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Following the Trail of Death Comes for the Archbishop in Santa Fe
Willa Cather’s novel about faith, discovery, and calling, traced in this pretty city’s sights. Source link
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Acai berry producers are concerned as Trump imposes tariffs on Brazil's exports
When U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 50% on Brazilian exports in July, acai producer Ailson Ferreira Moreira felt…
Culture
The Futility of Simulating Nature
In “The Anthropocene of Illusion,” the photographer Zed Nelson captures how the natural world has been reproduced, reshuffled, and…
Culture
What It’s Like to Brainstorm with a Bot
Contrary to what many of my friends believe, good academics are always working—at least in the sense that when we’re stuck on a problem,…
Business
Our Age of Zombie Culture
It’s not alive, but it’s not dead, either. It consumes a vast amount of resources. It’s mindless: what presents as its will is really a…
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Southern Indiana Man Kills Wife After Learning About Her Affair, Then Tells Cops She Committed Suicide
A Charlestown, Indiana, man has been charged with killing his wife days after he told police she had shot herself in the head. According…
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Former Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing His Teenage Daughter
A former Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Friday in Stanislaus County Superior Court to nine years behind bars, followed…
Business
Chinese tech financier released after probe: former colleague
Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while…
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Brazilian Couple Dies After Car Rolls Off Cliff As They Engaged in Sexual Intercourse Inside Vehicle
A Brazilian couple plummeted 400 meters off a cliff to their death after the car in which they were making love, rolled off the edge of…
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Who Was David Rose? Georgia Cop Killed Near Emory University by Deranged Gunman Hailed as Hero as He Leaves Behind Pregnant Wife and Two Kids
The Georgia cop who was shot and killed when a deranged gunman opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters…
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Oklahoma City Man Posted on X About How He Knocked Out a 'White Boy,' Gets Fatally Shot by Him Later
A 30-year-old man was shot and killed on Thursday evening by a man he mocked on social media hours earlier. Officers with the Oklahoma…
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As federal takeover threats loom, the city of Washington waits for the White House to make its move
What wasn't apparent in Friday's earliest hours: any sort of security lockdown by a multiagency flood of uniformed federal law enforcement…
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US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China, official says
The commerce department has started issuing licences to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a US official told Reuters on Friday (Aug…
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Begun, the Gerrymandering Wars Have
Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger. Source link
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Gavin Newsom, Climate Warrior, Flinches as California’s War Against Oil Produces a Crisis
He now finds himself pleading with the beleaguered and vilified industry not to abandon the state. Source link
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Texas judge blocks Beto O'Rourke from helping runaway Democrats
A Texas judge issued a restraining order Friday blocking former Rep. Beto O'Rourke from using his political group to help state Democratic…
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Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Alaska next Friday
President Trump said he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday as he pushes to negotiate an end to the war…
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Gov. Newsom vows to 'nullify' Texas with 5 more Democratic seats in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised retaliation against Republicans if Texas follows through on redrawing its congressional map, saying…
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Oil steadies on reports of US-Russia deal, ends week about 5% lower
Oil held steady on Friday (Aug 8) as markets awaited a meeting in coming days between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US…
Business
US: Nasdaq posts record closing high with tech gains, rate cut optimism
US stocks ended higher and the Nasdaq notched a record closing high for the second straight day on Friday (Aug 8) as technology-related…
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Trump removes IRS commissioner Billy Long, appoints him Iceland ambassador
President Trump on Friday removed former Rep. Billy Long as IRS commissioner just two months after his Senate confirmation, and then…
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Trump signs peace deal with leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia
President Trump hosted a peace summit at the White House with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan where they signed a peace deal to end…
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Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to strip absent Democratic lawmakers of their seats
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked his state's Supreme Court to boot some Texas Democrat "cowards" out of their legislative seats…