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The Week in Business: A Bank Takeover
Credit...Giulio BonaseraWhat’s Up? (March 26-April 1) Silicon Valley Bank Changes Hands First Citizens BancShares, a family-run bank in North Carolina, announced last Sunday that it was acquiring Silicon Valley Bank, capping off a tumultuous month ...
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US
Indicted and Running for Office? It Didn’t Begin With Trump.
American politics has a long history of candidates who were indicted or convicted of crimes but sought office again.
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US
Tennessee’s Rejection of $8.8 Million in Federal Funding Alarms H.I.V. Prevention Groups
The state plans to use state funds, which a spokeswoman for Gov. Bill Lee said would be more efficient than receiving federal dollars. Some organizations are concerned they will be cut off if they don’t align with his conservative politics.
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Biden Will Release Dead-on-Arrival Budget, Picking Fight With G.O.P.
The president’s plans have little in common with the budget Republicans are set to release this spring, as the nation hurtles toward a possible default on its debt.
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A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money
The pharmaceutical industry is rife with tales of companies dreaming up ways to prolong their monopolies on lucrative drugs. They tinker with chemicals. They tweak dosing. They swap out capsules for tablets. By piling up patents, drug companies delay ...
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US
Student Loan Case Before Supreme Court Poses Pressing Question: Who Can Sue?
Prompted by a 2007 decision giving states “special solicitude,” partisan challenges to federal programs from coalitions of state attorneys general have surged.
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Newyork
How Public Money Goes to Support a Hasidic Village’s Private Schools
For years, Kiryas Joel, a bustling village north of New York City, has run one of the most unusual public school districts in America. The village is almost entirely populated by Hasidic Jews, and the district was created to serve just one group ...
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World
El veredicto del juicio a García Luna podría afectar a funcionarios mexicanos y agentes de EE. UU.
Los fiscales comienzan a cerrar el caso contra quien fue el hombre fuerte de la seguridad durante el gobierno de Felipe Calderón, pero la decisión del jurado podría tener grandes consecuencias en México y Estados Unidos.
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Newyork
Don’t Let Republican ‘Judge Shoppers’ Thwart the Will of Voters
For the 26th time in two years, the Texas attorney general Ken Paxton recently filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a Biden administration policy. The suit, which seeks to wipe out a new Labor Department rule about the investment of pension ...
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New Lawsuit Challenges State Bans on Abortion Pills
The case, brought by GenBioPro, a company that makes one of two abortion drugs, argues that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar access to a medication approved by the federal government.