Law:
Kirkland & Ellis Lays Off Associates Across US Offices
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Stealth Layoffs Strike Once Again At World's Wealthiest Biglaw Firm
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Hunton Andrews Kurth Names New Restructuring Partner
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February Bar Exam MBE Score Sinks To All-Time Low Thanks To Repeat Testers, COVID-19
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The Best Law School In The World According To The Worst Ranking Methodology In The World
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Nearly $1,000 an hour is rate for second-year associates at these BigLaw firms
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Teacher shot by 6-year-old files $40 million lawsuit, claims warnings ignored
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Cadwalader partner reportedly resigns to lead Trump’s representation in Manhattan DA’s criminal case
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Law firm scammed out of nearly $84K may pursue two claims against Wells Fargo, federal judge says
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Body of Stephen Smith, found dead on South Carolina road, exhumed • Stephen Smith's body has been exhumed, new reward offered: Family attorney
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Former Cohen Milstein partner who led firm’s sex-abuse team charged with child-porn possession
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Say Hello To 'Law Daddy': Gwyneth Paltrow's Lawyer Becomes Viral Trial Hunk
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Trump to be charged Tuesday with 34 felony counts, but spared handcuffs and mug shot • Trump taps white-collar attorney to helm indictment defense • Mugshot? Handcuffs? What to expect at Trump’s NYC arraignment Tuesday • Trump Prepares to Surrender Himself — and Fight Case All the Way • Trump will be fingerprinted and charged early this afternoon • No electronics in courtroom for Trump’s arraignment, judge says • Trump Judge Bars Broadcast of First Hearing in Hush Money Case • How Trump Is Negotiating the Details of His Indictment to Maximize the Drama • Trump Rummaged Through Boxes of Classified Materials at Mar-a-Lago: Report • Justice Dept. said to have more evidence of possible Trump obstruction at Mar-a-Lago • Trump Personally Rifled Through Mar-a-Lago Docs Before Subpoena — Report • Trump campaign raised $7 million since indictment, aide says • Trump lawyers oppose cameras at arraignment, warn of ‘circus-like atmosphere’ • Trump Vows More Attacks on NYC DA • What Trump risks if he keeps talking about the judge in his N.Y. criminal case • This Judge Is About To Preside Over A Media Circus -- And The Criminal Case Against Donald Trump • Polls: Most Americans support Trump indictment but say politics played role • Will Donald Trump’s mug shot become a defining image of the 21st century? • Trump’s Big Mouth Could Send Him to Jail • In Days Before Trump Appears in Court, Few Signs Point to a Jan. 6 Repeat • Michael Cohen on the Trump indictment: "I expect complete and total mayhem" • Trump’s Team Blasts His Lawyer as ‘Dumb’ ‘Loudmouth’ • Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina warns that we might be on the 'eve of destruction' the night before Trump's arraignment • Trump faces felony charge, source says • Trump heads into unknown as New York arraignment looms • Hours from his own arraignment, Trump says Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg should 'INDICT HIMSELF' • Why gag order fight could play right into Trump's hands in hush-money case • Trump's lawyers believe a Manhattan judge will impose a gag order on Monday that will ban him talking about his Tuesday arrest in NYC - with a penalty of 30 days jail time or $1,000 fine • Manhattan DA’s record distorted amid Trump case • Trump faces setbacks in other probes as NY case proceeds • What's next legally for Trump after indictment • Trump Adds Ex-Manafort Lawyer Todd Blanche to His Defense Team • 13 questions and answers on Trump’s indictment • Russian Bomb Hoax Targets Manhattan District Attorney's Office • Trump Arrives in Manhattan Ahead of Arraignment Circus • Covering the Courthouse Circus • Trump's bigger legal danger • The Trump Indictment Reveals More About Our Politics Than It Does About the Ex-President • “Soros-backed”: The GOP’s favorite attack on the man prosecuting Trump, explained • The four criminal investigations into Donald Trump, explained
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ABA asks Supreme Court to review Alabama case involving fixed bail amounts
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My phone, my credit card, my hacker, and me
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Florida becomes 26th state to allow permitless carry of concealed guns • Florida concealed carry goes permitless, and gun instructors hope for the best
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Nashville school shooter spent months planning attack, police say • Nashville shooter fired 152 shots inside school, documented plans to commit mass murder, police say
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States aim to boost school safety after Tennessee shooting
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This New Abortion Ban Could Wipe Out Abortion Access in the South • Florida Senate approves 6-week abortion ban as two Republicans vote 'no' • Mexico Network Helps US Women with Abortions
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TX: Bill Attacking Trans Kids Advances
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Neo-Nazi Who Firebombed Drag-Friendly Church Had Been Spewing Anti-LGBTQ Hate • Tennessee Judge Rules That Law Banning Drag Shows Is Constitutionally BS • Even the CMT Awards Show Had a Group in Drag
