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TOP SIGNAL23
Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.
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The Geneva-based body raised its growth forecast for the global trade in goods this year to 3.9% from 1.9%, and lifted its projection for next year to 4.1% from 2.6%.
WSJ Social & Economy11hmacro-monetary9
In 1987, two writers predicted a path to energy independence from the Middle East. What they didn’t anticipate was what the U.S. would do to get there.
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NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover hidden ice, and track dangerous conditions on the lunar surface. The findings could reveal how astronauts can survive and thrive on the Moon while laying the groundwork for future journeys to Mars.
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OpenAI’s trove of new math results doesn’t fully solve any of these highly prestigious open questions, but it seems to make progress on some.
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A report by the secretary-general warned that new technologies could be used to access and criminalize people’s innermost thoughts.
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Technology and its threats were central themes at the Athens Democracy Forum.
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French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.
NYT Business6hmacro-monetary8
A strike near Qatar, far from the usual flashpoint at the Strait of Hormuz, raises fears of wider disruptions.
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The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found.
NYT Science9henvironmental-risk-intel8
The bill could upend the system that moves billions of dollars in fees that merchants hate and banks use to power rewards.
WSJ Markets5hregulation-antitrust8
The state attorney general alleges the insurer used its dominant position to drive up health costs for patients.
WSJ US News8hregulation-antitrust8
College students who cultivate the habits of discourse and debate will have an edge.
WSJ US News4hpublic-policy8
President Trump dismissed the term as a Democratic hoax. Now, right-leaning podcasters are mentioning it about as often as left-leaning ones.
WSJ Social & Politics6hpublic-policy8
The highest mortgage rates in three years are putting pressure on home prices in some metro areas where the market is starting to tilt toward buyers.
WSJ Personal Finance8hmacro-monetary8
The leaders of AI’s biggest companies refuse to admit they’re in control.
The Atlantic1hai-governance8
People inside the bureau believe that Kash Patel is “desperate” to deliver indictments—and generate headlines—that would please the president.
The Atlantic10hpublic-policy8
The Frederick County School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday night to ban students from using artificial intelligence across all grade levels, from pre-K through 12th grade.
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A new Army report revealed a series of systemic failures that led to a midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in January 2025.
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Researchers at Yale have identified a promising new approach to osteoarthritis that could do more than simply ease pain. The epilepsy drug lacosamide appears to block a protein involved in both pain signaling and cartilage destruction, helping damaged joints shift back toward repair in preclinical studies.
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Scientists accidentally discovered a microscopic organism with a genetic code that breaks a rule researchers thought was nearly universal. While testing a new DNA sequencing technique, they examined a previously unknown protist collected from a freshwater pond at Oxford University. To their surprise, the organism uses two genetic signals that normally mark the end of a gene to encode two entirely different amino acids instead. These signals were previously thought to evolve together, making the discovery particularly remarkable.
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Artist's concept of the "phoenix planet" swirling around its white dwarf parent. (NASA/ESA/Leah Hustak, STScI) A planetary phoenix arising from its mother’s ashes? ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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GENERAL25
The US have been defined for so long by the next singular player. This past perfect window shows that era may be over Sign up for our free newsletter here In 1990, then-United States men’s national team manager Bob Gansler made a critical and somewhat controversial choice. He left three of the program’s laureled veterans at home and brought a young and little-tested team to the World Cup in Italy, the USA’s first in 40 years. As Gansler recalled later: “I was thinking not only for ’90, but I was thinking about the 90s.” Continue reading...
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Cassidy Hutchinson told panel she had been told Trump lunged for wheel of SUV to try to join mob at Capitol Prosecutors in the justice department’s civil rights division are seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top Trump White House aide who gave explosive testimony to the committee that investigated the US attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter. The potential charges involve lying to Congress, the person said. Continue reading...
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Aminata Seck released on $2,500 bond after two months Chinese player Qingfang Pang detained since September Mississippi Valley State express concern for player A Kentucky State University women’s basketball player from Senegal who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been released after spending two months in custody. At a hearing on Tuesday, a judge granted Aminata Seck a $2,500 bond, which was posted on Wednesday after ICE declined to appeal, according to Hishem Alsalman, managing attorney of Alsalman Law Office. Continue reading...
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Donald Trump’s latest campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, was rocked by repeated protests as the US president urged Texas voters to back the embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton. At least half a dozen demonstrators interrupted the US president during his speech, with some led away by police. One was physically assaulted by a Trump supporter as he tried to leave the arena. The Republican campaign to maintain control of the Senate has become increasingly focused on Texas, where the Democrat James Talarico has emerged as a serious threat Continue reading...
