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Syria’s Alawites, Sect of the Assads, Fear for Their Future
KHIRBET AL-MA’ZAH, Syria—When Sunni Islamist rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime, many residents of this rural village were elated by the end of a half-century of oppression even though ...
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See How a Fire in the Hills Turned Into a Historic Blaze
A brush fire on Tuesday set off one of the most destructive blazes in Los Angeles history: the Palisades fire. By Thursday evening, nearly 20,000 acres of land and thousands of structures had been ...
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What Wildfires Mean for America’s Home-Insurance Bills
You may live hundreds or thousands of miles away, but the wildfires tearing across Los Angeles and other natural disasters stand to raise your home-insurance bill. The wildfires are estimated to ...
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California Was Already in Home-Insurance Crisis Before Los Angeles Infernos
WSJ’s Joe Flint reports from Los Angeles where devastating fires have threatened the heart of Hollywood. Photo: David Swanson/Reuters LOS ANGELES—Nick Ramirez hunched over a screen in his Los ...
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Why Smoke From the Los Angeles Fires Is So Dangerous
Wildfires in California aren’t all wild anymore. They often burn in urban areas, creating a toxic soup of smoke, ash and noxious substances that can be dangerous, even deadly. In Los Angeles ...
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The CEOs Who Are Tearing Up the Policies Trump Hates
Three years after Donald Trump left the White House, he published a coffee-table photobook of his first term that showed him meeting with Mark Zuckerberg in the Oval Office. The photo carried an ...
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How You Can See Through Wall Street’s Ritual of Wrong
Every December, Wall Street predicts what various assets will return over the coming year. Every January, the predictions begin to be proven wrong. You probably already know that this annual ...
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California’s Wildfire Insurance Catastrophe
Wonder Land: The debacle of President Biden's final year in office was his conscious choice. Photo: Will Oliver - Pool via CNP/Zuma Press The politicians are blaming each other for the losses in ...
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Trump’s Felony Sentence and Appeal
Review & Outlook: Appellate judges say New York Attorney General Letitia James may have exceeded her legal authority. Photo: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters What a suitably ludicrous end to Alvin Bragg’s ...
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Cyber Startup Wiz Names New CFO as It Weighs an IPO
The deal, however, fell apart, and Wiz said it would instead aim for a public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time.
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The Trump Border Czar Who Wants to Combine MAGA With Realism
WASHINGTON—Tom Homan, a pugnacious cop who will serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s border czar, has taken up a surprising mantle for a longtime immigration hard-liner: the realist in the ...
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Death Toll Rises to 16 as L.A.’s Largest Fire Threatens New Areas
LOS ANGELES—Firefighters battled California’s destructive blazes for a fifth day on Saturday, with flames from the Palisades fire spreading as the death toll from the disaster rose to 16. An ...