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Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here's why (wbez.org)
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'Listening bars' bloom as hottest new nightlife trend (france24.com)
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When Dancing Plagues Struck Medieval Europe(2019) (jstor.org)
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The Cadaver Synod: Putting a Dead Pope on Trial (2019) (jstor.org)
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Pope says he has 'no fear of Trump administration' after president slams him (cnn.com)
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For Chinese visa-seekers in the US, the path to good fortune lies in Chick-fil-A (apnews.com)
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Austin's drop in rents explains housing in America (vox.com)
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Artemis II's return to Earth will test Orion's biggest flaw: the heat shield (cnn.com)
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Pope Leo Reportedly Unlikely to Visit US After Trainwreck Trump Admin Meeting (mediaite.com)
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10 Years Ago, Trump Promised to Eliminate the National Debt. It Has Doubled (reason.com)
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Common drug tests lead to tens of thousands wrongful arrests a year (cnn.com)
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Got an awkward or embarrassing Gmail address? Google is letting users change it (apnews.com)
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Tokyo turns its phone booths into free Wi-Fi hotspots, and (soranews24.com)
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Police officer top dream job for boys in Japan, cake shop worker for girls (mainichi.jp)
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Trump suggests in new interviews he is considering withdrawing from NATO (cnn.com)
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Want an Eames house? You'll soon be able to order your own (cnn.com)
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Putting the 'lord' in 'landlord': US churches step up to build housing (theguardian.com)
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The toughest new sport in Japan is street-racing office chairs (cnn.com)
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Japan research uncovers how coffee constituent limit growth of colorectal cancer (mainichi.jp)
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Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying (wired.com)
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Population's cadmium overexposure requires urgent action, French agency tells (lemonde.fr)
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OpenAI is shutting down Sora (chatgpt.com)
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The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By (nytimes.com)
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Hawaii dam at risk of 'imminent' failure as catastrophic flooding hits Oahu (cnn.com)
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An American physicist and Canadian scientist devised a way to keep secrets safe (cnn.com)
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With H-1B work visa lottery underway, experts worry new rules hurt business (wbur.org)
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64% of unmarried young women in Japan don't want children, exceeding men (mainichi.jp)
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YouTube is now the largest media company (marketwatch.com)
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[flagged] Iran's attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war (fortune.com)
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Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy (apnews.com)
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Sewage-filled Potomac river risks ruining America's birthday (telegraph.co.uk)
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Sumo: Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki never forgets where he started (mainichi.jp)
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AI companies aim 'not to help workers, but to replace them' (vaticannews.va)
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Florida public universities to pause hiring new H-1B workers (wusf.org)
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Decimal Time (French Republican Clock) (wikipedia.org)
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Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant, and Camera AirPods (bloomberg.com)
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Minnesota judge holds federal attorney in civil contempt (cnn.com)
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Zillow and Google bring home-buying guidance to NotebookLM (zillow.com)
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Nacdl Criminal Case Tracker (nacdl.org)
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Finding Comfort in the Uncertainty (annievella.com)
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The Homeland Security Forum Where ICE Agents Talk Shit About Other Agents (wired.com)
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Exposure to Acrylamide and Trace Metals in Food: Still a Concern [France] (publicnow.com)
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Ex-Meta exec says Instagram exposed teen daughter to 'predators' in bombshell (nypost.com)
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US Military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered El Paso airspace closure (cnn.com)
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Tokyo high schools abolish rules forcing students to dye non-black hair (2022) (soranews24.com)
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Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win (apnews.com)
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DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens (apnews.com)
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A Specter Haunting Asia: What Is Etomidate, or 'Zombie Juice,' (hightimes.com)
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36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to Be Held in Uonuma (japantoday.com)
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Capgemini in turmoil over its work with ICE (lemonde.fr)
