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Financial Times - Business
The BlackRock private data deal that minted a UK billionaire
Sale of Preqin for £2.5bn has catapulted founder Mark O’Hare into ranks of Britain’s wealthiest peopleUnited Kingdom -
The New York Times - Business
Book Review: ‘Private Revolutions’ by Yuan Yang
In “Private Revolutions,” Yuan Yang follows the lives of women in a rapidly changing modern superpower. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Private-Equity Insiders Offer Their Summer Reading Picks
Among this year’s recommendations: a novel on Shakespeare’s marriage, a book on doing business in Putin’s Russia, a take on ‘magical overthinking’ and two works by industry veterans. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Private Equity's Diverging Deal Making and Fundraising Outlooks
Views on the industry often depend on which side of the market the firm occupies. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Federal LGBTQ Rule for Schools Under Siege
The Biden administration has racked up a string of initial losses in its effort to extend federal protections against discrimination to gay and transgender students. -
BBC News - Top stories
Girl killed in school bus crash 'was wearing seatbelt'
Jessica Baker, 15 was killed along with the driver of the bus when it crashed on the M53 last year. -
CBS News - Top stories
Gay teacher responds to LGBTQ backlash in schools
The American Library Association found that 4,240 books were targets of censorship efforts in 2023, with about half of those books written by or including people of color and those from LGBTQ communities. CBS News executive director of elections ... -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Josh Shapiro's Moment of Truth on School Choice
Does the Pennsylvania Governor support education vouchers for poor children or not? -
The Wall Street Journal - World
The Trump Prosecutions That Became a Political Gift
How 91 counts that once seemed poised to end his campaign instead made it stronger than ever.Donald Trump -
NBC News - Politics
High stakes for Biden's political survival
The stakes could not be higher as donors and some Democratic lawmakers pull back their support for Mr. Biden. NBC News' Kristen Welker reports.Joe Biden -
CNBC - Business
Private payrolls grew by just 150,000 in June, less than expected
Companies added 150,000 jobs for the month, below the upwardly revised 157,000 in May and the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 160,000. -
CNBC - Business
Women’s soccer draws private-equity interest as team valuations soar
Sixth Street and Carlyle have each have each struck deals at soaring team valuations. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Pro Take: Private Credit Embraces Nontraded Business Development Companies
Perpetual nontraded business development companies made up 42% of all BDC assets in 2023, fueling the expansion of the private-credit market. -
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NBC News - Top stories
Kansas' largest school district was discriminatory in its discipline, Justice Department says
An exhaustive investigation into Kansas’s largest school district found it disciplined Black and disabled students more frequently and harshly than their white counterparts, the Justice Department said Tuesday, announcing a settlement agreement ... -
ABC News - Top stories
Lawsuit alleges that law school's hiring practices are biased against white men
A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University’s law school claims that its hiring practices prefer less-qualified women and applicants of color to white men. -
Financial Times - World
Indonesia’s Prabowo sparks spending concerns with $28bn free school meals plan
Incoming president considers enlarged government and increased borrowing in break with predecessor Widodo -
BBC News - Top stories
Fatal crash school 'let down' by Met Police investigation
Leaders of a school where two pupils died after a Land Rover crashed into an end-of-term tea party say they feel let down by the police investigation. -
The Hill - Politics
Biblical push in schools poses major test for separation of church and state
Officials in red states are increasingly using schools to test the wall between church and state. Oklahoma joined Louisiana last week in insisting that biblical teachings have a place in the classroom, alarming civil liberties groups who say ... -
The New York Times - Top stories
Judge Rules Against Release of Covenant School Shooter’s Writings
Whether to publish the voluminous paper trail left behind by the assailant was one of the most contested issues that arose from the attack. -
NBC News - Top stories
Judge denies release of Covenant school shooter's writings to the public
Audrey Hale killed three children and three staff members at The Covenant School before police fatally shot the shooter on the school's second floor. -
The Hill - Politics
Judge rejects requests to release Nashville school shooter's writings
The lengthy manifesto written by the Nashville, Tenn., shooter who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a Christian private school will not be released to the public, a judge ruled. The families of the victims will control the release of ...Tennessee -
The New York Times - Business
Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their School
Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.Tiktok -
The Hill - Politics
Law schools left reeling after latest Supreme Court earthquakes
The Supreme Court isn't making it easy to be a law professor these days. After overturning the 40-year-old Chevron deference last week, the justices threw law curricula for another major loop on Monday with their earth-shaking ruling on ... -
The New York Times - Top stories
A French Museum Collides With New Jersey Politics
State lawmakers voted to pull funding for an outpost of the Pompidou Center in Jersey City, blaming rising costs. The mayor said the decision was retribution. -
The New York Times - Business
Bonds Are Boring Again. But Political Turmoil Could Change That.
