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Anthropic recently agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a copyright-infringement lawsuit over its use of pirated books to train its models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
According to Small, George School’s parents and students raised money to pay for the album and 300 copies were produced.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Ordinary money-market funds and dividend-focused stock funds both pay close to 3.5% now, and safe, short-term bonds, closer to 4%, versus the S&P 500’s yield of just 1%.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Two-thirds of new college graduates say they would take a job with lower pay in order to gain more long-term job security, according to a survey from job-search platform Monster released late last month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Leah hired nurses, supervised her household servants, and continued to schedule séances for New Yorkers willing to pay for the privilege of seeing an original Fox sister.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