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AI is already implicated in violent deaths and nearly started world war three. Those bad things? They only happen to other people Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, has some words for you about his company and the future of artificial intelligence. “One of the differences between us and some of the stricter AI safety people is that we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency [to use it],” Altman told Politico’s new technology podcast and newsletter Decoded . Moustafa Bayoumi is the author of the award-winning books How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America and This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror. He is professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
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Researchers will explore whether weight-loss drugs can deter risky or impulsive financial decisions. "It might be very good financially for the average person," one neuroscientist said.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has returned home after a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war. The extended deployment drew attention following reports of crew stress and supply shortages.
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Studies suggest women are getting angrier, but are they just more open about it?
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A judge has extended a temporary block on Trump's media ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico. CBS News' legal correspondent Jessica Levinson has more.
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The Army report — completed in May and released publicly Thursday after months of pressure from the victims' families — identified failures involving air traffic control, helicopter routes, training and safety practices.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln and its more than 4,500 sailors returned home to San Diego on Thursday for the first time in 321 days.
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Student protests are continuing at Cornell over the school's handling of an alleged gang rape. CBS News' Lilia Luciano has more from Cornell's campus.
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The UK's data watchdog is investigating a spike in complaints about "robo calls" that appear to lead to a recruitment scam.
BBC Top Stories1h4
The developing El Niño may impact the UK's weather prospects this autumn and winter but cold conditions are far from guaranteed.
BBC Top Stories1h8
President Trump is saying the U.S. won't attack Iran again before the midterms as candidates face off in Georgia, Maine and Michigan in Thursday night debates. CBS News' political director Fin Gómez has more.
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Peter Fonagy lauds courage of young people and warns of consequences of rising prevalence of mental illness Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds Explainer | What has the Fonagy review found and what does it recommend? Eighteen months ago, in an off-the-cuff remark during a discussion on disability benefit cuts, Wes Streeting said mental health conditions were being “overdiagnosed”, riding headlong into another culture war. He later apologised for the comment, but at the time it seemed the then health secretary had endorsed a populist view that ordinary stresses and disappointments had become too often medicalised, resulting in a surge of bogus clinical diagnoses and creating a “snowflake generation” of fragile, avoidant and workshy young people. I am in awe of their courage. Young people are contending with more powerful forces than I ever faced Continue reading...
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Nine in 10 school heads who responded say inspections still ‘negatively affected’ staff mental health School inspections in England continue to damage the mental wellbeing of teachers and senior leaders, according to a survey commissioned by Ofsted that casts doubt on efforts to reduce the stress caused by inspectors’ visits. The independent survey of school leaders who had undergone the revised inspections since last year found that 88% said it had “negatively affected” the mental wellbeing of school staff, including 29% who said it affected them “a lot”. Continue reading...
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The review, which focuses on younger people, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis.
BBC Top Stories1h5
The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how leaders in Moscow manage the official narrative that often covers up the truth for years.
PBS NewsHour1h6
Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump's unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from the war in Iran.
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In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge extended White House access for three news outlets until a final ruling on President Trump's press ban is reached, the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, accusing the tech giant of abusing the system and Ukraine says a Russian guided bomb killed at least 33 people on public buses in the eastern city of Kramatorsk.
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Christa Pike, the Tennessee woman who survived a botched execution, has reportedly taken a few steps in her hospital room six days after she received two lethal injections. Justice correspondent Ali Rogin discussed questions surrounding the state of capital punishment with Austin Sarat, author of "Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution."
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The $11-a-share offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997 Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI datacentre business failed to materialise. A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Continue reading...
Guardian World1h5
The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Turkmenistan ahead of regional summit.
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Fusing faith and politics is almost a no-brainer for many Republicans hoping to hold public office. But this election cycle, 12 pastors, seminarians and former clergy ran as Democrats, with about half securing nominations. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with NPR religion correspondent Jason Derose, who recently spent time on the campaign trail with several of these candidates.
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POLICY ACADEMIA25
Regulation antitrust4
The move comes as the Trump administration targets alleged abuses of immigration systems.
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The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads.
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A judge in London said that a “significant error” had been made in the granting of search warrants in an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
NYT World News8h⊕37
The judge overseeing the case said that the pause would extend until next week, and promised to decide whether to further extend it by Tuesday.
NYT Home Page3h5
Public policy21
Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.
NYT US News22h7
The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing expands it for larger aircraft.
