| Fed Holds Rates Steady, Noting Lack of Progress on Inflation
- The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a sixth straight meeting and suggested that rates would stay high for longer.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:46:18 +0000
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| Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86
- A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock’s first guitar god.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:41:40 +0000
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| Arizona Lawmakers Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, Creating Political Rift on the Right
- Two Republican state senators broke with their party to ensure final passage of the repeal. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is expected to sign it.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:33:39 +0000
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| How Six-Week Abortion Bans Went From Fringe to Reality
- Even opponents of abortion saw such curbs as too controversial just over a decade ago. Times have changed.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:28:49 +0000
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| Giuliani’s Bankruptcy Creditors Demand to Know His Spending
- Rudy Giuliani promised a bankruptcy court that he would limit his spending, but it didn’t take long before he broke that pledge, and by a lot.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:17:52 +0000
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| Veteran Collected Benefits After Lying About Purple Heart, U.S. Says
- Sharon Toney-Finch, who served in Iraq, was charged with fraudulently claiming to have a Purple Heart and with defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:12:29 +0000
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| United Methodist Church Reverses Ban on Practicing Gay Clergy
- In a meeting on Wednesday, church leaders also voted to allow L.G.B.T.Q. weddings.
Wed, 01 May 2024 22:06:00 +0000
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| Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Ban: What We Know
- Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the fight over the law.
Wed, 01 May 2024 21:59:41 +0000
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| Arizona Voted to Repeal Its Abortion Ban
- Also, the Fed eyes a longer period of high rates. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Wed, 01 May 2024 21:34:25 +0000
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| Giant Pandas Are Returning to San Diego, China Announces
- “Panda diplomacy” has represented an area of cooperation between the United States and China despite tension over weighty issues of trade and national security.
Wed, 01 May 2024 21:28:25 +0000
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| Colombia Will Sever Ties With Israel Over Gaza War
- Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, made the announcement in front of cheering crowds in the capital that had gathered for International Workers’ Day.
Wed, 01 May 2024 21:13:04 +0000
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| Biden Is Still Losing. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like He Isn’t.
- It’s good to have a reality check every few months.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:51:21 +0000
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| In Bid to Oust Johnson, Greene Tries to Reclaim a Powerful Perch on the Fringe
- The Georgia Republican’s doomed push to remove the speaker has placed her at odds with most in her party, but it has brought her back to her roots as a norm-busting provocateur.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:46:06 +0000
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| The Words That Have Defined This Week in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial
- Witnesses discussed the salacious and the banal, and the judge warned the defendant he could go to jail.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:24:53 +0000
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| It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle
- In many students’ eyes, the war in Gaza is linked to other issues, such as policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, racism and the impact of climate change.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:14:47 +0000
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| NASCAR and Its Race Teams Fight Over the Sport’s Future
- Team owners said they needed to share in racing’s financial success, putting them at odds with the privately held business that runs the sport.
Wed, 01 May 2024 20:12:19 +0000
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| The 63-Year-Old Career Activist Among the Protesters at Columbia
- Videos show Lisa Fithian, whom the police called a “professional agitator,” working alongside protesters who stormed Hamilton Hall.
Wed, 01 May 2024 19:46:08 +0000
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| His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
- “The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today.
Wed, 01 May 2024 19:21:55 +0000
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| Bird Flu Highlights Concerns Around Raw Milk
- Testing suggests that pasteurization inactivates the virus. But what about raw milk and cheese?
Wed, 01 May 2024 18:39:06 +0000
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| Truth Social Co-Founder Says Trump Nearly Derailed Deal That Led to Market Windfall
- Andy Litinsky, who helped start the former president’s social media company, revealed Mr. Trump’s last-minute doubts about an agreement that made them all very wealthy.
Wed, 01 May 2024 18:25:49 +0000
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