Why an ISIS Comeback May Look Unlike Anything Seen Before | WSJ
The Islamic State has seen major setbacks this year, first in the defeat of the physical caliphate and then with the death of its founder and leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But experts warn that the ISIS ideology remains strong and that a global resurgence is already underway.
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November 15, 2019
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The Best and Worst U.S. Airports | WSJ
WSJ’s Scott McCartney released this year’s list ranking the country’s 20 largest airports. After looking at 15 metrics related to operations, value and convenience, the list has a new No. 1.
Full list:
1. Phoenix (PHX)
2. Denver (DEN)
3. Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
3. Detroit Metro (DTW)
5. Orlando (MCO)
6. Las Vegas (LAS)
7. Atlanta (ATL)
8. Dallas/Forth Worth (DFW)
9. Los Angeles (LAX)
10. Houston Bush (IAH)
11. Charlotte (CLT)
12. Seattle (SEA)
13. Minneapolis (MSP)
14. San Francisco (SFO)
15. Boston (BOS)
16. Chicago O’Hare (ORD)
17. Miami (MIA)
18. Philadelphia (PHL)
19. New York JFK (JFK)
20. Newark (EWR)
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November 14, 2019
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Why China Is Betting Big on CBD | WSJ
As products made with CBD, or cannabidiol, take off in the U.S., Chinese entrepreneurs are looking cash in. The WSJ visited China’s cannabis heartland to see how they are navigating this highly sensitive industry as they try to turn their country into a CBD superpower.
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November 13, 2019
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Why Your Connecting Gate May Be a Mile Walk | WSJ
We’ve all experienced the adrenaline rush of racing to a connecting airport gate. Sometimes it’s right there, and other times it’s more than a mile away. So why does this happen?
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November 12, 2019
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Alter Ego: The Secret Culinary Life of an Accounting Professor | WSJ
After work, Julian Yeo swaps his spreadsheets and balance sheets for knives and a pressure cooker. The NYU accounting professor uses cooking and Instagram as creative outlets that feed his need for human connection.
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November 11, 2019
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Michael Phelps on Building His Brand After The Olympics | WSJ
Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks to WSJ's Lee Hawkins about life after swimming, including his work related to water conservation and his business endorsements.
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November 08, 2019
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College Admissions Scandal: How Easy Is It to Fake Athletic Photos? | WSJ
As part of the largest college-admissions scam ever prosecuted, some parents allegedly paid others to create fake photos of their children as top athletes. WSJ finds out just how easy it is to manipulate photos by asking an expert to combine pictures of Tom Brady and Bradley Cooper.
Photos illustration: David Starr
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November 07, 2019
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Why Foreign Companies are Skeptical of China's New Openness | WSJ
Beijing is giving Washington a concession in the trade talks: regulations that would level the playing field for foreign companies in China. But there are doubts about Beijing’s true commitment to opening its market.
Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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November 06, 2019
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How Toys 'R' Us Went Bankrupt | WSJ
For decades, Toys "R" Us was not only one of the top toy retailers in the United States, it was one of the top retailers period. Until it suddenly wasn’t. Toys “R” filed for bankruptcy in 2017 and liquidated six months later. This is the story of how Toys "R" Us went bankrupt.
Illustration: Carter McCall/The Wall Street Journal.
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November 05, 2019
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AirPods Pro Fit Test: How Well Do They Stay In? | WSJ
Apple’s latest $249 AirPods Pro promise a better fit thanks to the new, different-sized silicone ear tips, but how well do they stay in? WSJ’s Joanna Stern jumped on a mechanical bull and recruited some street performers to find out.
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November 04, 2019
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How New Satellites Could Change the Internet | WSJ
The most reliable streaming providers have typically used cable to deliver content. But that’s all changing with the launch of new and better satellites that could one day give us 5G, low latency data. The Wall Street Journal speaks with the chief of the International Bureau at the FCC to discover how those changes are happening almost overnight.
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November 01, 2019
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What Happens to Your Brain on Jet Lag | WSJ
If you ever traveled across a time zone, chances are you’re no stranger to jet lag. Scott McCartney asks Wall Street Journal science reporter Daniela Hernandez exactly what’s happening to his brain when he takes a long-haul flight.
