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Newest Dodger Pitcher Tarik Skubal discusses the emotions of being traded from the Detroit Tigers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A little-used Federal Reserve backstop built for the 2020 dollar shortage is being put to a use it was never designed for: bankrolling Japan’s defense of the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
If the appeal is being lodged by your school or college, the deadlines are 20 August for priority cases and 28 August for others.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
For a second, Bee was sure he meant Simon being better at the language than she was.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Panpsychism suggests that consciousness is not limited to human beings or animals, but may instead be a fundamental property found throughout nature in varying degrees.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
About 30,000 Minnesotans were trained as observers, all intent on making sure that the human beings around them were being treated with basic dignity and given due process.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Until recently, it seemed that it would always be this way—that human beings would never achieve a comprehensive understanding of their history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The capacity to feel deeply, especially in the realm of love, is one of the most transcendently human experiences that mortal beings can have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"And human beings are mostly water, right? Ain't that what Fantana said at the beginning of the year?"
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
