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The German Auto Industry, a Pillar of the National Psyche, Is Trembling (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Banks urged to invest £30m into local firms as US rivals lead the way (thetimes.com)

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Two women led the resistance to Infantino's World Cup sell-off. That matters (nytimes.com)

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9 Bleecker St. returns to market with a $6.5 million ask

EVG photo from March 2025  Less than a year after changing hands, the historic townhouse at 9 Bleecker St., just west of the Bowery, is back on the market.  According to listing information, the three-story building is now asking $6.5 million after selling last s...

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Two Years After Federal Raids, an Eric Adams Power Couple Seeks Podcast Fame

Former Mayor Eric Adams' administration officials and married couple Sheena Wright and David Banks are now producing a podcast.

In the predawn darkness of Sept. 4, 2024, city and federal law enforcement agents knocked on the heavy wooden door of the ornate Hamilton Heights townhouse Schools Chancellor David Banks and his then-fiancée, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, called home. Agents with the FBI and city Department of Investigation confiscated their cellphones that morning as […]

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Blanche Formally Rescinds Plan for ‘Weaponization’ Fund

“Acting attorney general Todd Blanche issued a written order late Sunday formally rescinding the Trump administration’s proposal for a $1.8 billion fund for people who claim they were victims of political prosecutions — a step toward breaking an impasse that had threatened his chances of becoming the Senate-confirmed head of the Justice Department,” the Washington […]

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Senate Aims to Block White House Over Science Funding

“Senate Republican leaders unveiled a spending bill Sunday that would temporarily block President Donald Trump from implementing a rule change that would give political appointees sweeping power over hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants,” the Washington Post reports. ”The provision was tucked into a bipartisan measure to fund the government through Dec. 11 […]

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Celebrity art

It doesn’t have to be well-crafted, historically important or aesthetically unique. It simply needs to be famous. Celebrity art is famous, with a story and thus emotional resonance. It’s a souvenir for our eyes, a chance to have proximity without ownership. It conflates familiarity with scarcity, the power of in-person experience with the context of […]

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Trump Rages as GOP Senator Nukes IRS Slush Fund in Perfect Humiliation

Donald Trump unleashed an epic tirade at Senator John Cornyn for blocking his IRS lawsuit settlement slush fund, which would let Trump reward allies and grants the Trumps a form of tax immunity. Cornyn is holding up the nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney g...

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Watch the Evolution of Manhattan Unfold in a Timelapse Video, from 1600 to 2026

A Manhattan without skyscrapers sounds difficult, if not impossible, to imagine today. But such a place really did exist, at least up until the turn of the twentieth century. While the title of the very first skyscraper ever built may go to the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, New York City caught up so aggressively […]

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(S+) Klimaschutz in Städten und Kommunen: Das Ende der Klima-Euphorie (spiegel.de)

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En ny bekymrende trend rammer unge mænd: »Det går lynhurtigt, og nogle har tabt mange millioner« (jyllands-posten.dk)

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Follow Open Channels News on X @OCFMNews

Founder Bob Dunn rebranded his @BobWP account to @OCFMNews for Open Channels News, expecting existing followers to appreciate the new focus on news and podcast content.

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Manchester United and Marc Skinner agree to mutually terminate head coach’s contract (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Mamdani May Need to Find $5 Billion More a Year for Free Child Care (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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NBA London expansion team’s $1bn offer from consortium behind Hundred cricket investors (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed (bloomberg.com)

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London’s Ego (medium.com)

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Why Chelsea changed their transfer policy to sign Premier League golden oldies (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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