🎤 A new Madonna album is less than three months away
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🐘 Baby picture book, elephant edition​
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🏰 If you like Disneyland, you’ll love this house in LA
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🍇 Mushy grapes be gone … for two weeks, that is

Quote of the Day

“Put something silly in the world that ain’t been there before.”

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– SHEL SILVERSTEIN