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A New Era in Sabotage: Turning Ordinary Devices Into Grenades, on a Mass Scale

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:28am
The attacks in Lebanon required getting deep into the supply chain, which is difficult to do. But the sabotage contributes to a sense of vulnerability that ordinary devices can become a source of danger.
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Pager Attack Highlights Tension Between Israel’s Might and Strategic Fog

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:26am
In Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, Israel has shown it’s capable of extraordinary acts of espionage, but is struggling to define long-term goals, according to Israeli analysts and public figures.
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‘Woj’ Leaves ESPN, and a Changed Sports Media, to Join St. Bonaventure

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:19am
At ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski leveraged social media to get the news out quicker. That skill made him rich and famous. He will manage the basketball team at St. Bonaventure University.
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30-Year Mortgage Rate Drops to 6.09% After Fed Rate Cut

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:07am
The decline in mortgage costs, influenced by expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate moves, could revive interest in buying, selling and remortgaging, economists said.
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Social Studies Teachers Rely on Online and Sometimes Ideological Sources

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:02am
A survey of social studies teachers found that many find primary sources online for lesson plans. But a notable minority also rely on left-leaning materials, and a handful have turned to conservative options.
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Why Can’t Kamala Harris Just Say This?

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 11:00am
Here’s a script with which she could explain her evolution.
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Threats Against Haitians Land at the Doorstep of The Haitian Times

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:51am
Racist emails. Swatting. Intimidated sources. The Haitian Times has been receiving some of the same threats that it has been covering in Springfield, Ohio.
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‘Eh, Whatever.’ Angelenos Shrug at Recent Quakes, Decades After the Last ‘Big One.’

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:31am
It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse to become alarmist.
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The Political Cost to Kamala Harris of Not Answering Direct Questions

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:22am
Questions can be crystallizing for candidates and voters, and some politicians have had their finest moments answering tough questions on their feet.
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Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:22am
Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar.
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Has the Federal Reserve Pulled Off a Soft Landing?

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:10am
Investors have sent stocks and bonds higher on expectations of a soft landing. But some Republicans think the central bank overstepped its bounds.
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Backlash Erupts Over Europe’s Anti-Deforestation Law

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 10:03am
Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.
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After Trump Assassination Attempts, Congress Debates Secret Service Funding

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:55am
Virtually everyone on Capitol Hill agrees that the Secret Service needs to do a better job. But Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether to increase the agency’s budget.
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Trumponomics: From Trickle-Down to Upside-Down

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:52am
Voodoo economics at least had a flawed theory behind it; Trump’s brand is based on some kind of brain glitch.
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Powerful Philanthropies Step in to Help NY Migrants Become Self-Sufficient

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:48am
A group of New York’s most powerful philanthropies will spend millions to help make migrants more self-sufficient.
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Mohamed al-Fayed, Former Harrods Owner, Accused of Raping 5 Women

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:46am
Multiple former employees told the BBC they had been raped or sexually assaulted by the billionaire businessman, who died last year.
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Vance Says He Will Keep Calling Haitian Immigrants ‘Illegal Aliens’

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:31am
The immigrants are mainly in the United States under temporary protected status, which the executive branch can grant to people whose home countries are in crisis.
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Ukraine Wants Long-Range Weapons. Here’s a Look at What They Are.

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:14am
Much of the public discourse about arming Ukraine has revolved around whether the United States will send “long range” weapons. But that can mean different things.
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Legal Watchdog Group Warns Pro-Trump Lawyers Against Subverting Democracy in November

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 9:00am
New ads running in legal journals are warning lawyers: “Don’t lose your law license because of Trump.”
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The Author of ‘Impossible Creatures’ Tucks Big Ideas in Tales of Wonder

Thu, 09/19/2024 - 8:59am
Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them just a moral.”
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