June 30, 2026

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Law:

Biglaw’s Newest Transatlantic Giant Unveils An Ambitious Global Vision
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So… Maybe Bar Examiners Need An Actual Plan For Emergencies?
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The Side Hustle Myth Lawyers Need To Stop Believing
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Is AI getting better at law school exams? Maybe not, new study shows
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The rise of vibe lawyering
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Baker Botts Leader Says AI Threatens Rivals’ Associates, Not His
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Kirkland Advances AI Strategy to Litigation With Syllo Tie-Up
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Can law schools learn from computer science programs in the debate on generative AI?
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Legal AI And The ‘New And Improved Detergent’ Problem
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Five Campbell Law graduates earn Stubbs Bankruptcy Fellowships
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Lawyer used technical experience to fight $100 speeding ticket
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Trump Was Indicted Under the Espionage Act. Why Can’t We Read the Report?
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Fear grips Haitian communities after Supreme Court ruling unwinds protection from deportationThe Ohio City Revived by Haitian Immigration Sees an Uncertain Future ICE pays state police set up immigration checkpoints in the interior of the United States
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ICE fines attorney over $250K for allegedly filing false asylum claims
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Conservative presidential power expert set to assist investigation into Trump foes
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US Hires Trump Lawyer’s Sullivan & Cromwell for NY Hotel Deal
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Alan Dershowitz loses a bid to revive a $300 million suit against CNN
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Alex Murdaugh’s true crime saga continues as he’s back in court for hearing on his murder retrialRetrial Tentatively Set for April 2027
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The NRA Is Suing Itself In All The Courts At Once
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Mangione’s Federal Trial Delayed Until January
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Inmates take control of a North Carolina jail after overpowering correctional staff
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Grandma ‘poisoned four grandkids & daughter’ days before children due to go live with dad
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Sick note praising Ted Bundy found in home of man ‘tied to two missing women’ after fight with girlfriend sounded alarm
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Stepdad who forced 11-year-old to have baby at home without medical care learns his fate
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Man beat woman with nunchucks for making him walk home from hospital: Police
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10-year-old Missouri boy charged with murdering baby by shooting her in the head
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FL: Woman, 31, dies after alligator bites off arm while hiking with boyfriend in third horror attack within days
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Grinning teen, 19, ‘hacked mum-of-five, 32, to death as sister and friend, both 21, surrounded her’ after argument
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Judges:

PACER Fees Rising 20 Percent Because Screw You, That’s Why
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DOD Moves to Order Military Lawyers to Be Immigration Judges
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Lisa Graves on the Supreme Court
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Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballotsSupreme Court OKs late-arriving mailed ballots in loss for TrumpOne of Trump’s Supreme Court appointees just saved the late mail ballots he hates so muchA fringe attack on voting rights just got four votes on the Supreme Court
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State proof-of-citizenship voting law gets Supreme Court review
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Barrett footnote in election law case catches Alito cherry-picking 'short-lived' statutes
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Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner and overturns major restraint on presidential powerThe Supreme Court has handed Donald Trump yet more power Fired F.T.C. Commissioner Warns of Potential for Presidential Abuse of Power‘Chaos Will Follow’ Ruling Allowing Trump Firings, Dissent PredictsThe Court Just Handed Trump a Dangerous New Power
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Krugman: The Court Sides With Dictatorship — and Chaos
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Court rules that law enforcement’s use of “geofence warrant” was a “search”Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users location history
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Supreme Court will not consider $5 million verdict against TrumpTrump surprised SCOTUS left $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict intact
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Justices to Weigh Parents Right to Sue Over Trans Youth Policy
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Supreme Court halts order to force reporter to reveal source or pay fine
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The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force
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Would Cameras Inside the Supreme Court Provide Sunshine, or a Stage?
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When justices wade into politics
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Supreme Court disclosures reveal outside incomeSupreme Court Justice’s Side Hustle As An Author Is A Pretty Lucrative GigJustices’ financial disclosures reveal Bad Bunny concert tickets, plenty of travel in 2025
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Two Justices Just Signaled — Again — That They Want To Destroy Press Freedom
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Building A Judicial Legacy
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Wall Street:

 

US Stocks Set to Finish Best Quarter in Six Years
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The trillion-dollar borrowing binge lifting the stock market to risky heights
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There's a 67% chance stocks will suffer a bear market when this rare signal flashes - like it's doing now
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Layoffs:

Yellow Corp. escapes WARN Act payouts
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ADP, International Paper planning more than 200 job cuts in N.J.
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History:

Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country’s founding
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Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
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Resorts:

Broward beach resort headed to foreclosure sale over $40M debt
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Pensions:

20,000 Delphi retirees lost up to 70% of their benefits in GM’s bankruptcy. Trump wants to make it right
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Sports:

Ex-NBA players Malik Beasley, Ed Davis indicted on illegal sports gambling charges for fixing games
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Managed Services:

TPx enters bankruptcy to clear $1.1B in debt
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Trucking:

