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Scientists in South Africa tracking the spread of Omicron say they are seeing a rise in reinfections in people who had recovered from Covid-19, suggesting previous infection provides reduced protection against the new variant
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The Dow rose about 600 points and the S&P 500 added more than 1% despite uncertainty about the Omicron variant's potential impact on the economy
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Major retail stores including Home Depot, CVS and Nordstrom recently have been targets of organized retail crimes #WSJWhatsNow on.wsj.com/2ZM2zyC
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The Federal Trade Commission challenged Nvidia's proposed $40 billion takeover of Arm, arguing the chip-industry deal is anticompetitive
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Essay: This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. Why did the landmark ruling make viability the key standard in abortion law?
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Meghan Markle claimed victory in her legal battle against a British tabloid that published a letter the former actress sent to her father
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The U.S. will work with other countries to limit exports of technologies that can be used by authoritarian governments like China to suppress human rights
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Visitors to Major League Baseball’s official websites on Thursday discovered that something important had suddenly gone missing: MLB players
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A federal judge dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit brought by media executive Byron Allen against McDonald’s that accused the fast-food chain of discriminating against Black-owned media companies
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From : The best way to send a message to Putin is more lethal military assistance to Ukraine, whose troops are fighting and dying against Russian-backed separatists in the east
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BuzzFeed is facing a wave of withdrawals by SPAC investors before its public listing and isn't expected to raise significant cash, people familiar say
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With wedding vendors booked through 2024, some couples are resorting to begging and bribery to secure a date. “She said, ‘Please contact any of those mid-September girls who booked more than a year ago, and my father will give them $25,000 for that day.’�?
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About 20 Michigan school districts canceled in-person classes Thursday after receiving threats of violence, state police said, days after a school shooting in the state left four dead and seven injured
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China has long dispatched pandas to zoos around the world in gestures of goodwill. Taiwan's scaly pangolin now wants a shot at center stage.
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Serena Williams is adding another title to her resume: children’s book author. The tennis star's “The Adventures of Qai Qai,�? based on her daughter’s favorite doll, will come out Sept. 27, 2022.
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Here’s a roundup of the month’s most noteworthy movies and TV shows, as covered by The Wall Street Journal’s critics
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Close to 27% of U.S. consumers said in October that they had applied for a credit card in the past 12 months—the highest level since 2019 and well above the record low of 16% recorded a year ago
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Figure skating’s Grand Prix Final was canceled, a week before it was scheduled to begin in Osaka, after Japan effectively closed its borders in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus
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