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"Most wanted" couple arrested in Mexico, 5 kids missing from U.S. rescued
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Nurse practitioner dubbed "Rock Doc" convicted of illegally prescribing opioids
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Lori Vallow trial: 'Cult mum' accused of killing 'zombie kids' buried in pet cemetery • Grandparents of Lori Vallow's slain son say cult mom 'not winning' triple murder trial
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Florida man gets lengthy prison term for shooting himself
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JPMorgan Bankers Joked About Epstein’s Reputation, USVI Says
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Twin sisters accused of murdering 70-year-old father with garden shears
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Fugitive former chief of staff to Maryland gov. dead after confrontation with FBI
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Judges:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Appoints New Bankruptcy Judge for District of Nevada
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Jackson dissent: SCOTUS should have heard case of death-row inmate who didn’t get co-defendant’s confession • SCOTUS denies death penalty case of man whose innocence is supported by co-defendant's confession
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Dems Consider Going After Supreme Court's Money If They Don't Get An Actual Ethics Rule
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Fifth Circuit Holds Judge Can Block Attorney From His Facebook Page
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Who is Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing Trump’s arraignment • He already rocked MAGA world — twice. Now he’s Trump’s judge.
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Wall Street:
Stock futures rise as Dow and S&P 500 look to extend 4-day winning streak
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US stocks end mixed as energy sector rides surge in oil prices while tech stocks fall
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Wall Street dealmaking activity dives in Q1
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Sentiment Toward Stocks Hasn’t Been This Bad in Years, Bank of America Says
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Layoffs:
UBS may slash 36,000 jobs worldwide after Credit Suisse takeover
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McDonald’s closes corporate offices as it lays off hundreds of workers • Why McDonald’s is laying off corporate workers in a solid economy
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Walmart's Job Cuts To Affect 2,000 Positions In Its E-Commerce Warehouses: Report
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Apple to Make Small Number of Job Cuts in Some Corporate Retail Teams
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Labor:
Starbucks union puts pressure on board members with butter sculpture, billboards
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E-Commerce:
Online bulk retailer Boxed to wind down retail ops
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Retailing:
Ousted Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Tritton sues over unpaid severance
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Economy:
Here's everything the Fed has done wrong in handling the economy and why its reputation is in tatters, according to Mohamed El-Erian • El-Erian: The Fed's Credibility Problem
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Fed’s Lisa Cook Says Inflation Is Easing but More Is Needed
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The coming doom loop
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Oil Price Jolt Compounds the Inflation Puzzle for Central Banks • Fed’s Bullard Says It’s Unclear What Higher Oil Price Means for Rates
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'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini Warns of Looming Banking Crisis and Trilemma for Central Banks
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Manufacturing comes off its high boil • ISM® Manufacturing index Decreased to 46.3% in March
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A new survey shows young workers hate their jobs — and employers should be really worried
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Google to cut down on employee laptops, services and staplers for ‘multi-year’ savings
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A message for male CEOs on return to office from a Wall Street female leader
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Tipping in the United States has gotten out of control, experts say. Here’s why
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Would Life Be Better if You Worked Less? - WSJ
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The Rise of the Greedconomy
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:
Home prices suddenly jump after several months of declines • Black Knight Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Increased Slightly in February; Prices Up 1.9% YoY • Home prices soar suddenly after several months of declines
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Housing April 3rd Weekly Update: Inventory Decreased 0.8% Week-over-week
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US house prices may tumble another 8% this year as homebuyers feel the squeeze, KPMG says
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Construction Spending Decreased 0.1% in February
