Would the Housing Crisis Ease if Boomers Rented Out Their Empty Rooms?
May 4, 2025
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Would the Housing Crisis Ease if Boomers Rented Out Their Empty Rooms?

Monte Anderson opened a broom closet in his kitchen and pointed to a door handle near a mop and a trash can. Somewhere on the other side lay…

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Straining This Oklahoma Used Car Business
May 4, 2025
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Straining This Oklahoma Used Car Business

Antonio Austin spotted the car from 100 yards away — red dirt caked onto tinted windows, the front bumper gone, smoke billowing out from under the hood. “Damn,…

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Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns
May 4, 2025
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Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowed Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns

In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are…

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Houston Shooting: Multiple People Hurt As Family Party Goes Badly Wrong
May 4, 2025
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Houston Shooting: Multiple People Hurt As Family Party Goes Badly Wrong

By Billal Rahman is an immigration reporter based in London, U.K. He specializes in immigration policy and border security. He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents…

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Trump’s Tariffs Create Fear and Uncertainty at Vietnam’s Factories
May 4, 2025
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Trump’s Tariffs Create Fear and Uncertainty at Vietnam’s Factories

For Vietnam’s legion of factory workers, the mathematics of making a living was complicated enough before President Trump announced a whopping tariff on the goods they make. Nguyen…

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SpaceX’s ‘Starbase’ Becomes Official City After Voter Approval
May 4, 2025
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SpaceX’s ‘Starbase’ Becomes Official City After Voter Approval

A special election in Cameron County, Texas has officially established Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility as “Starbase,” a new city, with voters overwhelmingly approving the incorporation measure by a…

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Catholics Rebuke Donald Trump’s AI-Generated Pope Image
May 3, 2025
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Catholics Rebuke Donald Trump’s AI-Generated Pope Image

Catholics denounced an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope, calling it offensive and disrespectful as they continue to mourn the death of…

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Teacher Urges Officials to ‘Take Out’ Trump Supporters
May 3, 2025
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Teacher Urges Officials to ‘Take Out’ Trump Supporters

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) told Newsweek in a statement on Saturday that it’s aware of comments on social media that were made by a Maine high school…

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How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
May 3, 2025
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How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town

With its horse-trodden roads, endless fields of almond blossoms and cowboy heritage, the 20,000 person town of Oakdale, Calif., fits the American West of imagination. And for decades,…

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Harvard’s President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump
May 3, 2025
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Harvard’s President Alan Garber Talks About His Legal Fight With Trump

Dr. Alan Garber, president of Harvard, disagrees with President Trump about many things. He is fighting Mr. Trump as the federal government tries to strip Harvard of billions…

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