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U.S. Factory Towns Laid Low by the ‘China Shock’ Are Benefiting From New Investments

Communities that suffered the worst of plant closings in recent decades are now gaining an outsize share of fresh investment and new jobs.

Business - The New York Times - 10 hours ago

A New Life Started Where Others Are Laid to Rest

Holding a wedding in a cemetery has become more commonplace. For some couples it’s deeply personal, for others strictly budgetary.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - Yesterday

Laid Off From Big Tech? Here Come the Rebounder Founders

They were pushed out of cushy jobs at Google, Twitter, and Meta. Now they’re building startups and embracing the risk of entrepreneurship.

Business - Inc. - October 23

Alex Salmond laid to rest in funeral near family home

A private service has been held at Strichen Parish Church in Aberdeenshire.

Walmart Holiday Shopping Plans Are Laid Months Before Black Friday

To prepare for ever-longer shopping season, thousands of employees were assembled for a retail jamboree in Florida’s August heat.

Business - The New York Times - Yesterday

How Trump is using a new 'big lie' to undermine the 2024 election results

Former President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters are mobilizing around a new “big lie”: the false claim that a flood of noncitizens votes could swing the 2024 election.

New York Was a Shopping Town. Is It Again?

Small, medium and large: There seem to be signs of life for brick-and-mortar operations of every size in the city … once again.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - Yesterday

Watch live: Trump town hall in Pennsylvania

Former President Trump is scheduled to appear at a town hall in Oaks, Pa., on Monday evening. During a Sunday rally in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Trump said that if elected, he would call on Congress ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

WATCH: Trump town hall interrupted by medical emergencies in the crowd

Former President Donald Trump's town hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Monday evening was interrupted twice by medical emergencies.

BBC reporter: 'They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins'

The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim, in Sudan for the first time since the war began, sees what has happened to his childhood neighbourhood.

Jimmy Kimmel Bashes Trump’s Bizarre Town Hall

Kimmel joked on Tuesday that Trump “just said ‘To hell with it’ and started asking his tech guys to play songs off his iPad.”

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Vance says there won't be 'civil unrest' if Trump wins

5 takeaways from Trump's Univision town hall

Former President Trump on Wednesday fielded questions from Latino voters at a Univision town hall as he seeks to court the key voting bloc in November’s election. Trump detailed his plans to crack ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

An American was reportedly kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway

Philippine police say a search is underway after four gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away by speedboat

World - ABC News - October 18

'Our town is dying from the inside out'

More than a quarter of shops are empty, but opinion is divided on how to find a long-term solution.

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