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World
Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Rights Activist, Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Ms. Mohammadi, currently held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, has pushed for peaceful change in Iran for 30 years, with…
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Finance
A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to…
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Finance
A Mega-Deal May Await in the Oil Patch
Exxon Mobil is reportedly in talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale driller, in what would be the…
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Finance
Why Are Investors So Jittery?
Stocks are sliding, government bond yields are soaring, and investors are reacting strongly to scraps of economic information that they…
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News
Will Voters Send In the Clowns?
I’m not a historian, but as far as I know, America has never seen anything like the current political craziness.…
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World
Monitor Condemns Rikers Violence as 9th Person Dies in Custody This Year
A scathing report about the troubled Rikers Island jail complex and another death there come as New York City faces…
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Finance
Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
A long period of higher interest rates would make the government’s large debt pile costly, a possibility that is fueling…
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News
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Land on Mars in 3 to 4 Years
The Latest Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the company could land a spacecraft on Mars three to four…
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World
George Santos’s Accountant to Plead Guilty in Federal Inquiry
Nancy Marks, one of the embattled congressman’s closest associates, oversaw the campaign finances that have faced widespread scrutiny.
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News
More Rentals Are on the Market. Why Are They So Hard to Find?
This year’s peak rental season was tight in most U.S. regions, but overall, better than last year’s.