March 14, 2024

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Law:

Paul Weiss Creates Non-Equity Partnership Tier To Remain 'Competitive' In The Market
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Biglaw's Parental Leave Backslide
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The Law Schools With The Highest Bar Exam Pass Rates (2023)
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Legal professionals desire more expertise about GenAI, survey finds
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Generative AI strategies in the legal landscape
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Leave your firm by year 6 if becoming a GC is your goal, recruiter says
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Judge dismisses several counts against Trump in Georgia election criminal case, others still remain Trump wins rare court victory as Georgia judge dismisses 3 criminal counts against him Georgia judge expected to rule on Fani Willis disqualification: What we know What happens to the Trump Georgia 2020 election case if Fani Willis is disqualified by court?
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Trump lawyers to argue Florida judge should dismiss classified documents case
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Trump's delaying strategy is working so far
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Chubb CEO defends underwriting Trump’s bond in Carroll case: ‘We don’t take sides’
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My Pillow Guy Cancels Supreme Court Show
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The Supreme Court granted Trump amnesty it has no power to give
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Trump Witness/Lawyer/Weirdo Christina Bobb Will Supervise 'Election Integrity' For RNC
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Trump was informed of prohibited items in Jan. 6 rally crowd, his driver testified
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Transcript of Biden’s interview with Robert Hur shows the president cracked jokes about his wife and mimicked car sounds
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Hunter Biden declines to attend public hearing on House impeachment inquiry Hunter Biden rejects House GOP "carnival side show" invite Hunter Biden gun case could go to trial as soon as June
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Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during Robb Elementary shooting resigns
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Mississippi officer charged with forcing prisoner to lick urine off floor
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What the ‘Rust’ Shooting Case Is Really About
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Jury in James Crumbley trial weighing fate of school shooter's father after closing arguments
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California deputies fatally shoot teen with autism who was holding gardening tool, attorney says
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Dallas area officer could face charges in deadly police chase
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16 injured in explosion at FBI training facility in California
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The Terrorist: How a devout Christian kid became a radicalized mass murderer
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Massachusetts governor proposes sweeping marijuana pardons
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Scott Peterson returns to court to fight 2004 murder conviction with help of Los Angeles Innocence Project
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Wife of suspected Gilgo Beach killer giving husband "benefit of the doubt"
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Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott sues woman over alleged $100 million extortion plan
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Georgia woman gets stuck under conveyor, dies while trying to get AirPod, authorities say
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Judges:

Elon Musk Supporters Bombard Judge With Angry Letters -- She's Not Even Opening Them
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Clarence, Take the Money and Drive
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Wall Street:

 

'Black Swan' fund manager Mark Spitznagel expects the stock market to rally further before we hit the 'worst crash since 1929.'
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Politics:

Democrats' big vulnerability: Why they're losing Black, Hispanic voters
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‘Make The RNC White Again’: GOP Ends Minority Outreach Program
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Trump "floods the zone" as general election tests desensitized voters
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Putin said Trump wasn't happy with him in 2020 because he thought the Russian leader wanted 'Sleepy Joe to win'
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Trump’s Flirtation with Fascists
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Teamsters in no rush to endorse following Biden, Trump meetings
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A Trump vs Biden rematch is on, and it’s a showdown most Americans didn’t want
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Questions grow over possibility of Biden-Trump debates
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Toxic Political Attacks On Social Media Creating Nation Of Cynics
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Republican Voters Against Trump Ad Airs
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Jon Stewart rips Trump’s so-called ‘patriots’
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Nebraska Politics Are Famously Moderate. Abortion Is Changing That Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion Kamala Harris to visit an abortion clinic, a first for a president or vice president
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Ken Buck blasts GOP colleagues after announcing early exit from Congress How Buck’s early retirement is a problem for Boebert Boebert slams Buck’s decision as ‘weak sauce,’ says she won’t run in special election Racism, arrests, extreme MAGA love: Meet Lauren Boebert’s primary opponents More House Republicans May Resign After Buck
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Trump’s Purge of the RNC Could Cripple the GOP. Nixon Shows Why.
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Chaos erupts after voters unwittingly elect Charlottesville marcher to Oklahoma council
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Trump’s GOP is already dying
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As Biden impeachment stalls, House GOP turns to backup plans
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The Freedom Caucus Has Been Wreaking Havoc On Washington. Now It’s Exporting the Chaos to the States.
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Katie Britt Doesn't Understand the Rule of Holes Sen. Katie Britt has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times
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Healthcare:

A firm that serves kids with autism grew until it had 265 clinics. Here's what happened after private equity took over.
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Your brain on junk food
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UnitedHealth faces growing calls for accountability over cyberattack
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Doctors are worried about the ideas bots are putting in patients’ heads
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Four Years On, Covid Has Reshaped Life for Many Americans
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Democrats' bill to protect IVF draws GOP support
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Maternal death rates may be sharply overstated: study
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85-mile stretch in Louisiana known as 'Cancer Alley' sees rates of disease and birth defects up to seven times the national average
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Media:

Is a US news ‘nexit’ underway, and how can we stop it?
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Where Trust In The News Is Highest & Lowest
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Nursing Homes:

