| Walmart Posts Slowest Sales Growth in Years as Americans Tighten Wallets
- Walmart and other big U.S. retailers have warned that consumers were being cautious, even if household balance sheets seemed healthy.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:45:12 +0000
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| ICE Arrests Captain in New York Boat Accident That Killed 2
- A Coast Guard investigation led to the arrest of Manuel Hernandez, who had been charged with misconduct and neglect after the deaths of a mother and her child.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:19 +0000
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| Treasury Turns to Interventionist Tactics to Lower Interest Rates
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reinventing the government’s role in the world’s most important bond market.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:36:20 +0000
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| ‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display
- “The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:27:08 +0000
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| State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained
- U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:59:45 +0000
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| Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter
- A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:47:03 +0000
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| The Scales Can’t Fall From Our Eyes Fast Enough
- More Republicans and Democrats are seeing reality for what it is. Does it matter?
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:43:58 +0000
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| Moderna’s Shift to Cancer Company Lifts Stock Up 177%
- The company’s fortunes cratered as demand for Covid-19 vaccines plummeted. But it was busy working on something else.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:23:51 +0000
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| After Six Years, Harry and Meghan Are Coming Home. What Changed?
- Just last year, Prince Harry said he couldn’t imagine ever bringing his family back to Britain.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:23:34 +0000
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| Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself
- Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:20:36 +0000
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| What to Know About Prince Harry and Meghan’s Move Back to the U.K.
- The couple are moving back after six years in the United States. What they will do, and much else, are still unclear.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:58:38 +0000
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| Bond Market Stress Returns and Oil Rises in Edgy Day for Markets
- Bond markets remained volatile, as investors assessed the geopolitical turmoil.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:40:33 +0000
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| How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Climate Policies
- At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has led the nation in environmental protections.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:36:20 +0000
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| Did Bessent Put the Fed in a Bind?
- The Treasury Department’s plan for bond interventions has calmed markets. But Wall Street is worried about the fallout for inflation and more.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:36:00 +0000
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| We’re Doing Drugs
- We look at a new study about Americans’ use of cannabis.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:42:54 +0000
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| The Indian City Where AI Is Creating Jobs for Humans
- In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:03:58 +0000
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| The Teens Taking On A.I. Data Centers
- Gen Z-ers are forming after-school clubs, speaking at community meetings — and sometimes wrestling with their own dependence on the technology.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:13:48 +0000
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| $40,047,425,768,420 in U.S. Debt, and an Experimental Vaccine for Skin Cancer
- Plus, could tweaking flight paths reduce global warming?
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:41:35 +0000
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| China Sentences Evergrande Founder to Life in Prison
- Hui Ka Yan’s punishment caps the downfall of a property empire whose collapse set off a prolonged crisis in the Chinese economy.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:28:27 +0000
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| Bare Grocery Shelves Are a New Wartime Hardship for Ukrainians
- After years of pounding power plants and cities, Russia’s air war has taken aim at Ukraine’s supermarket warehouses.
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:28:09 +0000
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