Today is Monday, the 127th anniversary of the first auto race in the United States. Here are some other news items. – Job market for lawyers might level off in 2023. – Hong Kong’s leader asks if foreign lawyers may ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s establishment of the Peace Corps. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Should a judge decide who prosecutes alleged police use of excessive force? — ...

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Hong Kong, Anthony Weiner and jails and the mentally ill round out the roundup.

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North Carolina's voter ID law leads news summary including extradition from Hong Kong, a Wisconsin "takings" case and a Georgia murder trial with no definitive, official cause of death.

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In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut’s latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the ...

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Catholic Relief Services says it has named the first woman to lead one of the world’s largest international humanitarian relief organizations. Carolyn Woo, the former dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, is the seventh CEO ...

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ABOARD ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS FLIGHT 7871 — It’s the plane that is supposed to change the experience of flying. No more stuffy noses, dry throats or severe fatigue. Larger windows to provide a stronger connection to the world outside. And ...

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LONDON — A pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep extremely low interest rates for another couple of years has calmed investors’ jitters, sending stock markets around the world higher Wednesday. The Fed’s surprise announcement Tuesday that it would likely ...

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HONG KONG (AP) — When Steven Leung and Sylvia Cheung celebrated their nuptials in this southern Chinese financial center recently, they lavished their guests with one sumptuous dish after another — bird nest soup, lobster, abalone. But one traditional dish ...

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