NYT World News11h7
Anger about classroom overcrowding, teacher shortages and broken-down buildings has boiled over in recent weeks, and threatens to coalesce into broader grievances in a heated political season.
NYT World News2h7
Without entitlement reform, the U.S. won’t avoid the fiscal miseries that roil the Paris streets.
WSJ World News5h7
Blame Washington, not state utility commissions, for slowing down the construction of electric transmission lines.
WSJ US Business4h7
Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers calls for a halt to the trade war with Canada.
WSJ US News2h7
In his first interview on the job, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, a private-equity billionaire, defended his unusual approach.
WSJ Social & Politics1h7
The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.
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Mass protests over decrepit schools and absent teachers are in their third week, with more planned. Officials have failed so far to quell a movement drawing many adult supporters.
NYT World News4h6
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine revealed last month that two POWs defected to South Korea. South Korea accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement.
NYT World News11h6
Israel had threatened to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, a center of outreach to Palestinians for decades. A last-minute agreement means a smaller diplomatic service will remain.
NYT World News12h6
India’s youngest students are staging sit-ins and protesting the run-down conditions of their schools, drawing inspiration from the Gen Z protests that roiled the country this summer.
NYT World News17h⊕26
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, inflicted severe physical and mental pain on both Americans and Venezuelans to silence dissent and protect their authority, according to prosecutors.
NYT NY Region3h6
Israel is fortifying bases along a dividing line with Hamas as its military entrenches in the enclave.
WSJ World News19m6
The program is broke, with a 22% benefit cut coming soon. So who’s really pushing granny off that cliff?
WSJ US News2h6
The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.
NYT Home Page3h5
It is unclear what changes could result from the Army report, which is unlikely to satisfy critics of the military’s response to the D.C. crash.
NYT US News1h5
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani moves to widen free child care programs in New York City, a survey found that many parents would prefer more time off to care for babies at home.
NYT NY Region9h5
States said the cash infusion will help bolster efforts to increase vaccinations and identify cases.
NYT Wellness4h5
A snap poll is an opening for voters to correct the mess that resulted from the last one.
WSJ World News2h5
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.
NYT Home Page4h4
MARKETS FINANCE13
Equities earnings4
A conversation about the biggest financial scandal in football history.
NYT World News3h7
Even though sales rose in the most recent quarter, the beverage and snack company is under increasing pressure to expand its business in North America, as consumers cut costs and calories.
NYT Business5h6
Viatris has agreed to buy pain-drug maker Pacira BioSciences for $1.65 billion in a deal that expands the healthcare company’s medicines portfolio.
WSJ US Business11h4
PepsiCo cut its full-year earnings outlook as it faces inflation, higher advertising costs and continued weakness in its North American business, even as the company works to reduce expenses and revive sales.
WSJ US Business10h4
Macro monetary5
The World Trade Organization said that the drag on global trade from the war in the Middle East was more than offset by spending on goods related to artificial intelligence.
NYT Business6h7
U.S. finances are stuck in a rut that alarms policymakers, but hasn’t moved them to change course.
WSJ Social & Politics5h7
Beijing is pursuing big technological advances while shunning painful policy measures needed to fix the broader economy.
WSJ World News7h6
U.S. stocks ended mixed after oil futures jumped, volatility continued in bond markets and doubts surfaced about artificial-intelligence profits.
WSJ Markets3h4
The number of people who filed for unemployment benefits was 197,000 in the week through Oct. 3, lower than the revised 199,000 reported a week earlier, the Labor Department said.
WSJ Social & Economy11h4
Commodities energy1
Plus: Africa’s richest man plans a refinery on a pristine coastline, Middle East oil exports are returning to normal and the Supreme Court is pondering climate lawsuits.
WSJ US Business10h7
Portfolio theory1
Soaring yields are making bond returns look more attractive, but there is more to it than that.
WSJ Markets2h5
Valuation analysis2
But exchange’s managers say it’s too soon to talk about expansion.
WSJ US Business4h4
The cloud-computing company scrapped plans for what would have been Australia’s largest initial public offering in almost 30 years.
WSJ US Business1h4
AI ML4
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Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.
NYT Technology1h7
Fueled by demand for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity startups are raising funds at a record pace, as investors compete for equity in a booming market.
WSJ US Business14h5
Agentic systems1
These hyperactive helpers can sometimes overshare, overpromise and overpurchase.
WSJ Lifestyle1h5
Ai governance1
Neither a scholar nor a scientist, someone like him shouldn’t be in charge of the future of humanity.
