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Regulators debate utilities’ role in transmission projects
November 17, 2022
The debate over how to build out billions of dollars of new power lines — and whether utilities should monopolize that process — took center…
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Harvard and Yale law schools announced Wednesday that they would no longer participate in the rankings of US News & World Report, citing a methodology…
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Explainer: What’s next in FTX’s bankruptcy
November 17, 2022
Crypto exchange FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Friday following its precipitous collapse, saying it could owe money to…
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Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings
November 17, 2022
Yale Law School and Harvard Law School are pulling out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school ranking that they have dominated for decades,…
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How inflation act may help rescue greenhouse-gas goals of repealed Clean Power Plan
November 16, 2022
The Supreme Court delivered a major blow to U.S. climate change efforts in June when it struck down the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which had…
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Small transmission projects hindering clean energy, FERC told
November 16, 2022
Spending on U.S. power lines is on the rise, but most of the money is going toward small projects located in a single state or…
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Boston Public Radio full show: Nov. 15, 2022
November 16, 2022
Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by asking listeners how they feel about the state of extremism post-midterms. … Nancy Gertner discussed…
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Midterms Highlight Supreme Court’s Threat to Black Votes
November 16, 2022
An article by Noah Feldman: At a time when control of the House of Representatives has come down to just a few seats, it’s a…
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Earlier this month, Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI were hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that they violated copyright law with their AI-powered coding assistant…
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Mr. Attorney General, the time to indict Trump is now
November 16, 2022
The clock is running out for the Justice Department’s investigations of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators, and Attorney Merrick Garland’s batting average so far has…
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Texas GOP looks to restrict transgender health care and drag shows
November 16, 2022
Texas Republicans introduced several bills this week that target the transgender community, including at least two measures seeking to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors and…
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No matter what Drake and 21 Savage hoped to accomplish with the faux-Vogue issue that kicked off the pseudo-media blitz ahead of the joint album…
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A federal appeals court Monday issued a nationwide injunction temporarily barring the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief program. The ruling by the 8th Circuit…
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The Wrong Americans Are Buying Electric Cars
November 15, 2022
Keller Strother got his first Tesla, a Roadster, in 2011. He still has it, though his garage now includes two more Teslas and a vintage…
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From The January 6 Tapes with celebrated legal analyst Preet Bharara
November 15, 2022
Deep Background with Noah Feldman: This excerpt from Pushkin’s new audiobook, The January 6 Tapes, features lawyer and legal analyst Preet Bharara’s thoughtful breakdown of…
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The Great American Myth of Equality
November 15, 2022
From the moment Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, penned these words, the fight to control their meaning began: “We hold…
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Would Twitter get online publisher immunity in fake ‘blue check’ suits?
November 15, 2022
Twitter Inc’s introduction last week of a new subscription system to dole out blue-check verification badges was a flop by any standard. Even Twitter tacitly…
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The Case Against the Twitter Apology
November 14, 2022
An article written by Jill Lepore: Whose P.R.-purposed apology was worse? Al Franken’s or Louis C.K.’s? The Equifax C.E.O.’s (for a cybersecurity breach) or Papa…
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The Biden administration has stopped accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness after a court struck down its plan on Thursday evening. “Courts have issued…
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The U.N. is mulling another mission to Haiti. Haitians are skeptical.
November 14, 2022
In a country where virtually all the news lately has been bad, Lucmane Tabuto found the announcement that cholera had resurfaced particularly worrisome. The 65-year-old…
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Embattled Crypto Exchange FTX Files for Bankruptcy
November 14, 2022
On Monday, Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, took to Twitter to reassure his customers: “FTX is fine,” he wrote. “Assets…