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US debt is now bigger than the economy. That's not the real problem. The United States recently reached a disturbing new milestone: Debt had shot past 100% of gross domestic product. But political leaders seem to be unmoved.

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Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation -- President Trump has returned from his state visit to China to face a challenging US economy.

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Drones, bullets and cartel warfare fuel an invisible displacement crisis in Mexico -- María Cabrera and her family fled into the night-cloaked mountains of central Mexico with only the clothes on their backs when bombs fell from the sky and bullets ricocheted off her concrete floors.

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Harvard's endowment chief begins plans to depart from fund -- N.P. "Narv" Narvekar initiated talks this year with the board of Harvard Management Co., which runs the $56.9 billion endowment, about who would succeed him.

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Pope creates artificial intelligence study group as Vatican prepares to release his first encyclical -- The Vatican said the pope had decided to create the in-house study group because of the acceleration in AI's use.

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North America's largest commuter rail system shuts down as workers strike -- The Long Island Rail Road ceased operations early Saturday morning after five unions representing about half its workforce walked off the job.

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Charting the global economy: Inflation mounts as war drags on -- The fallout from the war in Iran continued to ripple across the global economy, complicating the outlook and fueling inflation angst.

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Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike, halting busiest US commuter rail system

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Chamber chief executive Rooney leans on Boston's history in annual speech

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Starbucks to lay off 300 US corporate workers and close regional offices

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Trump says China will buy 200 planes from Boeing, with a possibility of expanding the deal to 750

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'A loss for the nation': MIT president says research has fallen 10 percent, and grad student enrollment is down

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