Developers of Iowa senior-living homes file for bankruptcy
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Golf:

Proposed plans at defunct Spring Hill golf course draw outrage
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History:

The Moroccan Sultan Who Protected His Country’s Jews During World War II
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Economy:

The Fed's inflation fight is starting to feel like a forever war
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Nearly everyone has given up on their recession call, and that makes the outlook 'dangerously reminiscent' of 2007, SocGen says
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Top CFOs are as bullish on the Dow and the Fed as they’ve been in a long time: CNBC survey
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U.S. legal immigration policy should prioritize the economy, experts argue
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How immigration is driving U.S. job growth
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Trickle Down Economics is a Scam
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Immigration fight could trigger shutdown at end of next week
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Two-thirds of women professionals think they're unfairly paid, study finds
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The Boomers Who Tried Moving to Florida and Ended Up in Appalachia
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Is This What Happens When You Build a Real Social Safety Net, Then Take It Away?
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Donald Trump’s Unforced Error Biden rallies crowd by citing Trump’s remarks on Social Security cuts
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America has descended into a new Red Scare
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Bernie Sanders unveils 32-hour workweek bill
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The White House Claims Borrowing $16 Trillion Over the Next Decade Is Fiscally Responsible
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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Real Estate:

Inside the “standoff” over what office buildings are worth
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Wall Street braces for commercial real estate timebomb
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Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-March 2024
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Q4 Update: Delinquencies, Foreclosures and REO
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One way to help American homebuyers? Do what the Dutch do.
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Texas' Housing Market Tumbles
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Biden bets the house on helping you buy a house
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California’s Homelessness Plan Scrapes By in a Warning Sign for Newsom
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What a bankruptcy could mean for Hartford's Constitution Plaza
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Manhattan Apartment Rents Climb During Busy February for Leasing
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Municipalities:

Biden pledges billions to rebuild cities ‘torn apart’ by highways decades ago
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Oil/Gas:

Near-record energy sector methane emissions expected to fall: IEA
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EV euphoria is dead. Automakers are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans
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Hybrids are more popular than ever as shoppers cool on EVs
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Inside Saudi Arabia’s plan to dominate mining
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Education:

If Birmingham-Southern College closes, it’s on them
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Inside the Blunders That Plunged the College Admission Season Into Disarray
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‘A specter of fear’: Claims about Idaho ‘harmful’ books rooted in QAnon conspiracy theory
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Civil liberties organizations sue Columbia over suspension of pro-Palestinian groups
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College students embrace free speech blowups
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Tech:

World’s first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers
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Election disinformation takes a big leap with AI being used to deceive worldwide
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Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his deal with X after ‘tense’ interview Don Lemon pressed Elon Musk on ketamine & Trump meeting in interview before ex CNN anchor’s show partnership was axed Don Lemon presses Musk if Trump asked him for money Elon Musk Gets Testy with Don Lemon: ‘I Don’t Have to Answer Questions from Reporters’ Who could have possibly foreseen that Elon Musk would be capricious and erratic except for Everyone Who Has Watched Him For Years?
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Coming soon: A programmable army of humanoid robots
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This New Robot Is So Far Ahead of Elon Musk's Optimus That It's Almost Embarrassing
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BlackRock’s Wiedman Says Pace of AI Spurring Debate at Firm
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House passes bill that could lead to a TikTok ban; fight shifts to the Senate Furious Congress plows forward with TikTok bill after user revolt MTG and AOC, united? Inside the House's highly unusual TikTok vote "My livelihood at stake": TikTokers revolt against potential ban TikTok ban gets huge win in the House, but is poised to hit a wall in the Senate Trump’s TikTok flip raises concerns over billionaire clout Senate intel chiefs express support for House-passed bill that could ban TikTok TikTok is circling the wagons ahead of a potential ban Speaker Johnson: House will ‘apply every amount of pressure’ on Senate to pass TikTok bill White House hopes Senate takes ‘swift action’ on TikTok bill US lawmakers see TikTok as China’s tool, even as it distances itself from Beijing
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Stripe reveals it passed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023
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On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm
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How Dangerous are Deepfakes and Other AI-Powered Fraud?
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Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel 'using AI to expand criminal empire'
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Movie Theaters:

L.A.'s Oldest Theater Chain Files for Bankruptcy
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Autos:

Electric-Vehicle Startup Fisker Prepares for Possible Bankruptcy Filing Fisker has hired restructuring advisors for a possible bankruptcy filing EV Startup Fisker Faces Bankruptcy: A Harsh Reality in Electric Vehicle Industry Fisker’s stock plunges 47% after bankruptcy report
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Lucid at Risk as Fisker Fails
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Tesla now worth less than JPMorgan as stock slapped with new bearish call
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Angela Chao's death reveals Tesla's long-standing reverse gear issues
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Labor:

Lee Saunders: Flexing union muscle
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Student Debt:

On campus, huge bipartisan support for government loan help
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Utilities:

PREPA parties argue validity of four deals
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Food/Beverage:

The Boston Market comeback has failed
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Crypto:

