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America’s Labor Shortages Are Good, Actually

 The upside of longer lines and faltering customer service. By Eric Levitz
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Should a 13-Year-Old Have Bariatric Surgery?

 By Benjamin Hart Sandra Hassink on what the new pediatric obesity guidelines she co-wrote do and don’t say.
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Has Pete Buttigieg’s Dream Job Turned Into a Nightmare?

 By Ed Kilgore It turns out Transportation secretary won’t be a quick and easy layover on the way to higher office for Mayor Pete.
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The powerful earthquakes have flattened thousands of buildings in the region, and the death toll continues to mount.
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A Pair of Nazis Allegedly Wanted to Blow Up the Baltimore Grid
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The alleged plot is part of a surge in far-right extremists looking to take out the electrical grid.
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FTX Even Had a Woo-Woo Life Coach
By Matt Stieb
Sam Bankman-Fried hired his own psychiatrist to coach staffers about “happiness” and to encourage them to go on dates.

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