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Israeli Government’s Plan to Overhaul the Judiciary Sets Off a Crisis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government contends the Supreme Court has unchecked power.Israel is in the throes of a grave political crisis that has ballooned in recent days to envelop crucial components of society: the military, universities and trade unions.For weeks, protesters have taken to the streets to oppose the…
Read More »First Citizens to Acquire Silicon Valley Bank
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which announced the deal late Sunday, had been looking for a buyer since seizing control of the bank.First Citizens BancShares will acquire Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender whose collapse this month sent shock waves across the financial sector.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seized control…
Read More »As Banking Worries Swirl, Europe’s Policymakers Express Confidence, With Caution
Officials say eurozone lenders are strictly supervised and continue to be strong. But at a recent conference, wariness about the future remained.For a bank, a loss of confidence is a fatal blow. After that occurred at several banks in the United States and Switzerland in the past few weeks, policymakers…
Read More »Philadelphia Monitoring Water Supply After Spill From Chemical Plant
More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution leaked on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water.Philadelphia officials on Sunday evening stepped back from a suggestion earlier in the day that residents consider using bottled water rather than tap water for…
Read More »In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up
China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that has faced growing resistance.The 30 women sat in wooden chairs, facing each other in a rectangular formation. At the front of the room was the ruling Communist Party’s hammer…
Read More »Off Shooting Night Can’t Keep L.S.U. From the Final Four
Led by Alexis Morris and Angel Reese, the Tigers beat Miami to return to the Final Four for the first time since 2008.GREENVILLE, S.C. — Miami’s defense was playing at its peak. The Hurricanes had forced the Louisiana State star forward Angel Reese to miss all nine of her first-half…
Read More »Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.Parts of Twitter’s source code, the underlying computer code on which the social network runs, were leaked online, according to a legal filing, a…
Read More »Furious Finishes Set the Final Four: No. 5 Seeds Miami, San Diego State Are In
Miami rallied from 13 points down to beat Texas, while a foul and a free throw gave San Diego State a win over Creighton. They join UConn and Florida Atlantic in the national semifinals.Miami, trailing and listless for much of the first 30 minutes of its round-of-8 game against Texas…
Read More »What Did We Learn From Trump’s Waco Rally? He’s Stuck in the Past.
WACO, Texas — In the first big rally of his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump didn’t dwell on the symbolism of speaking in Waco amid the 30th anniversary of the deadly siege there that still serves as a right-wing cri de coeur against federal authority.He didn’t have to.This speech, like…
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