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The best and worst ways to pit an avocado
A review of various methods for removing an avocado pit, ranked from worst to best according to ease and (potential) damage to oneself and the avocado.
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Apple Is Stepping Into the Metaverse. Will Anyone Care?
Interest in the futuristic, immersive digital world is fading just as Apple plans to debut a virtual reality device.
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Why May’s Jobs Data Complicates Inflation Picture for the Fed
Federal Reserve officials are expected to leave rates unchanged at their June 13-14 meeting. Fresh jobs data might make the choice harder.
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Will a Dollar General Ruin a Rural Crossroads?
A fight over a proposed chain store is also about what “country” means to different people in a small community.
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Investors Sour on China’s Stocks, Renewing Fears About Economy
They initially reacted enthusiastically to China’s reversal of pandemic restrictions but have since taken a dimmer view of the country’s recovery.
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Four Oath Keepers sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Prosecutors sought 10 years or more for Oath Keepers Roberto Minuta, Edward Vallejo, David Moerschel and Joseph Hackett, but all received less than five-year terms.
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Biden to deliver remarks from White House on bipartisan debt ceiling bill
The president plans to address the nation at 7 p.m. Eastern about legislation that will avert an unprecedented default on U.S. debt.
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What Americans in 1965 expected of 1985
A Gallup poll from 1965 shows the difficulty of predicting even only a few years into the future.
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Senate debt ceiling vote puts a feather in McCarthy’s cap
A much higher percentage of House Republicans voted for the bill than Senate Republicans. Here’s why — and what it means for McCarthy.
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Pence Won’t Face Charges in Documents Inquiry
The Justice Department informed the former vice president of its decision days before he was expected to announce his campaign for president.