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Canadian Retailer Couche-Tard Abandons Its $47 Billion Bid to Buy 7-Eleven

Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.

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A 7-Eleven store in Tokyo. The battle for control of the chain has been closely watched as a barometer of the changes underway in corporate Japan.
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Trump Says Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Cane Sugar in Coke Made in U.S.

The company began using corn syrup in Coke in 1980, blending it with sugar to help defray the cost of rising sugar prices.

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A spokeswoman for Coca-Cola would not confirm or deny whether the company had agreed to begin using cane sugar in Coke.
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N.Y.C. Panel Withdraws Proposal to Switch to Open Primaries

The panel, created by Mayor Eric Adams, said it would introduce other ballot initiatives, but not a proposal that would allow all voters to participate in primaries regardless of party.

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In an open primary system, candidates from all parties appear on a single ballot. The top two vote-getters then advance to the general election.
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Immigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests

The detentions have become a relatively easy way for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to detain immigrants who are appearing for court dates.

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From New York to California, federal agents have arrested immigrants appearing for routine proceedings at immigration courts.
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Broadway’s ‘Gypsy’ Revival, Starring Audra McDonald, Will Close

The show is the sixth musical to announce a closing date since last month’s Tony Awards, reflecting financial challenges facing producers.

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Audra McDonald is the first Black actress to play on Broadway the lead role of Rose, the ur-stage mother whose daughter becomes a stripper.
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Vance Tries to Sell the Benefits of Trump’s Megabill but Ignores the Costs

In a visit to Pennsylvania, Vice President JD Vance stressed tax cuts and savings accounts for newborns, with no mention of trims to Medicaid and nutritional assistance programs many Trump voters rely on.

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Vice President JD Vance spoke at a machine shop in eastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday to promote the Trump administration’s signature domestic policy legislation.
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Ceratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s

The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.

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A handler with the juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton during preparations for the Sotheby’s Natural History auction in New York City earlier this month.
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Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia Question Evidence in Criminal Case

The exchanges unfolded at a hearing in Federal District Court in Nashville intended to determine whether Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should be freed from criminal custody as he awaits trial.

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Demonstrators gathered to support Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia this month in Maryland.
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Can Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks Case to Remove Fed Chair, Experts Say.

The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.

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President Trump has seized on Jerome H. Powell’s renovation of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters as a potential reason to fire him, intimating that he engaged in “fraud.”
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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.

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Members of the California National Guard have protected federal buildings and accompanied agents on immigration raids in the Los Angeles region.
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Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay

Billy McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud, said in April that he would put the beleaguered brand that he founded up for sale.

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Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland, who wound up going to prison for nearly four years after he entered a guilty plea to charges that included wire fraud, in Brooklyn following his release in 2022.
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