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India Lands on Moon With Chandraayan-3, 4th Country Ever to Do So
The Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India the first country to reach the lunar south polar region in one piece and adds to the achievements of the country’s homegrown space program.
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Talks heat up in Hollywood, but studio tactics anger striking writers
Writers exploded with fury Wednesday after studio offers were made public — an attempt, the writers said, to divide them as their strike drags past 100 days.
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In a Hot Job Market, the Minimum Wage Becomes an Afterthought
The federal wage floor of $7.25 is increasingly irrelevant when even most teenagers are earning twice that. But what happens when the economy cools?
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Can Shrinking Be Good for Japan? A Marxist Best Seller Makes the Case.
Kohei Saito says the country should seize this moment of demographic and economic challenge to reinvent itself through “degrowth communism.”
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YouTube Improperly Used Targeted Ads on Children’s Videos, Watchdogs Say
One of the groups said it had used Google’s tools to run a targeted ad campaign this month on children’s channels. Google has said it did not allow such ads on videos made for children.
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Hollywood Studios Disclose Their Offer on Day 113 of Writers’ Strike
The public disclosure of the Aug. 11 proposal was an unusual step and suggested an attempt to go around union leadership and appeal to rank-and-file members.
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Live updates: Republican presidential candidates to compete in first debate
Republican presidential candidates face off in the first debate tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Follow along for live updates, key moments and what to watch.
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An Atlanta bail bondsman explains how he would handle Trump
Among the revelations: Trump’s $200,000 bond is in the “upper tier” of bonds in the area.
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South Carolina’s highest court upholds strict abortion ban
South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld a new law banning most abortions after roughly six weeks. The 4-1 decision is a reversal from when the court struck a similar law saying it violated the state constitution.
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Americans aren’t sold on a Biden impeachment inquiry
They are skeptical of Hunter Biden and the handling of his case. But most don’t connect his problems to the president, and support for an inquiry is lower than it was for Trump’s impeachments.