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Eyes on the Street
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I ran across this story from Vanessa Guerrero on Instagram recently. She originally posted it to Twitter a few years ago; heres the full text: Living in LA, Ive lived in many a neighborhood in whi ...[Continue Reading]
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Exclusions Make Contractor Coverage Elusive, Builders Say. Appeals Court Disagrees
William Rabb
A federal appeals court decision handed down last week is a victory for a Liberty Mutual surplus carrier, but it highlights what one attorney said is a widespread problem in the construction industry ...[Continue Reading]
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Cautionary Tales True Lies and Genuine Fakes
Tim Harford
This episode is released exclusively on Pushkin+. Episodes are released on the main feed each Friday. In 1998, an art gallery gets a mysterious phone call. The caller claims they have been fooled by ...[Continue Reading]
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What to pair with West African flavours
Joel Hart
In February 2024, Adejok Bakare became the first black woman in the UK to be awarded a Michelin star for Chishuru, her restaurant reimagining Nigerian and Ghanaian dishes. Now in new central London ...[Continue Reading]
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Trump Organization Sues Woke Capital One for Canceling Accounts
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President Donald Trumps company sued Capital One Financial Corp., accusing it of illegally de-banking him for political reasons by abruptly canceling hundreds of accounts for his sprawling real es ...[Continue Reading]
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In Syrian villages cut off from the world, a grisly massacre took place
Stephanie March
Hundreds possibly thousands have been killed in Syria amid reports of massacres and executions by both pro-government and opposing forces, creating the biggest challenge Syria's President has faced s ...[Continue Reading]
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