NYTIMES (Joe Rennison) - Government Borrowing Cost Hits Two-Decade High After Fed Rate Decision
The surge in Treasury yields suggests investors doubt that the Federal Reserve can keep inflation contained.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Renovations uncover wallet lost decades ago with cherished family photos inside
More than five decades ago, librarian Kathleen Regan lost her wallet at Lowell High School in Massachusetts. Now, 54 years later, workers found the lost item and returned it to her grateful family.
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ABCNEWS - Senators still working with SEC, Big Ten on issues involved in college sports bill
Senate negotiators are working to resolve thorny differences with leaders of the Southeastern and Big Ten Conferences over revisions to a bill designed to regulate college sports that sponsors want a vote on before the chamber goes on summer break next...
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ABCNEWS - Multiple football coaches, players charged over alleged hazing at high school
The grand jury indictment follows a lengthy investigation into hazing allegations in the Cheltenham High School football program.
NYTIMES (Colby Smith) - Fed Holds Rates Steady but Three Officials Back Increase
Kevin M. Warsh’s second meeting as chairman of the Federal Reserve was colored by internal divisions over the path forward for policy.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Howard University president on enrollment scandal
Interim president Dr. Wayne Frederick discusses what happened and what’s next after more than 500 incoming freshmen learned they were no longer enrolled at Howard University.
NPR (Rachel Carlson) - Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19
The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.
NYTIMES (Dionne Searcey, Mihir Zaveri and Bianca Pallaro) - New York’s Rollout of Its Second-Home Tax Is Confusing Some Residents
The state’s so-called pied-à-terre tax is causing anxiety for homeowners who feel outed by the publication of their addresses. Some say they have only one home.
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NYTIMES (Sheryl Gay Stolberg) - Fauci Pleads the Fifth, Refusing to Answer Questions on Covid Origins at Senate Hearing
Senator Rand Paul said the committee he leads would vote next week on whether to hold Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress.
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NYTIMES (Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt) - Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens
With Iran flexing its might, President Trump appears to be weighing military options again, after rejecting plans to escalate.
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