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    Lobbying groups, small businesses and influencers have defended TikTok on billboards and in court filings against a Montana proposal.
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    Taxes, Drugs and … TikTok?

    How one of Montana’s top elected officials made banning the app a top priority, putting the state at the center of a geopolitical storm.

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    Sara Murphy’s mother, Mahin Murphy, offered to support her daughter financially so she could pursue a doctoral degree.
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    Perspectives

    When Financial Independence Isn’t Always the Goal

    Many Iranian Americans say their families place a high premium on education — sometimes at the expense of early financial independence — potentially complicating their financial futures.

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    Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain at the U.S. Open on Friday. ESPN, which provides coverage of the U.S. Open, has gone dark for subscribers of Charter Communication’s Spectrum cable-TV service.
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    One of the Biggest Cable Companies Says Cable TV Isn’t Working

    Charter Communications told investors Friday that its fraught negotiation with Disney was a sign of a larger problem with the traditional cable-TV business model.

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    Susan Barber, a high school English teacher, said using A.I. chatbots could make students’ college essays too generic.
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    Ban or Embrace? Colleges Wrestle With A.I.-Generated Admissions Essays.

    A.I. chatbots could facilitate plagiarism on college applications or democratize student access to writing help. Or maybe both.

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    Meta is considering a paid subscription service for Instagram and Facebook users in Europe.
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    Meta May Allow Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Pay to Avoid Ads

    The subscription plan is a response to European Union policies and court rulings to restrict Meta’s data-collection practices.

     By Mike Isaac and

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    U.S. Hiring Settles Into a Lower Gear

    Employers added 187,000 jobs in August and unemployment rose to 3.8 percent as the economy continued to lose momentum built up after pandemic lockdowns.

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    We Used A.I. to Write Essays for Harvard, Yale and Princeton. Here’s How It Went.

    A.I. chatbots can do a passable job of generating short essays. Whether their use on college applications is ethical is the subject of fierce debate.

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  1. South African Inquiry Rebuts U.S. Charge on Russian Arms

    A government investigation about a Russian ship contradicts U.S. accusations that South Africa provided arms to fight Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. But a government report won’t be released, he added.

    By John Eligon and Lynsey Chutel

     
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  4. A Summer of Strikes

    See how a wave of labor activity in the United States this summer compares with decades past.

    By Molly Cook Escobar and Christine Zhang

     
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  8. One Last Chance to Be Lazy

    Loafers and idlers, including the heads of the Lazy Butt Club, extol the virtues of the not-so-busy life, even as many big companies start cracking down on return-to-office policies.

    By Steven Kurutz

     
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