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Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words being spelled out letter by letter. The time and place of this new movie co-directed by Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman, who also wrote the screenplay, becomes clear. It’s the United States in 1918, and the Spanish Flu is making its way to…
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Archaeologists Find a 2,400-Year-Old ‘Pot of Gold’ in Turkey
An ancient hoard of Persian coins offers insights into the political landscape around the time of the Peloponnesian War.
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U.S. Sues TikTok Over Child Privacy Violations
The Justice Department said TikTok illegally collected children’s data and knowingly allowed users under the age of 13 to create accounts.
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Tech Companies to Keep Spending on A.I. Despite Worries of Slow Payoff
Big technology companies show no signs of slowing their spending on artificial intelligence, even though a payoff still looks a long way away.
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Opportunity Zones, Lauded by Trump, Don’t Always Help Poor
A tax incentive, with bipartisan roots, aims to foster development in poor areas. It has fueled building, but it hasn’t always aided local residents.
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July Jobs Report: What to Know
U.S. employers added 114,000 jobs in July, far short of forecasts, and unemployment rose to 4.3 percent, the highest level since 2021.
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Is the Fed Behind the Curve? As Unemployment Rises, Worries Mount.
Central bankers are preparing to cut interest rates, and are monitoring job data as they consider when and how much to lower them.
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JD Vance Pioneered ‘New Right’ Economics. Trump May Not Embrace It.
The vice-presidential nominee favors economic policies that help advance a socially conservative vision of American society — and that sometimes clash with Trump’s own plans.
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Senior U.S. Diplomat Will Lead Kamala Harris’s Running Mate’s Team
Elizabeth M. Allen, who heads the State Department’s public diplomacy office, served as a top aide to Ms. Harris in 2020 and in the Obama White House.
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Biden’s Title IX Rule Goes Into Effect in 24 States as Legal Challenges Continue
The regulations, which broaden sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation, remain blocked by lawsuits across much of the country.