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Carolyn Hax: Is it hypocrisy to attend funeral of sibling with an abusive past?
A brother mistreated his siblings growing up and is now gravely ill. Is attending his funeral appropriate, when the time comes?
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“I messed up”: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams
The number of sextortion cases targeting young people “has exploded in the past couple of years,” particularly among teen boys.
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The case for — and against — taking your shoes off in the house
Should you require shoes off in your home if it’s not for cultural reasons? Scientists, a podiatrist, a flooring specialist and an etiquette expert weigh in.
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Carolyn Hax: She’s on eggshells around ‘insecure and sensitive’ sister-in-law
A letter writer and her brother used to be close, but his wife is so easily offended that “we can’t really talk.”
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Miss Manners: I dislike addressing professors by their first names
Does a letter writer have to oblige if a professor wants to be called by their first name?
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Who’s Rooting Hardest for a Sam Bankman-Fried Conviction? The Crypto Industry.
Crypto insiders, who have been trying to distance themselves from the FTX founder, are united in their zeal to see Mr. Bankman-Fried held to account.
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Crypto Goes on Trial, as Sam Bankman-Fried Faces His Reckoning
The FTX founder’s uphill court battle starts Tuesday, after he has come to symbolize everything that went wrong with the cryptocurrency industry.
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Once seen as the future, Boeing struggles to make a case for Starliner
Says the executive in charge of the program, “Probably the biggest challenge I have is defining how do I make this into a positive business case, given the market conditions as we see them right now.”
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Who is Laphonza Butler, Dianne Feinstein’s replacement in the Senate?
Butler, the president of Emily’s List, has worked for decades in the labor movement and was an adviser on Kamala D. Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud ran through Washington, prosecutors say
The FTX founder orchestrated one of the largest ever campaign-finance frauds in an attempt to buy favorable political treatment, prosecutors will argue.