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The justices said in a brief order Monday that they would take up a pair of cases challenging the administration’s attempts to remove Haiti and Syria from a federal program known as Temporary Protected Status.

From The Wall Street Journal

This book is among a series of attempts by experienced and credentialed experts to break down complicated topics — not as an artificial-intelligence summary might, but rather by providing a visual experience.

From MarketWatch

Patent and Trademark Office, Tesla described its adversary as “a bad-faith trademark squatter, who started as a Tesla fan,” and described the French company’s attempt to trademark the Cybercab moniker as fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal

When two nearby ions attempt to share an electron across a bond, they may form what scientists call an atomic dimer.

From Science Daily

There, he was caught at sea while attempting to reach Europe illegally by boat, and a Munich-based human rights organisation helped him obtain asylum in Germany in 2023.

From Barron's