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California, Land of the Car, Could Soon Have Speed Cameras
A bill to install cameras has landed on the governor’s desk at a moment when pedestrian deaths are spiking nationwide.
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Narges Mohammadi, Iranian Rights Activist, Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Ms. Mohammadi, currently held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, has pushed for peaceful change in Iran for 30 years, with…
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Business
A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to…
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Business
A Mega-Deal May Await in the Oil Patch
Exxon Mobil is reportedly in talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale driller, in what would be the…
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Business
Why Are Investors So Jittery?
Stocks are sliding, government bond yields are soaring, and investors are reacting strongly to scraps of economic information that they…
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Will Voters Send In the Clowns?
I’m not a historian, but as far as I know, America has never seen anything like the current political craziness.…
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Monitor Condemns Rikers Violence as 9th Person Dies in Custody This Year
A scathing report about the troubled Rikers Island jail complex and another death there come as New York City faces…
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Business
Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
A long period of higher interest rates would make the government’s large debt pile costly, a possibility that is fueling…
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Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Land on Mars in 3 to 4 Years
The Latest Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the company could land a spacecraft on Mars three to four…
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George Santos’s Accountant to Plead Guilty in Federal Inquiry
Nancy Marks, one of the embattled congressman’s closest associates, oversaw the campaign finances that have faced widespread scrutiny.