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October 31, 2019
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Why 5G's Future Depends on Spectrum Access | WSJ
NOTE TO VIEWERS: In Chicago, Verizon download speeds reached a maximum above one gigabit per second, and median speeds in South Korea exceeded those in the U.S. The video above incorrectly says Chicago speeds maxed out above one gigabyte per second, and represents the median speeds in megabytes instead of megabits.
In the global race for 5G, U.S. telecom firms have a unique disadvantage: limited access to the “goldilocks” band of radio frequencies. That's pushing U.S. firms toward a less practical version of 5G. WSJ explains the science and its implications.
Illustration by Carlos Waters / The Wall Street Journal
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October 30, 2019
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Why Wildfires Are Becoming an Insurance Nightmare | WSJ
California wildfires cost insurance companies more than $24 billion over the past two years. As those insurers look to cover their losses, here’s a look at how homeowners like Grass Valley resident Christy Hubbard are paying the price.
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October 29, 2019
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Repo: How Roughly $1 Trillion Moves Overnight | WSJ
The repo market shook the financial world in September when an unexpected rate spike choked short-term lending, spurring the Federal Reserve to intervene. WSJ explains how this critical, but murky part of the financial system works, and why some banks say the crunch could have been prevented.
Illustration: Jacob Reynolds for The Wall Street Journal
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October 29, 2019
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Shaquille O'Neal Discusses Investing, Franchising, and Donuts | WSJ
Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal explains how he leveraged his basketball success to move beyond endorsement deals into entrepreneurial ventures with Carnival Cruise Line, Krispy Kreme and other companies.
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October 25, 2019
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Boeing vs. Airbus: Why Aviation’s Biggest Rivalry Is in Flux | WSJ
As Airbus is set to overtake Boeing to become the world’s largest plane maker by deliveries, WSJ explains how two jetliners—the 737 MAX and the A320neo—ended up at the center of the biggest rivalry in the aviation world.
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October 28, 2019
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WSJ Investigation: Amazon Sellers Sourcing From Unsafe Factories
Garments made in Bangladeshi factories that major retailers have banned as unsafe are finding their way onto Amazon's site for sale in the U.S. WSJ investigates Amazon's apparel supply chains and the impact of its marketplace on garment factory workers.
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October 24, 2019
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Why Facebook's Libra Faces a Tough Road to Becoming a Crypto Giant | WSJ
In its quest to launch a digital coin, Facebook is hitting a series of snags as companies pull out of the project and regulators question the social-media giant’s ability to manage a currency. WSJ’s Paul Vigna explains the global backlash against Libra.
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October 23, 2019
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Deepak Chopra on How to Meditate at Your Desk | WSJ
Deepak Chopra says we should find time to meditate each day, even if that time has to be at the office. He shows you how to ignore the emails–just for a few minutes–and ease your stress at work.
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October 22, 2019
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Israel’s settlements in the West Bank, one of the most emotional issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have gone mainstream among Israelis. Places once viewed with skepticism, if not downright hostility, by other Israelis are now home to 450,000 Israelis, up from 116,300 in 1993. They account for 15% of the total population of the West Bank, which also includes an estimated 2.6 million Palestinians, and 5% of the Israeli population.⠀
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Many recent settlers say they are motivated less by politics than by economics and lifestyle. Today, many settlers are seeking a better quality of life and lower housing prices. New arrivals to booming settlements like Ariel say they were drawn by ample living space, jobs in local industrial parks, a suburban lifestyle and educational opportunities. As Israel drifts to the political right, settlers have gained power, adding to their feeling of permanence.⠀
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Much of the international community, including the United Nations, considers all settlement activity to be illegal, and Palestinians cite it as a primary obstacle to peace. Nevertheless, the scattered settlements have become largely accepted by many Israelis as indivisible parts of the country that could never be negotiated away. They do draw a distinction between large settlements such as Ariel, which has the backing of the Israeli government and which they would try to keep under a peace agreement, and outposts that are technically illegal but have been supported by the Netanyahu government in recent years.⠀
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Twenty years ago, Google's founders began building a goliath on the premise that its search algorithms could better comb the web for useful information than humans. Google executives have said repeatedly that the algorithms are objective and essentially autonomous, unsullied by human biases or business considerations.⠀
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That message often clashes with what happens behind the scenes. Over time, Google has increasingly re-engineered and interfered with search results, including through blacklisting websites, pushing its preferred results and editing autofill responses, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.⠀
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As clashes paralyze Hong Kong, a new type of front line is emerging. High school students are turning up at the forefront of battles throughout the city, and the extreme youthfulness of protestors has alarmed Chinese officials.⠀
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Confrontations between protesters and police have turned university campuses into battle zones. The action on college campuses is bolstered by protesters not yet old enough to attend.⠀
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More than a third of 4,000 protesters arrested are age 20 and younger, according to police records. Among those, dozens are 14 or younger. The youngest protester arrested is 11.⠀
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Last month, two teens—one of them 14 years old—were shot by police during street battles. Both survived and the older teenager was charged with rioting, an offense which carries a prison term of up to 10 years. Recently, a 13-year-old arrested on the subway was carrying two undetonated Molotov cocktails.⠀
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“This is the most important fight of our generation,” said Adam, a high school senior who turned 17 in October. “We can’t back down now, no matter what the teachers say or how they try to stop us.”⠀
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@elizabethbanks knows her Hollywood career could have worked out dramatically differently.
