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Part of the challenge in fighting turnover is that, on a spreadsheet, nurses can look like a costly line item, said Omid Razmpour, a former ICU nurse and a researcher at Emory University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
His boss's Instagram page now features videos of the former prime minister lifting weights to rap music, or chatting with Shalev in the street.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Separately, Hegseth also said SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich would lead a study about the future of warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
A former OpenAI employee accused of planting a recording device at the company's San Francisco offices was ordered held without bail Monday after a federal judge deemed him a flight risk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Now Calvin, a former soldier, agreed to move into Leah’s and guard the women from any “evil spirits.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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