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On Inflation the Price Is Still Wrong

Wall Street Journal The consumer-price index has fallen from its peak, but ‘core’ prices remain sticky. https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-prices-federal-open-market-committee-markets-biden-e830165d

The Price of Practicing Law in China

Wall Street Journal A periodic reminder of how the Communist Party mistreats the Chinese people. https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-human-rights-attorneys-prison-sentence-shandong-province-court-cd2d59e6

How High Interest Rates Turn ‘Paper Losses’ Into Real Ones

Wall Street Journal If you borrowed money to invest in bonds, waiting for them to mature will cost a bundle. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-paper-losses-become-real-ones-underwater-assets-fed-held-to-maturity-interest-costs-b6534298

Would You Rent Your Home to Rihanna?

Wall Street Journal When celebrities, sports stars and titans of industry come to town for vacation, they are often willing to shell out tens of thousands of dollars or more for the privacy, security and space of private homes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-rent-your-home-to-rihanna-9515ad13

What to Know About the Trial of ‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell

New York Times Ms. Vallow Daybell is being tried in connection with the deaths of two of her children and her husband’s previous wife. Prosecutors said she was driven by her “doomsday” religious beliefs. https://www.nytimes.com/article/lori-vallow-daybell-trial.html

No Russia-Ukraine peace talks expected this year, U.S. leak shows

Washington Post The Ukraine war is expected to spill into 2024 with neither side notching victory and both refusing to negotiate, U.S. intelligence officials surmise. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/leaked-documents-ukraine-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Tennessee House Expulsions: What You Need to Know

New York Times Only days after Republicans ousted two Democratic lawmakers over a gun control protest, one has already been returned to his seat and local officials unanimously voted on Wednesday to send the second back, too. https://www.nytimes.com/article/tennessee-house-democrats-expulsion-shooting-gun-control.html

OAS rights court rules against Mexico on no-bail policy

Washington Post The Inter American Human Rights Court has ruled that Mexico violated the rights of two men who were held in pre-trial detention for 17 years before being convicted of homicide https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/mexico-pretrail-detention-oas-human-rights/682997e6-d981-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Ukrainian military carries out 18 shelling attacks at DPR in past day

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The shelling left a civilian wounded and damaged four homes https://tass.com/politics/1603457

NYC Mayor Adams names former grade school teacher as ‘rat czar’

Fox News Every New York City mayor has waged war — and mostly lost — against one of humanity’s most cunning and enduring foes: rattus norvegicus. But has the city’s vilest enemy, better known as the common brown rat, finally met its match? Mayor Eric Adams introduced a former elementary school teacher and anti-rat activist…