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The Urban Exodus Narratives Are Wrong
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Spiraling housing prices spark worry about Hawaii’s future
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Manhattan real estate sales plunge 38%, but cash deals hit all-time record
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Florida property insurance rates set to jump up to 60%
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Municipalities:
Oversight Board: PREPA bondholder requests 'unreasonable'
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Judge seems skeptical of PREPA bondholders' request for appeal certification
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Ron DeSantis orders Florida's inspector general to see if Disney execs were personally involved with making the loophole to thwart him • How Disney Dodged Ron DeSantis and Kept Control of Its Florida Land - WSJ
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Oil/Gas:
Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel OPEC+ just slashed its crude output – and that's stoked inflation fears. Here's what you need to know. • OPEC+ Wants to Make Oil Speculators Think Twice With Shock Cut • White House Got ‘Heads Up’ On OPEC+ Cut, Downplays Saudi Rift • Biden’s Limited Options to Respond to OPEC+’s Surprise Oil Cut • OPEC+ Output Cut Set to Wipe Out This Quarter’s Oil Surplus
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US Gasoline Prices Seen Rebounding to $4 a Gallon on OPEC+ Cut
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Oil at $100 Is Possible This Quarter, Energy Aspects’ Sen Says • Hello, high oil prices, my old friends
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Texas Governor Sees Opening for Shale in OPEC’s Surprise Oil Cut • Don’t Expect US Shale to Quickly Fill the Gap Left by OPEC+ Cut
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Yellen Says OPEC+ Cut ‘Unconstructive’ as World Fights Inflation
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Crypto:
Ownership Issues in Crypto Cases
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Bittrex Shuts Down US Operations As Regulators Crack Down On Crypto Startups
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A $1 billion lawsuit is making matters worse for Binance
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Healthcare:
Ohio Sues Express Scripts, Cigna, Prime Therapeutics, And Humana Calling PBMs ‘Modern Gangsters’
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Inflation helped drive ACA premiums up 3.4%
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‘I Felt Bullied’: Mother of Child Treated at Transgender Center Speaks Out
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Coal:
Glencore’s Bid for Teck Shows It’s Willing to Abandon Coal
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Religion:
Scientologists to rule on abuse claims against their church, judge says
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Banking:
Unofficial Problem Bank list Decreased to 46 Institutions
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Credit Suisse Faced Bankruptcy Without UBS Deal, SNB’s Schlegel Says • ‘I am truly sorry’: Credit Suisse chair pleads with angry shareholders at annual meeting • Credit Suisse chairman admits failure, anger to shareholders • 'It was too late': Credit Suisse chair Lehman apologises for bank failure
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March’s bank failures show options can be tricky even when traders pick winners
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FDIC Plans to Offer $60 Billion of Signature Loans in the Coming Months
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Regulators Really Have Given Up Trying To Teach Wells Fargo A Lesson
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Fraud:
Prosecutors urge no bail for Chinese man in $1B fraud case
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Accounting:
EY fined over audits of failed German payments firm Wirecard
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Movie Theaters:
Cineworld issues update over future of its UK cinemas after filing for bankruptcy
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Bosses at debt-riddled Cineworld set to be ousted after rescue deal
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Cosmetics:
Revlon cleared to exit bankruptcy with $2.7 bln debt reduction deal • Revlon to leave bankruptcy without longtime owner Ron Perelman
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Lehman:
Insurer Defeats Lehman Brothers Foreign Unit’s Attempt to Recover Alleged $485 Million Loss
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Warehouses:
The US Warehouse Capital Boomed During the Pandemic. Now It's Facing a Slowdown
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory
Recent Ch. 11 Filings (35 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (5 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) • Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Mass Torts:
Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Headed to Federal Appeals Court
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Long-bankrupt asbestos gasket company revived in search for insurance
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After Johnson & Johnson loses again in bankruptcy case, it's game on for talc lawsuits
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Aviation:
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit rocket firm files for bankruptcy • Virgin Orbit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. • Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection as it seeks a buyer
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Politics:
