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Hillary and Julie Goodridge with their daughter, Annie (center). "It was a lot of stress for all of us, all the time," says Annie, now 23, of her parents' involvement in the lawsuit that made same-sex marriages legal. "When you have to be on all the time, it's hard to turn yourself off." Meredith Nierman/WGBH hide caption

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How Making History Unmade A Family

Fifteen years ago, Hillary and Julie Goodridge married hours after Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage. But less than five years later, they were getting divorced.

An example of one of the study's ultra-processed lunches consists of quesadillas, refried beans and diet lemonade. Participants on this diet ate an average of 508 calories more per day and gained an average of 2 pounds over two weeks. Hall et al./Cell Metabolism hide caption

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It's Not Just Salt, Sugar, Fat: Study Finds Ultra-Processed Foods Drive Weight Gain

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Hillary and Julie Goodridge with their daughter, Annie (center). "It was a lot of stress for all of us, all the time," says Annie, now 23, of her parents' involvement in the lawsuit that made same-sex marriages legal. "When you have to be on all the time, it's hard to turn yourself off." Meredith Nierman/WGBH hide caption

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How Making History Unmade A Family

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Meet Quinn Christopherson, Winner Of The 2019 Tiny Desk Contest

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Architect I.M. Pei stands in front of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid in Paris, just before the structure's inauguration in March 1989. Pierre Gleizes/AP hide caption

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I.M. Pei, Architect Of Some Of The World's Most Iconic Structures, Dies At 102

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