WSJ US News2h4
STRATEGY BUSINESS5
Audience newsletter1
Rappler’s answer to state-sponsored lies and harassment was to stop using corporate social media as its public square.
The Atlantic7h7
Branding positioning2
Bergdorf Goodman, which has survived two bankruptcies in six years, is getting back to its white-glove origins.
NYT Business7h4
The plant-based food company, which has dropped the word “Meat” from its branding, recently moved into faster-growing categories such as protein bars, supplements and beverages.
WSJ US Business6h4
Unsorted2
The new division, dubbed XP, aims to help Xbox’s roster of video games grow their fan bases, and connect with them more deeply, Microsoft said.
WSJ US Business9h5
Elite financial firms are recruiting earlier and paying handsomely for prospective talent.
WSJ Lifestyle23h4
SCIENCE HISTORY13
Biology medicine7
Just seven strength-training sessions helped obese mice shrink visceral fat cells and reactivate molecular pathways involved in burning stored fat, despite no change in overall body weight. The findings suggest some benefits of resistance exercise may begin long before weight loss becomes visible, though the results still need to be confirmed in humans.
Science Daily Health Medicine15h7
A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it. The meter-tall colonies rise from seafloors covered in brittle stars, inspiring the Tolkien-inspired name Laurinque elenya, or “golden tree of the stars.” Advanced genetic analysis revealed that the coral belongs to a previously unknown evolutionary lineage.
Science Daily Marine Biology11h7
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Many of nature's most colorful animals eat plenty of carotenoids. The post Why are some animals so colorful? Blame this pigment. appeared first on Popular Science .
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X-ray of a seven-year-old’s jaw. (–1001-/iStockphoto/Getty Images) Here’s what we know. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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(Suzi Media Production/iStockphoto/Getty Images) And maybe more sustainably, too. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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Physics cosmology3
Einstein Probe revealed nearly 10 minutes of soft X-ray activity following a short gamma-ray burst, exposing a phase of neutron star mergers that previous missions may have missed. The prolonged emission could have been powered by a newly formed magnetar and may provide a valuable new counterpart to gravitational-wave signals.
Science Daily Space Time14h6
Fuel particles embedded in the dirt aren't changing much, and that's actually a good thing. The post Chernobyl particles look remarkably similar to explosion day in 1986 appeared first on Popular Science .
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Even astronauts need to jot down their thoughts. The post NASA shares Artemis II astronauts’ handwritten mission notes appeared first on Popular Science .
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Earth paleontology1
T. rex ruled the land. These Cretaceous Era apex predators had the sea. The post 20,000-pound mosasaurs ambushed prey with sneak attacks appeared first on Popular Science .
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Ancient history archaeology2
‘This is Rome becoming Rome in a sculpture.’ The post 2,000-year-old marble torso symbolizes the dawn of ancient Rome appeared first on Popular Science .
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Eight centuries after the legends took shape, Arthur's world continues to inspire filmmakers, musicians, advertisers, and ideologues. The post Why King Arthur Still Shapes Pop Culture appeared first on JSTOR Daily .
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CULTURE LIFE2
They thought it might explain why their health had diverged. Instead, it stirred up feelings that weren’t so easily quantified.
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An ambitious retrospective examines the life and work of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner—to brilliant effect.
The Atlantic12h4
INCERTA ENVIRONMENTAL2
Environmental risk intel1
I admittedly go a bit overboard when it comes to worrying about climate risks. But I also believe it will eventually pay off.
WSJ Lifestyle5h6
Disaster recovery insurance1
Chevron, Shell and Harbour Energy have begun curbing production and evacuating personnel from offshore facilities as the region braces for the hurricane.
WSJ World News13h4
CREATIVE CRAFT1
It took a perilous trip through an Alpine blizzard to show the world the dictator was dead.
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MISC8
The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
NYT Technology3h7
The carrier, which was responsible for 60% of fliers who were involuntarily removed from flights, said test programs worked to curb the practice.
WSJ US Business3h5
After thousands of foodborne illnesses this year, the produce giant will suspend some harvesting and processing during peak summer months.
WSJ US Business6h5
Welcome to the postliterate era.
NYT Home Page3h4
The director, Michael Brennan, oversees 45 federal workers, including hurricane specialists and meteorologists.
NYT Science6h⊕24
“He saved it from forever being lost,” the auction house said of the person who found a Gertrude Abercrombie painting at an estate sale in Kalamazoo, Mich.
NYT Arts22h4
Sitting shiva and reciting kaddish help a lost one’s memory become a blessing.
WSJ World News5h4
At 92, I see how our formative years tend to shape our politics.
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