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Should I let my baby’s father off the hook? Hax readers give advice.
She’s pregnant and the baby’s father, her ex-boyfriend, wants to be “left out of the whole mess.”
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Taco Bell wins Taco Tuesday trademark fight as New Jersey bar concedes
Taco Bell launched a legal campaign to free the phrase “Taco Tuesday” from trademark protections. One New Jersey bar held out, until this week.
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Cooking chat: How do I cook rice that’s fluffy, not soggy?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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The right cheap beers for any occasion or activity
Cheap beers have a time and a place. Here are 10 occasions to enjoy them.
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My teen son won’t tell us who his friends are. Do I have a right to know?
Meghan Leahy, a parenting coach, author and advice columnist, and Amy Joyce, On Parenting editor and writer, take your questions.
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Meta Posts 23% Growth as Ads Rebound, With Profit More Than Doubling
The internet company’s cost cuts also helped lift its financial performance in the most recent quarter.
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Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.
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Biden Seeks to Tame Oil Prices if Mideast Conflict Sends Them Soaring
The president has previously drawn down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease price pressures, but that could be more difficult now
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The Challenges Facing Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers
They are set to start their defense on Thursday, with the FTX founder planning to testify in his criminal fraud trial. Hurdles include what Mr. Bankman-Fried’s former associates said on the stand.
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What the U.S. Has Argued in the Google Antitrust Trial
As the government wraps up its case in the landmark monopoly trial, it has built a picture of how Google became dominant in online search — and the harms that it says resulted.