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The early returns showed healthcare workforce specialist Elaine Alaniz and former board member Nancy Pearlman locked in a close race for second and third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Talarico, a former schoolteacher, was a little-known figure until last year.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The ELN and other Colombian insurgents—including former fighters of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who didn’t participate in a 2016 peace accord—had long found refuge in Venezuela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Late last month, Andrews received a shocking bipartisan endorsement from two former governors of South Carolina.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
“The ratings agencies didn’t really have their own CDO model,” says one former Goldman CDO trader.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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