As Brokers Go bankrupt Transportation Collections Has Become About More Than Just Getting Paid.
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Private Equity:

Escaped kids, hidden abuse — What happens when private equity enrolls in daycare?
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Fireworks:

Fireworks company behind the festival no-show is in its second bankruptcy since 2014
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Economy:

Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governorSupreme Court says Fed’s Cook can keep her job for now, but it upholds other Trump firingsMost Americans have no idea how close we just came to financial chaos Fed's Cook says Supreme Court ruling defends central bank's independenceThe Supreme Court upholds Fed independence by saving Lisa Cook’s job—and also saves U.S. debt from a crisis'No way to remove': Justice Barrett worries SCOTUS decision to spare Federal Reserve governor amounts to 'significant interference' with Trump's power
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‘Cost-of-living crisis’ straining U.S. households: survey
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How Trump’s Crackdown on H-1B Visas Imperils the American Dream
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Central Banks Plan Long-Term Reduction in Dollar Holdings
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As Elon Musk turns 55, his fortune underscores the stark wealth inequality in the U.S.
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Jonathan Swan's 3 things that every CEO needs to know about Trump
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

FHA foreclosure pressure builds as May delinquency rate ticks up
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Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Delinquency Rate Mostly Unchanged in May
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Lawler: Update on the GSEs: MBS Holdings Decline, Interest Rate Risk Measures Keep Rising
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SpaceX IPO sparks race for luxury housing in Southern California
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The $238m Manhattan penthouse at heart of America’s wealth tax war
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Homeowners ‘ordered to take down their US flags or face $100 fines’ ahead of July 4 celebrations
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Where Los Angeles’s ‘mansion tax’ went wrong
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Municipalities:

Small-town USA's July 4th fireworks dreams are going up in smoke
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Oil/Gas:

Oil Prices Rise as U.S. and Iran Discuss Deal to Suspend Attacks in Gulf
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Strait of Hormuz is reopening faster than expected, says Morgan Stanley as it cuts oil-price target
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Horse Racing:

Judge Seeks Higher Bid, Continued Racing at HawthorneBidder for Hawthorne Race Course expected to end horse racing unless another buyer steps inMystery bidder on Hawthorne Race Course facility could end planned “racino” development
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Politics:

Tracking approval and key issues
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America first or family first? Trump's $1.6 billion deal set to profit his sons
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MAHA's Himalayan Testosterone Booster Is Full of Feces?
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Senate Ethics Committee dismisses complaint against Democrat Ruben Gallego by GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
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‘No One’s Coming to Save Us but Us’: Gen Z Runs for Office
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Pete Hegseth’s purges claim one of the military’s superstars
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Gallego faces federal probe over campaign spendingSenate Ethics drops misconduct inquiry into Gallego
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House Dems fear another big loss to the left in Colorado
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Married Texas Republican caught on video with mistress on secret romantic getaway
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How the Left Abandoned the Jews
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Dems' Tea Party-like rebellion built by a decade of frustration
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‘Fiscal Responsibility’ Congressman Plans to Stiff Two-Dozen Campaign Creditors
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Tech:

Bankruptcy Issues Raised by Generative AI: Ownership, Licensing, and Asset Values
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The AI boom's historical warning
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An Entirely Innocent Question About Artificial Intelligence
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AI access fight divides Trump's tech allies
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AI borrowing boom drives tech giants to tap global bond markets as funding needs soar
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Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
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AI Zillionaires Are Starting to Get Scared as the Public Turns Against Them
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Lenovo Warns High Memory Prices are Likely the 'New Normal'
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Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire
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35 publishers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for training ChatGPT with their content
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Ford realized AI wasn’t capable of taking human jobs years ago—and hired 350 ‘gray beard’ engineers to steer its program
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In San Francisco, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough
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How AI is upending the tech workforce
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3 numbers on the cost of AI failures
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AI spending boom accelerates as Big Tech pours trillions into infrastructure
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Hyperscalers could end up resembling airlines—plagued by small margins, intense competition, and high expenses, AI skeptic warns
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The Man Who Saw AI Coming
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Not Even Musk Has The Answer To AI’s Power Shortage
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Student Debt:

Trump's student-loan overhaul takes effect July 1 — but it's not the deadline for borrowers to act on repayment changesStudent loan shake-up hits July 1: Here's what to know
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Personal Finance:

Going back to the office may actually be better for you than working from home
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There's a 'Trump account' hack that can unlock decades of wealth-building for your kid
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Crypto:

Prosecutors request bankruptcy for Dutch crypto firm Knaken
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Media:

The Onion sets July 2 launch for Infowars reboot despite ongoing court battle with Alex Jones — plans to route more than $100K to Sandy Hook families
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Assisted Living:

These states can require you to support your elderly parents, whether you like it or not
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Genesis HealthCare sues Landau, others for ‘looting’ leading to $50M in losses 
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Food/Beverage:

