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JetBlue Forecasts Higher Costs, Flat Revenue

For 2024, the airline plans $1.6 billion in capital expenditures. Non-fuel costs are expected to rise by a mid-to-high single digit percentage.

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U.S. and China Talk Fentanyl in Latest Sign of Thawing Ties

Two months after President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to dial back tensions, there has been a renewal of the face-to-face diplomacy that was once a routine part of managing U.S.-China ties.

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Biden Owes the Country a New Vice President

Heading into an election year in which two radically different visions of America’s place in the world look set to compete, yet again, one issue is bound to beset Joe Biden—and rightly so. His age. Biden will, shortly after the

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All American Families Have Stories of Illegal Immigration

By the time I showed up on the scene, my wife’s grandmother was in her 90s. Her hearing was bad and her mobility worse. But her spirit was all there. The first of her Italian migrant family to be born

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They Didn’t Plan to Be at the Center of a Civil Rights Battle. Then the Fearless Fund Was Sued

Seated under a spotlight in a darkened room, Arian Simone is the main attraction.  It’s a Friday afternoon in September at the Brooklyn leg of AfroTech, one of those multicity networking events where people exchange personal QR codes and work

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Former IRS Contractor Will Go To Jail For Disclosing Trump’s Tax Returns – Forbes

Former IRS Contractor Will Go To Jail For Disclosing Trump’s Tax Returns  Forbes Former Contractor Who Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison  The New York Times Ex-IRS contractor who leaked Trump’s tax returns sentenced to 5 years in

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Iran and the US were once friends – what happened?

It seems strange to think in this chaotic febrile epoch we are living in, but once upon a time Iran and the United States were friends.

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Iranian, Canadians indicted in U.S. in dissident murder plot

An Iranian and two Canadians, including a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to assassinate Iranian dissidents on US soil, officials said Monday. Naji Sharifi Zindashti, 49, Damion Patrick John Ryan, 43, and

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Russia demoted to team skating Olympic bronze without doped Valieva: ISU

Kamila Valieva’s doping ban has resulted in the Russia Olympic Committee team being demoted from the gold to bronze medal in the 2022 Winter Olympics team skating event, the International Skating Union (ISU) said Tuesday. The then 15-year-old’s positive test

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Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants – The Associated Press

Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants  The Associated Press Undercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say  CNN Israel Hamas war live updates: 3

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