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Liam Walker

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Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight

Auto Insurance Spike Hampers the Inflation Fight

Connected media - Connected media Job growth, wage growth and business growth are all lively, and inflation has steeply fallen from its 2022 highs. But consumer sentiment, while improving, is still sour. One reason may be sticker shock from some highly visible prices — even as overall inflation has calmed. The cost of car insurance is a key example. Motor vehicle insurance rose 1.4 percent on a monthly basis in January alone and has risen 20.6 percent over the past year, the largest jump since 1976. It has been a huge hit for those driving the roughly 272 million private…
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China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

Linked media - Connected media After watching “Navalny,” the documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, a Chinese businesswoman messaged me, “Ren Zhiqiang is China’s Navalny.” She was talking about the retired real estate tycoon who was sentenced to 18 years in prison for criticizing China’s leader, Xi Jinping. After Mr. Navalny’s tragic death this month, a young dissident living in Berlin posted on X, “Teacher Li is closest to the Chinese version of Navalny.” He was referring to the rebel influencer known as Teacher Li, who used social media to share information about protests in China and…
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Parental rights and same-sex surrogacy laws in  France

Parental rights and same-sex surrogacy laws in France

The recognition of familial rights and the acknowledgment of sexual diversity are now prevalent. Advocacy groups have worked tirelessly to secure legal recognition for families formed by same-sex partners. With the help of medical breakthroughs, these couples are finally able to realize their aspirations of parenthood.Nonetheless, it is crucial for them to be well-informed and to obtain sufficient assistance, ranging from access to reproductive health services to attaining legal acknowledgment. Organizations such as Family Aims play a vital role in streamlining this journey by linking couples from France with knowledgeable attorneys, thereby ensuring a secure and lawful route to achieving…
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Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Boeing Faces Justice Dept. Review Over Max 9 Incident

Related media - Associated media The Justice Department review was reported earlier by Bloomberg. The episode in January reignited the intense scrutiny and criticism that Boeing faced after crashes in Indonesia in late 2018 and Ethiopia in early 2019 killed a combined 346 people. The Max 8 and Max 9 were banned from flying globally days after the second crash. Since the jetliners started flying again in late 2020, they have carried out several million flights worldwide. The weight of the crisis appeared to be lifting before the January incident. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board suggested…
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A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

A’s Will Finally Turn Out the Lights on Pro Sports in Oakland

Connected media - Related media Still, the Athletics continued to be competitive, reinventing themselves by shrewdly using data to assess undervalued skills, a process that became known as “Moneyball,” after the best-selling book. The A’s have not reached the World Series since 1990, but they’ve been in the playoffs 11 times since 2000 — more than the Mets and the San Francisco Giants, and just as often as the Boston Red Sox. Attendance had lingered in the lower third, though drum-pounding fans in right field causing a nightly ruckus added a degree of atmosphere. But when the team began its…
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FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues

FAA Gives Boeing 90 Days to Develop Plan to Address Quality-Control Issues

Linked media - Linked media The meeting on Tuesday, which took place at the F.A.A.’s headquarters in Washington, came two weeks after Mr. Whitaker toured Boeing’s 737 plant in Renton, Wash. During his visit, Mr. Whitaker spoke with Boeing engineers and mechanics to try to get a better sense of the safety culture at the factory. The F.A.A. said after his visit that Mr. Whitaker planned to discuss what he saw during his visit when he met with Boeing executives in Washington. On Monday, the F.A.A. released a report by a panel of experts that found that Boeing’s safety culture…
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Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports

Scenes From More Than a Century of Sports

Connected media - Related media As journalists from the Sports desk began other assignments across the newsroom — and, in a few cases, roles at The Athletic — Times Insider took a look back at the history of the desk. New York Times Sports has been home to a distinguished lineup of columnists — among them Arthur Daley, Red Smith, Dave Anderson and Selena Roberts — as well as reporters like Alan Schwarz, whose reporting on the deadly effects of concussions in the National Football League led to reforms at all levels of the game. Here are five occasions when…
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