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Sam Bankman-Fried Blames ‘Huge Management Failures’ for FTX Collapse

Mr. Bankman-Fried spoke at The New York Times’s DealBook conference, in his first public appearance since his crypto exchange imploded.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agrees to pay $105m to US Virgin Islands

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay the US Virgin Islands more than $105m (£86.8m) as part of a settlement in a sex trafficking and child exploitation case.

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Mike Pence Plays to the G.O.P. Base From a Times Stage

Mr. Pence, while promoting his new book at the DealBook Summit, frowned upon the idea of the Justice Department’s taking action against his former boss.

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House Passes Bill to Avert a Rail Strike, Moving to Impose a Labor Agreement

The House voted to force rail companies and workers to accept a pending agreement and to add seven days of paid leave, a key demand of the employees. But it met with a rocky reception in the Senate.

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New Yorkers Debate Mayor’s Approach to Mentally Ill

Many city residents agree something needs to be done to remove people with severe mental illness from public places. But some experts say the mayor’s aggressive new approach may not help.

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New Yorkers Debate Mayor’s Approach to Mentally Ill – The New York Times

New Yorkers Debate Mayor’s Approach to Mentally Ill  The New York Times New York City mayor announces plan to hospitalize mentally ill people involuntarily  CBS News Making a good first impression on a first date  PIX11 News NYPD was ‘blindsided’ by Eric Adams’

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Egyptians call on British Museum to return the Rosetta stone

The bilingual carvings on the relic proved to be the breakthrough in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics after being unearthed by colonialists in Egypt in 1799.

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House committee receives Donald Trump’s federal tax returns from IRS – CNN

House committee receives Donald Trump’s federal tax returns from IRS  CNN IRS gives Trump tax returns to House committee after 3-year legal battle  CNBC House Democrats Obtain 6 Years of Trump’s Tax Returns  Business Insider Trump’s tax returns now in the hands of

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The Oath Keepers’ Leader Was Just Convicted. The Far Right Will Keep Thriving

The conviction of the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia on seditious conspiracy charges was hailed as a significant win for the Justice Department and a “victory for the rule of law.” But the verdict against Stewart Rhodes and

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NYC Mayor Adams faces backlash for move to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people

Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in “psychiatric crisis.” (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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