Month: June 2024
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USA
For Columbia and a powerful donor, months of talks and millions at stake
On January 19, Angelica Berrie sent an email to Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University. Ms. Berrie reported that…
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Politics
Leading Democrats back Biden but admit it was a ‘bad night’
Democratic Party leaders quickly and unequivocally ruled out the idea that President Biden would or should resign after his shaky…
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Business
When your building super is an AI bot
The new maintenance coordinator at a Dallas apartment complex is getting praise from tenants and coworkers for their good work…
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Australia
Grim face: Man dies after alleged attack on Melbourne’s Frankston Pier – while another man is arrested nearby
By Brett Lackey for Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:38 BST, June 29, 2024 | Updated: 04:16 BST, 29 June 2024…
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World
What I’m reading: tunneling into the past
It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup of “what I’m reading.” (After the newsletter went to weekly, it…
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Australia
A 50-minute boat ride from the selfie-stick crowds of Santorini, Folegandros might just be the most divine Greek island you’ve never heard of.
On Sunday evening in Chora, men in pale white vests sit on plastic chairs playing backgammon; leathery-skinned peasants saddle up…
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Health
Keith Robinson doesn’t want pity from the public. He wants them to laugh.
When stand-up comedian Keith Robinson was ten years old and growing up in Philadelphia, his father was stabbed to death…
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Science
A large impact that the moon made may also have created continents that move
About 4.5 billion years ago, many scientists say, Earth had a close encounter with Theia, another Mars-sized planetary body. When…
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USA
Dit is wat de Chevron-uitspraak van het Hof in alledaagse termen zou kunnen betekenen
Het besluit van het Hooggerechtshof van vrijdag om de brede regelgevende bevoegdheid van federale agentschappen te beperken, kan leiden tot…
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USA
Dartmouth’s leader quickly called the police. The consequences were just as swift.
When police arrested student protesters at Dartmouth College, a 65-year-old professor ended up on the ground. Two student journalists who…
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