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  • BusinessThe New York Times

    Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store

    Last year, Americans bought a half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle. The bold red-and-black packaging feels inescapable: It’s a staple of college dorm rooms, bodegas, middle-of-the-country Walmarts and viral TikTok videos. But 30 years ago, the noodles were largely unknown in the United States. No grocery store would stock them, said Kevin Chang, the director of marketing for Nongshim, Shin Ramyun’s parent company. Except, that is, for a few small Korean g

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  • NewsGlasgow Times

    Rishi Sunak puts tax cuts and immigration at heart of election manifesto

    Rishi Sunak has put tax cuts, lower immigration and protection for the state pension at the forefront of his election campaign.

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  • NewsAssociated Press

    Pakistani army kills 11 militants in raid in the northwest following bombing that killed 7 soldiers

    Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout, killing 11 in an overnight operation in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest, authorities said on Tuesday. The intelligence-based raid was in retaliation to Sunday’s roadside bombing that killed seven soldiers in the same Lakki Marwat district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan, the military said in a statement. It added the operation is still ongoing "to eliminate any other terrorist found in t

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  • NewsAssociated Press

    The Latest: Jury to resume deliberations in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial

    Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday in the criminal case against Hunter Biden over a gun he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. The trial began last week in Delaware’s federal court with prosecutors seeking to show Hunter Biden was addicted and regularly using drugs during the 11-day period when he bought and owned the gun.

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Machete killer, 12, inspired by drill musician who rapped about ‘ripping through guts’

    A 12-year-old machete killer was inspired by a jailed drill musician who rapped about “swinging a blade” and “ripping through guts”.

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  • NewsThe Bolton News

    'Ridiculous': Residents' concerns after changes to bin collections announced

    Residents have aired their concerns regarding changes to bin collections which were announced this week

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  • NewsAssociated Press

    Community health centers' new crisis: The need for backup power

    The 2017 Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 buildings, was already a stressful time at Alliance Medical Center’s clinic here, as workers who picked grapes in the nearby vineyards streamed into the nonprofit community health center with burns, symptoms of smoke inhalation, and other crises. Then, the power went out. The refrigerators used to store medications stopped working, destroying $30,000 worth of vaccines.

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