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Italians furious over deployment of ICE to bolster US security at Olympics (cnn.com)
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[flagged] Bluementhals letter about ICE memo justifying entry into homes without warrant [pdf] (senate.gov)
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US citizen says ICE forced him from his home in subfreezing weather (theguardian.com)
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Trump unveils health care framework aimed at lowering costs (cnn.com)
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Job-finding expectations hit all-time low, NY Fed survey shows (cnn.com)
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Why 'Auld Lang Syne' still unites the world at midnight (cnn.com)
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A Way with Words: Thomas Merton's Orwellian Thoughts on Language [pdf] (thomasmertonsociety.org)
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Americans are hungry for community. So why don't we have European-style squares? (cnn.com)
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Crypto mogul Do Kwon set for sentencing as victims tell of $40B stablecoin crash (apnews.com)
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From UX to Ax: Designing for AI Agents–and Why It Matters (pragmaticcoders.com)
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Japan's first hotel with a human washing machine is now ready for you (soranews24.com)
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Japan's low-crime image cracking as car thefts, home intrusions rise (kyodonews.net)
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AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions (apnews.com)
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Pentagon investigating Sen Mark Kelly for urging troops to defy 'illegal orders' (apnews.com)
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Britain is one of the richest countries. So why do children live in poverty? (cnn.com)
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Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Announces Bam-1 Spider Silk Hybrids in Production (textileworld.com)
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Ford to start selling certified used cars on Amazon (cbsnews.com)
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[flagged] Racists are now openly targeting Indian Americans (cnn.com)
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South Korean loan sharks target teen gamblers (sigma.world)
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Top Japanese baby names for 2025 feature flowers, colors (soranews24.com)
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Takeaways from Trump's rocky Supreme Court arguments over global tariffs (cnn.com)
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You can just read 25 books (a16z.substack.com)
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Consolidation in Hospital Sector Leading to Higher Health Care Costs, Study Find (uchicago.edu)
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Elon Musk's politics cost his firm Tesla more than one million EV sales (cnn.com)
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Hyundai hoped to return skilled South Korean workers to the US after ICE raid (cnn.com)
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The young tycoon accused of masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud network (cnn.com)
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The Fed can't help America's young tech workers who are struggling to find a job (cnn.com)
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Dozens charged in illegal sports betting and rigged poker games tied to Mafia (bostonglobe.com)
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King Charles Prays with Pope Leo at the Vatican as Prince Andrew Scandal Looms (cnn.com)
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Federal agency overseeing US nuclear stockpile will furlough most of workforce (cnn.com)
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Feds seize $15B in crypto from 'pig butchering' scheme (cnn.com)
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Japanese in Anime and Manga (anime-manga.jp)
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Cancer: France must know why it has higher exposure rates (lemonde.fr)
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'My brother was murdered by greed': Inside Brazil's methanol poisoning crisis (cnn.com)
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The Rising Force of Japan's Ultra-Nationalist, Anti-Immigration Sanseito Party (thediplomat.com)
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Trump says he'll impose new 100% tariff on China 'over and above' current rates (cnn.com)
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Liberal Democracy and Illiberal Minorities (politicsrights.com)
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Inspired by Thatcher, Japan's PM-in-Waiting Takaichi smashes glass ceiling (reuters.com)
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[flagged] Japan's ruling party is in crisis as voters swing to right-wing rivals (cnn.com)
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Americans have more money in stocks than ever before. Economists see red flag (cnn.com)
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Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US (businessinsider.com)
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How the most elderly country is fighting heat in a deadly double crisis (cnn.com)
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Tesla is looking to redesign its door handles following trapped-passenger report (cnn.com)
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What Caused Democrats' No-Show Problem in 2024? (thenation.com)
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Vatican gathers big thinkers ahead of first-ever pop concert (cnn.com)
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I Rode Honda's Uni-One 'Mobility Device.' It's Coming to the US for Lease-Only (insideevs.com)
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Carlo Acutis, nicknamed 'God's influencer' becomes the first 'millennial' saint (cnn.com)
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Trump effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants violates due process (cnn.com)
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