"I think if I had a really successful acting career, I would not be interested in doing all of these other jobs," she says. "If I was Julia Roberts, I would not be directing movies."
Banks uses work, specifically how women get things done, as a creative focal point. Her latest project, the reboot she directed of the mid-'70s spy series "Charlie's Angels," arrives in theaters Friday.
It is the second feature she has directed after "Pitch Perfect 2," which became the highest-grossing musical-comedy of all time when it was released in 2015. But with "Angels," she owns a big-budget action franchise from beginning to end—rare for a female director.
"Being in a big franchise allows you to have it all," the 45-year-old tells @wsjmag. "I recognize the same thing, it's almost unfair for women. The best roles are usually in small movies, but then you don't make any money. It's okay to want to make money."
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In China, marijuana is seen as a dangerous narcotic, and possession is strictly punished. That hasn’t stopped the country from trying to become a powerhouse in the fast-growing industry for cannabis products.⠀
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As one of the world’s largest hemp producers, China is using that foothold to churn out cannabidiol, or CBD, a loosely regulated chemical related to marijuana that is finding its way into products as diverse as bath bombs and pet food.⠀
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The heart of these efforts is in Yunnan in southwestern China, the first province to make it legal to farm cannabis on an industrial scale. In Yunnan, farmers have planted vast plots of hemp that stretch for miles. In the fall, those leaves and flowers are turned into CBD powders and oils for export. Sales of ingestible CBD products are strictly regulated within the country, so that means almost everything China grows is sent abroad.⠀
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Since 2016, a team of artisans at the UAP Polich Tallix foundry in New York's Hudson Valley has made the Oscar statuettes for Hollywood's biggest night.⠀
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Each Oscar is made of bronze, plated with 24-karat gold, and weighs about 8.5 pounds. When it comes to sculpting the statuettes, some artisans have trouble with one part in particular. ⠀
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“It’s always the face,” said Ivan Goodman. “There can be absolutely no flaws.”⠀
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@polichtallix has quietly built a reputation as one of the best in the world, having worked with artists such as Richard Serra, Roy Lichtenstein and Jeff Koons.⠀
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When the 47-story Waldorf Astoria hotel opened on New York's Park Avenue in 1931, it was the tallest hotel in the world—and the most luxurious of its time. Over the years, it has hosted presidents from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama, foreign dignitaries and Hollywood stars such as Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe.⠀
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Now, the hotel's new owner, China-based Anbang Insurance Group, is betting on that storied history to sell condominiums at the Waldorf, which has been closed since 2017. It will reopen after a $1 billion renovation with 375 large hotel rooms and 375 residences for sale in the towers above them. Sales are slated to launch in the first quarter of 2020, with prices running about $2,500 to $3,000 a square foot.⠀
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Enes Kanter, who is often considered one of the best offensive rebounders in the NBA, isn’t the kind of athlete content to shut up and play.
The Boston Celtics center reserves the bulk of his censure for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule over his native country, calling Erdogan the “Hitler of our century.”
“Right now, 17,000 innocent women are in jail—with babies,” @eneskanter11 says after practice one afternoon. “Turkey is putting more journalists in jail than any other country. That one makes me so pissed. There’s no freedom of speech. Over 6,000 academics have lost their jobs. One of them was my dad.”
