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Despair flows after England’s Sycamore Gap tree is cut down. Could it regrow?

The famous tree in northern England is believed to have been around 200 years old. Efforts are under way to salvage it through regrowth or grafting — or starting over from a new seed. (Image credit: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty

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Su Zhu, Co-Founder of Failed Crypto Fund, Arrested in Singapore

The co-founder of the multibillion-dollar crypto hedge fund Three Arrows, which imploded last year, was arrested while trying to leave the Southeast Asian country’s airport.

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McCarthy Confronts GOP Holdouts in Vote to Avoid Government Shutdown

The House’s short-term bill would keep government funded past Saturday but has no chance in the Senate.

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EVs Will Hit Detroit Harder Than a UAW Raise

While pay increases following the strike will take the shine off automakers’ margins, their electric vehicles are still making huge losses.

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Two Books on Being All By Ourselves

A review of Richard Deming’s ‘This Exquisite Loneliness’ and Daniel Schreiber’s ‘Alone.’

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Fraud ruling threatens Trump’s N.Y. business empire – NPR

Fraud ruling threatens Trump’s N.Y. business empire  NPR Trump blasts New York civil fraud trial to raise 2024 campaign cash before key deadline  CNBC Opinion | Why the Donald Trump Fraud Case Matters  The New York Times

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Minister photographed in Saudi Arabia alongside Syrian counterpart, Taliban official

Syria’s Mohammed Martini reportedly takes exception to being pictured next to Haim Katz in group photo at tourism confab, distances himself from the Israeli

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The 5 Best New TV Shows of September 2023

As of 12:01 a.m. this past Wednesday, the writers’ strike is over. But even if the actors’ contract is also settled within the next few weeks, TV schedules throughout the fall will be full of stopgap programming meant to tide

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6 Ways to Tap Into Nostalgia—and Why You Should

When people walk into Keri Piehl’s retro toy store in Albuquerque, N.M., their eyes light up. Wooden spinning tops, Yo-Yos, Trolls, rainbow lava lamps, scratch-and-sniff stickers—it’s like time travel, unlocked. Some visitors make a beeline for the games and puzzles,

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The Supreme Court Will Decide if State Laws Limiting Social Media Platforms Violate the Constitution

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution. The justices will review laws enacted by Republican-dominated legislatures and signed by Republican governors in

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