One of Popeyes’ Largest Franchisees Sells 97 Restaurants out of Bankruptcy
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Bankrupt Popeyes franchisee fails to find last-minute buyers to save nearly two dozen locations from shutting for good
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Buffalo Trace Owner Acquires Bankrupt Kentucky Bourbon Distillery for $20 Million
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  New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (30 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (4 new filings today)
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:

Bayer’s Roundup win brings company new life—and renews breakup speculation
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Archdiocese of San Francisco reaches $395M settlement with survivorsSan Francisco archdiocese agrees to $395M settlement with 530 clergy abuse survivors$395 million payout brings reckoning for San Francisco sex abuse casesArchdiocese to write every survivor an apology letter
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Minerals Technologies Inc. Files Plan of Reorganization in BMI OldCo Chapter 11 Cases to Comply with Court Deadline
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Christian Brothers Declare Insolvency to Halt Abuse Payouts Following Billion-Dollar Property Transfers
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Sales:

When Chapter 11 Meets Consumer Protection: Navigating the Limits of § 363(o)
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Consultants:

In the AI age, clients are now asking consulting firms to have 'skin in the game'
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Climate:

Sweltering Midwest heat cancels outdoor plans as cooling centers open and the East braces
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Heat dome to bring 90 to 100-degree temperatures to 200 million in US from late June to early July
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Autobahn melts as heatwave moves east across Europe
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Europe’s ‘Heat Dome’ Has Moved East. Here’s What to Know.
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Twin sisters, 1, found dead from dehydration just hours after mum put them to bed in latest France heatwave tragedy
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Europe’s record heat has overwhelmed Paris mortuaries and left families in distress
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Education:

Central Mass. religious college files for bankruptcy following closure announcementCentral Mass. family says they are owed part of closed college now up for saleBlames closure on falling enrollment
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Top California private school suddenly shuts down — as shameful $400M settlement paid out
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More foreign students stay home, leaving holes in US college budgets
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Retailing:

How digital price tags are spreading at retailers like Walmart — and sparking ‘surveillance’ fears
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Fraud:

Former Chinese Billionaire and Bannon Associate Is Sentenced for FraudExiled Chinese tycoon gets 30 years in prison for billion-dollar fraud
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Americans Lost $3.5 Billion To Imposter Scams Last Year
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Celebs:

Deion Sanders remarks on son Shilo's legal issues. 'They got to stop this'
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Golf:

The road ahead for LIV Golf: 2 scenarios that will determine its future
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Television:

EchoStar's Dish DBS set to file for bankruptcy - reportDish Network, Sling TV parent company prepares bankruptcy filing
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Healthcare:

Jackson Hospital issues statement days after postponing announcement on its future
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What happened as Louisville jail’s healthcare provider went bankrupt
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$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons
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New Bill Led by Democrats Aims to Cap Medicare Out-of-Pocket Costs
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GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy says RFK Jr. broke promises to him, is running HHS on ‘foundation of lies’
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Democratic states sue over Medicaid work rules
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UK:

Insolvency Service is making ‘meaningful improvements’ to the system
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Restructuring veteran Charles Noel-Johnson dies at 50
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UK university insolvency ‘would bring wider contagion risk’
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Former WHSmith chain TG Jones faces insolvency threat as court ruling delayed
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Gen Z have higher incomes and are staying longer at the ‘Hotel of Mum and Dad’
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MENA:

UAE declares Emergency Financial Crisis period under UAE Bankruptcy Law
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US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talksShips Pull Back Amid Heightened Risk From Iran-U.S. StrikesTrump's "Swiss Army" tools on Iran: Vance and RubioWhy US bases in the Persian Gulf are doomedIran Ratchets Up Talk of Controlling Hormuz Ahead of New TalksHormuz tanker traffic recovers as tensions ease
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Mexico:

‘Mexican Batman’ tapes men to lamp posts
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Tourist killed by crocodile at Puerto Vallarta beach
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Venezuela:

Venezuelans search more earthquake ruins as aftershock rattles rescuers in disaster zone
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Final ‘critical hours’ to find Venezuela quake survivors as rescuers say collapsed buildings were ‘held up by Styrofoam’
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Russia:

Russians fight each other at petrol stations after drone strikes hit Putin’s fuel supply
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Putin’s troops have ‘just a 20-min life expectancy’ on frontline as humiliated tyrant lures in 1,000 new soldiers a day
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How Putin could be forced to surrender in months as Ukraine cripples Russia like never before with endgame blitz
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Germany:

No better use of time than a crash course in German hotel insolvency law
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German politicians vow to stop VW’s mass layoff plan
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Six dead after gunman storms youth center and opens fire as cops fear death toll will rise with many seriously injured
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China:

China loses out on AI boom as stocks trail by most since '01
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Netherlands:

Prosecutors push Dutch crypto platform into bankruptcy court to protect investors
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South Korea:

Homeplus's hail Mary
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Kenya:

African Universities Face Insolvency Risk Without Urgent Governance Overhaul, Leaders Warn
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