Month: September 2022
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A Frontline Shadow Economy: Ukrainian Units Trade Tanks and Artillery
Most of the bartering involves items captured from Russian troops, which are exchanged for urgently needed supplies. “Let’s just call…
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Death in Navy SEAL Training Exposes a Culture of Brutality, Cheating and Drugs
CORONADO, Calif. — Kyle Mullen always had the natural drive and talent that made success look easy. Until he tried…
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A Surprise Senate Race Rises Out West
GRANBY, Colo. — It was a bit tense for a groundbreaking ceremony. Against the striking backdrop of the enveloping Rocky…
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Sweeping Children’s Online Safety Bill Is Passed in California
Social media and game platforms often use recommendation algorithms, find-a-friend tools, smartphone notices and other enticements to keep people ...
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How German Companies Are Staring Down Putin’s Threat to Cut Off Gas
In the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, German lawmakers cautiously proposed ways to cut their country’s ties to Russian natural…
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The Enduring Echoes of Moorish Spain
There is a way through Spain that is all horseshoe arches, keyhole windows and bronze doors carved in Arabic script.…
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Clashes in Baghdad Intensify Amid Political Chaos, With 24 Dead
Clashes between pro-Iranian security forces and armed supporters of the influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raged in Baghdad for a…
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This Remote Mine Could Foretell the Future of America’s Electric Car Industry
Hiding a thousand feet below the earth’s surface in this patch of northern Minnesota wetlands are ancient mineral deposits that…
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Biden’s Student Loan Plan Sets Off Fierce Debate Among Economists
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s plan to forgive some student debt has sharply divided liberal economists and pitted the White House…
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Serena Williams Rises to the Occasion, Like So Many Times Before
It was an opening night at the U.S. Open that could have been the closing night of Serena Williams’s 27-year…