Federal Judge Rules SEC Lawsuit Against Gemini and Genesis to Proceed
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Tax:

How Nice of Bill Barr's Justice Department to Make a Giant Company's Tax Problems Disappear
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Mining:

US to Offer Record Loan for Lithium Americas Project in Nevada
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
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Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (24 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 Weighs ‘Texas Two-Step’ Bankruptcy Filing Over Roundup
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How Marketing Fueled the Opioid Overdose Crisis and What We Can Learn From It
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Subchapter V:

Debt Limit to Qualify for Subchapter V and Chapter 13 Set to Revert This Summer
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Conflicting Court Rulings on Subchapter V Eligibility Leave Small Businesses in Limbo
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Cross-Border:

SVB Cayman Branch Denied Chapter 15 Recognition
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Venue:

Forum shopping limits could work best in diverse circuits
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Structured Dismissal:

Bankruptcy Court Frowns on SmileDirect’s Dismissal Request
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Mootness:

5th Circuit: Section 363(m) Mootness is Alive and Well
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Aviation:

Student pilot tried to open Alaska Airlines plane cockpit multiple times mid-flight, complaint says Alaska Airlines passenger accused of trying to open cockpit door has been charged in federal court
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Boeing, Alaska Airlines point fingers at each other in lawsuit over door plug blowout
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The FAA found staff at Boeing's supplier using liquid Dawn soap as lubricant for a 737 Max door seal: NYT
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Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation
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Boeing’s got serious problems. The solution has baffled everyone
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Finally got airport lounge access? Here's how to look like you've been there before.
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Musk’s SpaceX Set to Launch Massive Rocket After Past Explosions
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Retailing:

Dollar Tree misses holiday-quarter estimates, to shut nearly 1,000 stores
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Climate:

Oil Fields Release Far More Methane Than Thought, Study Finds
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As Texas' largest-ever wildfire nears containment, Panhandle braces for "extremely critical fire weather conditions"
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Here comes $20B in climate finance
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Nearly half of U.S. homes face severe threat from climate change, study finds
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Climate change is trapping Texans in an arid ‘fortress of solitude,’ expert says
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Heat in one Arizona county played a role in 645 deaths last year
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Texas Fires Have Emitted a Near-Record Amount of Carbon
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This Democratic senator says Biden’s climate efforts are falling short — and young voters are noticing
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Water:

‘Invisible’ water losses in California’s agricultural heartland now match volume of giant reservoir: Study
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Sovereigns:

China Will Help Pakistan Overcome Foreign Debt Woes, Envoy Says
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UK:

‘If councils were companies, some would be bankrupt’
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Foreign governments face ban on owning British newspapers - effectively blocking Abu Dhabi-led Telegraph takeover
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UK plans to pay asylum seekers to move to Rwanda
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Post Office Scandal Victims’ Convictions to be Quashed, But New Law Doesn’t Cover Everyone
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EU:

EU snubs dying solar manufacturers as China poised to swallow market
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A Far-Right Takeover of Europe Is Underway
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Private Credit Ties to Banks Deepen in Europe as Default Risk Rises
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MENA:

Israel aid fight in Congress reignited by threat of Rafah invasion Half Want Arms Shipment to Israel Stopped The US privately told Israel the kind of Rafah campaign it could support Blinken Urges Israel: Prioritize Civilian Protection as 'Job Number One'
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Inside Israel's allegations against U.N. workers in Gaza
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Palestinians Describe Beatings, Stress Positions, Other Alleged Abuses in Israeli Detention
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UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel in ‘seismic’ U-turn
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Many Aid Deliveries for Gaza Are Rejected for ‘Dual-Use’ Items, Groups Say Israel Allows Aid Directly Into North Gaza, Raising Hopes for More
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U.S. expected to impose new sanctions against occupied West Bank outposts
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Report claims Yemen’s Houthis have a hypersonic missile, possibly raising stakes in Red Sea crisis
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Haiti:

Pentagon sends anti-terrorism Marines to Haiti to beef up U.S. embassy security In Haiti, a police officer-turned-gangster is trying to seize control of the country Haiti crisis boils over, forcing pivot in US policy Florida Deploys Officers, Fleet to Halt Potential Haitian Influx Biden administration discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process possible influx of Haitian migrants Elon Musk smears Haitian migrants with cannibalism claim during crisis
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China:

A look inside the Chinese cyber threat at the biggest ports in US
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Russia:

How the Czech Republic has just stopped Putin cold and saved Ukraine
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Russia's grand railway plan to get around Western sanctions is about to get even bigger
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Johnson signals shift on Ukraine to GOP senators Jeffries pressures Johnson to bring up Ukraine aid for vote next week Democrats plead with Johnson to put Ukraine bill on floor: ‘Lead, follow or get out of the way’
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Denmark to begin conscripting women for the military in rare move
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Norway Expects to Reach NATO Defense Spending Target This Year
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Australia:

Elements Festival Declares Bankruptcy, Goes Into Liquidation
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The ATO is reviving old tax debts totaling billions, threatening some taxpayers with bankruptcy
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Brazil:

Lula’s Debt Relief Program Struggles to Boost Consumption
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