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Stocks drift as worries about the U.S. government's soaring debt continue to weighStocks are drifting on Wall Street Thursday following a rocky week so far because of worries coming out of the bond market about the U.S....
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April home sales slow with high mortgage rates, prices, putting chill into spring buying season
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in April, as elevated mortgage rates and rising prices discouraged prospective home buyers during...
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FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots
Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter - even as a new...
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Filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week as uncertainty lingers
The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic...
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Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AIThe recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional.
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A wave of new owners brings fresh energy to independent bookselling
Amber Salazar is the kind of idealist you just knew would end up running a bookstore - a lifelong reader who felt angered "to the core" as she...
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Fewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the U.K. in 2024
Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. - the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number...
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FTC tosses PepsiCo price-fixing lawsuit, slams agency’s ex-boss for ‘dubious partisan stunt’
The lawsuit, filed in the waning days of the Biden administration, alleged that PepsiCo was giving unfair price advantages to Walmart at the...
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NYC business power broker Kathryn Wylde announces retirement: ‘I will be writing op-eds that drive everybody crazy’
Wylde has been the CEO of the non-profit organization Partnership for New York, a pro-business lobby group, since 2011 and has been a vocal...
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Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square bought Amazon stake at ‘extremely attractive’ price
Shares in Amazon had peaked in February at $242.06, but have plummeted more than 30% over the past few months.
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FTC launches probe of liberal watchdog Media Matters over Elon Musk’s X boycott claims
The Federal Trade Commission has demanded documents from Media Matters about possible coordination with other media watchdogs accused by Elon Musk...
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Popular gas station chain to open first-ever locations in new states
The world's largest convenience store and gas station is growing its already massive following with several new locations set to open this summer.
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Wisconsin sues Miami for tampering with transfer
The University of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Friday claiming Miami's football team broke the law by tampering with a Badgers player.
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Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil speaks out and reveals his future plans after release from Louisiana lockup
“I leave some incredible men behind me, over 1,000 people behind me, in a place where they shouldn't have been in the first place,” Khalil told...
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Pilot in deadly crash tried to dodge turtle on North Carolina runway, NTSB finds
The plane was found wedged between several trees and largely intact, except for a few pieces of fabric discovered in a nearby stream, officials said.
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NY high school boasts whopping 15 sets of twins set to graduate: ‘There’s just something in the water’
Among the nearly 500 students in Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School's graduating class, in Long Island, New York, 30 of them are...
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Squatter fatally shoots roommate over $250 rent feud: ‘Going to kill them all’
Angel Gomez Montanez, 21, lived free in a Houston-area home for three months and became enraged when asked to pony-up his meager portion of the...
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg horrified staffers with Joe Rogan chat, transformation into ‘MAGA Mark’: report
Zuckerberg’s remarks, particularly defending male aggression and his critique of corporate culture, were met with discomfort by staffers, FT reported.
