Opinion | Is AMLO Blackmailing Biden?
Controlling migration flows ensures the Mexican president a pass on democracy. Doonited Affiliated: Syndicate News Hunt Source link
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Opinion | Joe Biden and Bob Casey Fail the Israel Test
You could hear the demented joy through the phone. A young man standing in the Mefalsim kibbutz called his parents back in Gaza to brag about murdering 10 Jews on Oct. 7. They were elated. That was but one episode in a gut-wrenching 47-minute compilation of recordings and videos from that horrific day t...
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Boeing Is Back in the Spotlight—This Time Over a MAX 9
Updated Jan. 7, 2024 1:02 pm ET The last thing Boeing needed was more trouble with its 737 MAX jet. That is exactly what it got to start the new year. The company had just started to regain its footing after years of tumult around the popular but troubled line of narrow-body jets when a ...
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Canada Offers Cities Money to Spur Home Building
OTTAWA—Armed with a multibillion-dollar war chest, Canada is offering money to cities to ditch zoning restrictions that thwart residential construction as the country deals with an acute housing shortage. Canada’s Liberal government is targeting municipal-government rules that, among other things, limit...
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NASA Bets on Private Companies for Moon Landings in 2024
The U.S. wants to go back to the moon this year and is looking to profit-seeking companies to make it happen. Five moon landers made by U.S. companies are due to touch down on the moon in 2024 with NASA devices on board. The first is expected to be launched early Monday, with an expected ...
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Why It’s So Hard for a Robot to Straighten a Candle Wick
The task is physically taxing and boring, and finding enough people willing to do it is getting harder. What’s proving even more difficult: building a robot that can do the job. Doonited Affiliated: Syndicate News Hunt Source link
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‘Pretty Terrifying’: Investigators Start Probe Into Blowout on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
Federal investigators began a probe into a harrowing incident that left a gaping hole in an Alaska Airlines flight 16,000 feet in the sky, seeking the public’s help in finding the part that blew out and warning the accident could have been much worse. Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportati...
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Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips
Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ET SINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-performance artificial-intelligence chips to China in October, the company’s engineers quickly designed a new lineup to comply with the tightened rules. The U.S. tech company may have found some wiggle...
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The Stock Rally Has Stalled. Now Comes Earnings Season
After a recent pullback in stocks, investors are looking to the coming earnings season for clarity on companies’ growth prospects. U.S. stocks defied expectations to rally in 2023 but have struggled to extend gains into the new year. The S&P 500 shed 1.5% in the first week of January. Tech stocks, w...
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A Better New Year’s Resolution: Make Your Passwords Secure
I recently staged a password intervention. One family member admitted to using the same password for every account. Another stored login credentials in iPhone Contacts. Both habits make accounts vulnerable to hackers. I had to step in. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8...
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Homicide Rates Fell Sharply in 2023 After Rising During Pandemic
Homicides in big U.S. cities fell in 2023 after skyrocketing during the first two years of the pandemic. Killings were down about 15% in the 10 largest cities last year when compared with 2022, according to local government data. That includes a 20% drop in both Philadelphia and Houston and 16% in Los A...
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Winter Storm May Bring a Foot of Snow to Parts of Northeast
A wintry mix of snow and rain could bring as much as a foot of snow to parts of the Northeast this weekend thanks to a hefty storm system moving up the coast. The heaviest snow is expected in the Poconos region in Pennsylvania, upstate New York and parts of the Hudson Valley, as well ...
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Hospitalized Pentagon Chief Was in Intensive Care Unit
Updated Jan. 6, 2024 4:50 pm ET Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spent time in an intensive care unit after entering a military hospital on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. officials, pointing to a more serious medical condition than what the Pentagon previously disclosed. The Pentagon chief remains a...
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What Fliers Need to Know About the 737 MAX Grounding
An Alaska Airlines flight forced to make an emergency landing has halted dozens of the carrier’s flights. Doonited Affiliated: Syndicate News Hunt Source link
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New Year’s Resolutions Take on a Whole New Meaning in Retirement
Journal Reports: Investing Monthly Here’s When You Can Tap Your IRA or 401(k) Early Without Penalty By Leonard Sloane January 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM ET The Secure 2.0 Act codified a number of exemptions for retirement-account distributions before age 59½, including for natural disasters and terminal illness...
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