After years of horrendous returns, core bonds were beginning to look like attractive, ho-hum investments. Then the debate happened. -
The Hill - Politics
Biden leans on family with political future at risk
President Biden is increasingly leaning on his family while navigating calls from fellow Democrats to end his 2024 candidacy. Jill Biden and Hunter Biden serve as some of the president’s closest inner circle of confidants with a public focus ...Joe Biden -
Financial Times - World
Amid the Trump-Biden chaos, Americans should not forget their history
The indictments against King George in the Declaration of Independence could just as easily be applied to TrumpJoe Biden -
MarketWatch - Business
ADP says 150,000 private-sector jobs created in June, smallest gain in five months
U.S. businesses add a modest 150,000 new jobs in June, paycheck company ADP said, to mark the smallest increase in five months, possibly another sign the labor market is cooling. -
MarketWatch - Business
2-year Treasury yield ends at almost three-week low after ISM data offers signs of waning U.S. growth
Treasury yields finished lower on Wednesday for a second straight session after the Institute for Supply Management’s index of services businesses produced its lowest reading since the height of the pandemic in May 2020. -
CNBC - Business
Vice President Kamala Harris' past donors privately strategize in case Biden drops out
Vice President Kamala Harris' allies discuss scenarios in the event that President Joe Biden decides not to keep his reelection campaign going.Joe Biden -
NBC News - Top stories
Vice President Kamala Harris' past donors privately strategize in case Biden drops out
Vice President Kamala Harris’ allies are privately discussing what her candidacy would look like if President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for the White House, and how they could help her, following Biden’s disastrous debate performance on ...Joe Biden -
ABC News - Top stories
Biden privately signals 'open mind' on path forward, next few days critical: Sources
He has said he knowns how difficult his political predicament is, sources say.Joe Biden -
NBC News - Top stories
Biden privately remains torn between defiance and acceptance amid calls to step aside
WASHINGTON — In recent conversations with aides, family members and allies outside the White House, President Joe Biden has vacillated between acceptance and defiance in the face of the seismic shift in his political standing within his own party, ...Joe Biden -
ABC News - Tech
State passes bill encouraging school districts to ban students' phone use during day
Pennsylvania’s Senate has passed legislation to encourage school districts to effectively ban students’ use of cellphones during the school day -
The Guardian - World
Ukraine war briefing: Day of mourning in Dnipro after Russian attack on schools and hospitals
Mayor of city in south-east Ukraine says kindergartens were among buildings hit in strike that killed at least five people. What we know on day 862. See all our Ukraine war coverageA day of mourning has been announced for Thursday after a Russian ...Ukraine -
ABC News - Top stories
Judge says Nashville school shooter's writings can't be released as victims' families have copyright
A Nashville judge has ruled that the writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the publicTennessee -
NBC News - Top stories
An Afghani woman who traversed three continents for an education graduates from high school
Zahra Shahnoory's journey fleeing from Afghanistan to New York in search of opportunity reflects the struggles of thousands amid global migration crises. -
CBS News - Top stories
What to know about the U.K. election set to shake up British politics
After 14 years of Conservative party rule, U.K. voters look set to choose a different path. Here's how the election works and what the polls show.United Kingdom -
ABC News - World
Cancer-stricken Belarusian political prisoner is released after authoritarian president's promise
A prominent Belarusian opposition politician who is suffering from a severe form of cancer has been released from prison, three years after his arrest in the authoritarian country’s crackdown on dissent