Kanter’s sustained denunciation of Erdogan has made the 27-year-old a wanted man. He receives regular death threats. Earlier this year, Turkey issued an Interpol Red Notice—a kind of international arrest warrant—for him. The U.S. and other countries have chosen to ignore the notice.
Kanter tries to leave politics off the court. But his decision to speak out against Erdogan still shadows his game.
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Three out of every five workers have either witnessed or been a target of some form of discrimination at work, based on their age, race, sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a new poll. But people between the ages of 18 and 34 were far more likely than other age groups to report having witnessed or being subject to each type of discrimination.⠀
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As several generations converge in the workforce and attitudes about appropriate office conduct change, younger workers might perceive problems where more experienced employees see business as usual, said Johnny C. Taylor Jr., chief executive of the Society for Human Resource Management (@shrmofficial).⠀
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Jessie Van Eetvelde was a Belgian supermarket cashier who heard the Muslim call to prayer on a vacation in Morocco 11 years ago and converted to Islam. Back home she married a Dutch Muslim man, and in 2014 the couple headed to Syria to join Islamic State’s self-professed holy war.
Today, the 41-year-old is detained in a camp in northern Syria, a widow caring for her two toddlers. She says she just wants to go home. But her country doesn’t want her—and is fighting a legal battle to keep her out.
“We hope to get back,” she said in a voice recording she made for the Journal. “That’s what we all wished from the beginning, but probably nobody cares about us.”
Her family is now a part of a legal action in a Belgian court that includes two other Belgian mothers and a wounded Islamic State fighter whose son is in the same camp. Turkey’s recent incursion into northern Syria to push Kurds back from the border allowed hundreds of people affiliated with Islamic State to escape, giving legal ammunition to lawyers fighting in Europe on their behalf.
The Belgian government’s official policy is to facilitate the repatriation of children under 10 years of age, but not their mothers. Upon return, Van Eetvelede could face up to five years in prison for participation in a terrorist organization—a charge she isn’t contesting.
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In their final year at the U.S. Naval Academy 50 years ago, two-thirds of the young men in the 23rd Company almost got kicked out for drinking.⠀
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These young men, of varying ages, skills and temperaments, who in another setting might never have become friends, have gone on to become officers, missionaries and heroes. ⠀
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But in 1969, 17 of the men in the company were facing near-expulsion for drinking in their final year at the academy. They had attended a house party and accidentally violated a rule that prohibited drinking within 7 miles of the Naval Academy Chapel dome (the house was 6.8 miles away). Those members were reduced to junior-rank status, and all leadership roles and weekend privileges were stripped.⠀
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Still, they managed to graduate with their class on time and each went on to serve in the Navy or Marine Corps in various capacities and locations around the world. One of the members became a brigadier general and commanding officer of Marine One for two U.S. presidents, and another a missionary in Russia. Two bought a sailboat, christened it “Wind” and took off for the South Pacific. At their 20th reunion, they vowed to meet every five years, and each subsequent reunion was more well-attended than the last. ⠀
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Four of the company's members have died, including one who helped others escape the north tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11 but didn’t make it out himself. In late October, all 23 of the remaining classmates gathered for their 50th reunion, beers in hand, telling stories. It was the first time all surviving members had been together since their graduation. ⠀
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“We were there for each other. We still are,” says Tom Schram, the unofficial historian of the 23rd Company.⠀
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Earlier this month, 7-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Shadow was the first dog to be screened at Tufts University for a pilot study attempting to use gene therapy to treat a type of heart disease that often afflicts aging cavaliers.
It’s part of a novel approach to gene therapy that has successfully treated age-related ailments in mice. Now it is being studied in dogs, with eventual hopes to test it in humans.
So far in humans, gene therapy has been used to treat rare genetic diseases by adding a functional gene to compensate for a defective one. But what’s interesting about the new research in mice is that it is broader—targeting not a single rare defect, but common age-related ailments such as heart and kidney failure, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Some researchers are looking to apply therapies already used in humans to treat dogs. Others are using dogs as a proxy to learn more about aging in humans. It’s part of a wider push to extend the healthy lifespan of dogs.
Read more about this study and other research groups looking at gene-therapy approaches at the link in our bio.
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