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Braun, two games removed from being benched to accommodate the Westbrook-Jokic two-man dynamic, was suddenly back in the starting five by default.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2025 -
If Bowman hadn't chosen from among the three, the default method would have been the electric chair. More about Marion Bowman Bowman grew up in a rural area in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, about halfway between Charleston and Columbia.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Other forms of childhood adversity — emotional abuse, neglect, household mental illness, substance abuse, and exposure to parental domestic violence — were not significantly associated with stroke in this study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Over the past year, our office’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit has prosecuted 12 individuals and companies for abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults.—
Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
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The agency elevated its fight against climate change into a central pillar of U.S. development work akin to poverty reduction — a woeful distraction from its work in war zones and in countries suffering famine.—
The Editors,
National Review,
5 Feb. 2025
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Other levers include responsible consumption, material reduction and refill/reuse.—
Lauren Parker,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2025
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But a report released last week by the Government Accountability Office reveals serious negligence and fiscal mismanagement in Head Start, putting at risk the very children the program claims to help.—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2025
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Southern California Edison is at the center of a wave of negligence and wrongful death lawsuits after videos taken by residents showed the flames illuminating the base of one of the utility's electrical towers clustered on a hillside, just as hurricane-force Santa Ana winds tore through the region.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC News,
28 Jan. 2025
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This deduction varies based on your filing status, and it's adjusted each year for inflation.—
Robert Thorpe,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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One of the biggest-ticket proposals to raise new revenue in the House Republicans’ document would hit a tax break cherished by upper-income Americans: eliminating the mortgage interest deduction.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
30 Jan. 2025
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The bureau’s failures meant that the destruction wrought by the Confederates and the slave trade would persist well beyond the war’s conclusion.—
Robert Colby,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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Black Middle Class and Black Elite are Present The idea that the disenfranchisement of Black Americans has resulted in their perpetual failure is false.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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Gemma is a high-profile author and advocate for government oversight of A.I.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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These individuals may easily end up negotiating deals or directing the course of events while escaping both congressional oversight and public scrutiny.—
Maurizio Valsania,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2025
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This week’s dire weather forecasts, and public safety warnings, are filled with some unfamiliar terms and abbreviations.—
Gary Robbins,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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This year, expect one abbreviation to show up a lot across every single category: AI.—
Chris Welch,
The Verge,
4 Jan. 2025
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