Disney CEO Bob Iger rips Ron DeSantis over ‘anti-Florida’ retaliation • Iger Slams DeSantis For Being 'Anti-Business, Anti-Florida'
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DeSantis Orders Investigation Into How He Was Outsmarted So Easily
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Trump’s scandal-plagued ‘24 run is sparking Dem anxiety of a ‘16 redux
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Trump, Trump, Trump -- US TV turns to old habits
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‘60 Minutes’ Let Marjorie Taylor Greene Spout a Bunch of Transphobic BS on National TV • Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘60 Minutes’ Segment Was a Lesson in How Legacy Media Fails • Greene: Democrats are Pedophiles
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Biden's shifting reelection announcement
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GOP's 2024 Trump critics find new life with Manhattan indictment
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Republicans grapple with their weakness among Generation Z voters
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House GOP's Biden investigations sputter out of the gate
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A Key Wisconsin Race Will Show Just How Important Abortion Is to Voters • Abortion access at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court race • Wisconsin's record-shattering Supreme Court race barrels to an end
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Dems dump 500 pages of DeSantis opposition research
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North Dakota legislature fails to override veto of transgender pronoun bill • Veto stands: Transgender pronouns OK in North Dakota schools
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Tennessee lawmakers stripped of committees after joining gun violence protests • Tennessee GOP members move to oust 3 Dems after gun protest • Tennessee GOP file resolutions to expel three Democrats who led gun reform chants on House floor • Tennessee GOP begins expulsion process for 3 Democrats, House session devolves into chaos
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History:
Trump's been indicted, but Ulysses S. Grant was the first president to be arrested
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Trump is first ex-president to be indicted. But he's not the first to run indicted, or convicted
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Tech:
After layoffs, tech stocks boom
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In generative AI legal Wild West, the courtroom battles are just getting started
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At Elon Musk's Twitter, speech is anything but free • Twitter’s wild ride under Elon Musk — 1 year later • Twitter appears to limit visibility of tweets containing words like 'trans,' 'gay,' and 'queer' sent over DM • The ridiculous but important Twitter check mark fiasco keeps getting worse
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Autos:
Vehicles Sales at 14.82 million SAAR in March; Up 9.3% YoY
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Tesla shares fall after deliveries report raises concern of more price cuts • Tesla falls 7% as first quarter deliveries show growing inventory buildup and analysts say that more price cuts may be needed
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General Motors’ U.S. sales jump 18% in the first quarter
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Worst time to buy car in decades
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Tesla Jury Awards $3.2 Million to Ex-Worker Over Factory Racism
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Climate:
What we know about how climate change affects tornado outbreaks • Tornadoes touching down in new areas; season is starting sooner and lasting longer, experts say
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More severe weather forecast for battered South, Midwest
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California's Biggest Snowpack in 70 Years Brings Threat of Floods
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Maritime:
Shock OPEC+ Output Cuts to Hit Demand and Rates for Oil Tankers
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Education:
Community colleges are reeling. ‘The reckoning is here.’
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As Book Bans Gain Favor, Some Say Libraries Could Go
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Texas judge orders banned books returned to library shelves
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UK:
Former Trader Offers UK Retail Buyers a Way Into Distressed Debt
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EU:
ECB Half-Point Hike ‘Still on Cards’ for May, Holzmann Says
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Canada:
Business Outlook Turns Negative in Canada Amid Higher Rates
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Russia:
Ukraine mocks Russian claim to have taken Bakhmut, says attacks repelled
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Finland to join NATO on Tuesday. What will it take for Sweden to follow?
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China:
Evergrande Signs Restructuring Agreement With Major Creditors
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Mexico:
GOP's war on the cartels
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India:
The Rise of “Consolidated Insolvency” in Real Estate Sector
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France:
Paris Garbage Workers to Resume Strike April 13 Over Pension Reform
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