Homicides Are Plummeting in American Cities
U.S. Killings in cities including New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco are falling from their respective pandemic-era increases April 14, 2024 5:30 am ET…
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Opinion | Wyoming Hits the Rare-Earth Mother Lode
Opinion Commentary Wyoming Hits the Rare-Earth Mother Lode If managed wisely, the discovery at Halleck Creek will make the U.S. the world’s indispensable…
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Why Would Anyone Collect 150 John Deere Lawn Tractors? Brandon Pfeiffer Can Explain.
Sixty years after the company’s lawn-and-garden models rolled into suburbia, hobbyists hunt down and restore the originals.
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Bitcoin’s Future Depends on Six Mysterious Coders
Developers with power to change the cryptocurrency’s software hold an unorthodox role, are elusive—and have been known to head off disaster for the coin. “It can be very scary.”
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Socotra, an Unspoiled Island in the Arabian Sea, Now in Developers’ Crosshairs
An island off the coast of Yemen has sustained its singular culture and fragile ecosystem for generations. After centuries of relative isolation it faces an uncertain future.
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How to Survive the Next Market Crash
Fund manager Mark Spitznagel, who earned a fortune when stocks cratered in 2008 and 2020, has some surprising advice for how ordinary investors can brace for the next big one.
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Janet Yellen Likes Rocks. Foreign Diplomats Keep Giving Her Stamps.
Rumors have spread that the Treasury secretary is an avid stamp collector, but she doesn’t pursue the hobby. She would rather have a mineral. ‘Stamps really don’t mean anything to Janet at all.’
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The Secrets of America’s Greatest High School Math Team
A teacher obsessed with identifying talent, maximizing potential and optimizing education has created a dynasty. A former Wall Street bond trader, Buchholz High School coach Will Frazer says: ‘I used to get paid money. Now we get trophies.’
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The Secret Life of Seconds: The Minds Behind the World Chess Championship
By Andrew Beaton and Joshua Robinson Nov. 29, 2021 6:00 am ET Share Text AD Loading advertisement... 00:00 This article is in your queue. When Magnus Carlsen…
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To Fight Rising Murder Rate, More Cities Find, Mentor and Pay Likely Shooters - WSJ
Advance Peace Fresno attempts to steer gang members who commit the most shootings away from crime, but opponents say stipends send the wrong message.
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‘Turn Me Loose, White Man’ Review: How to Listen to American Music
As a saxophonist, composer and bandleader, Allen Lowe has recorded albums of impressive scope and ambition with musicians who span generations and communities.…
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Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Valley With Them
The diaspora of tech talent is apparent in towns around the Rockies, where wealth and business activity are rising, along with property prices and wage competition.
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How Will Covid Impact This Year’s Ski Season? More Face Masks and Less Après Ski
Skiing at your favorite resort might look a little different this year. Here’s what you need to know.
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Want to Win That Race? Hire a Coach to Stay Alongside You and Carry Your Phone
Diane Reynolds had been racing for a few months when she won her first amateur cycling event, the Farm to Fork Fondo near upstate New York’s Finger Lakes in…
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‘Playing Catch-Up in the Game of Life.’ Millennials Approach Middle Age in Crisis
American millennials are approaching middle age in worse financial shape than every living generation ahead of them, lagging behind baby boomers and Generation…
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Gut-Busting New York City Buffets That Won’t Pinch Your Wallet
At Gastronom Arkadia, a bustling Russian grocery in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach, the 100-plus homemade dishes at the self-serve buffet are an obvious draw.…
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Humans: The Domesticated Primates
A few years ago, I stayed in Kenya with the conservationists Karl and Kathy Ammann, who kept a rescued chimpanzee named Mzee in their home. Even as a young…
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How LeBron James Became Stephen Curry
By Ben Cohen Dec. 20, 2018 10:37 a.m. ET Illustration: Mike Sudal/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL In the summer of 2015, not long after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to…
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Headspace vs. Calm: The Meditation Battle That’s Anything but Zen
The two smartphone apps taking meditation mainstream exude a Zen vibe and trumpet nearly identical missions to increase health and happiness around the world.…
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The LeBron James Interview About Bicycles
I spoke to LeBron James about bicycles on Friday. This was a few hours before President Trump decided to go onto Twitter to challenge James’s intellect, which…
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The Science Behind the World’s Longest Flights
Photo: Brad Holland Tucson, Ariz. The Sonoran Desert is a pretty good place to research what ultralong nonstop flights do to the human body. Airlines and…
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An Isolated Country Runs on Mobile Money
HARGEISA, Somaliland—Hyperinflation and economic isolation have pushed this poor, breakaway republic closer to a virtual milestone than most other countries in…
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The Warriors’ Key Chess Piece Is Also a Chess Fanatic
Oakland, Calif. After a recent Golden State Warriors game, Klay Thompson opened the Chess with Friends app on his phone. He wanted to show a match he was…
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Why Even Control Freaks Are Opting for ‘Surprise Vacations’
AT 8:25 ON A MIDWINTER Friday morning, I’m in Terminal B of New York’s LaGuardia Airport with a small bag, a large envelope and no idea where I’m about to fly…
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The Hedge Fund Manager Who’s Shorting America’s Malls
Eric Yip, who grew up working weekends in shopping centers, is betting on their pain using an obscure index linked to bonds backed by commercial mortgages. He has lined up against some heavyweights on the other side of the trade.
