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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*World*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "In Russia-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian attacks land differently for divided residents"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Crimea has been targeted this summer by a Ukrainian drone and missile offensive meant to isolate the Russian-occupied peninsula. While all sides are feeling the economic impact and loss of tourism, some are heartened and others resentful."
    },
    {
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      "action": "/articles/ukraine-crimea-russia-war-drone-offensive.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "US-Venezuela oil deal promises a windfall. But, Venezuelans ask, for whom?"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves. But schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and pensions have seen little investment in recent years. Could a U.S. oil deal change that?"
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/venezuela-oil-deal-pdvsa-trump-rodriguez.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Plowing a new furrow: Europe’s farmers try to adapt to drier summers"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "European farmers, along with their governments, are trying to adapt to hotter, drier summers by testing new crops and storing winter rainwater."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/drought-farmers-crops-reservoirs-europe-climate.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Hong Kong’s indie bookstores come under scrutiny amid a broader crackdown on dissent"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home. But these shops are under threat following a wave of bookseller arrests under a 2024 national security law."
    },
    {
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      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/Hong-Kong-s-indie-bookstores-come-under-scrutiny-amid-a-broader-crackdown-on-dissent.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Hungary faces EU deadline to show it can root out corruption and transform"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Hungary has until Aug. 31 to complete more than two dozen “milestones” in the rule of law. Without meeting them, the country risks losing crucial funding."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/hungary-corruption-eu-funds-magyar.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*USA*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "‘Sit with the women’: Finding hidden history on Route 66"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Route 66 traverses land where people lived and worked before the birth of America. When researchers looked for their stories, they made an unexpected discovery."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/latino-route-66-history.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "A Marine veteran remembers America’s fallen heroes in a roadside tribute"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Claire Swatosh has spent much of the past 30 years building the Heroes Museum beside Old Route 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/marine-vietnam-heroes-museum.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Moulton vs. Markey: Voters weigh generational change (video)"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey has been in Congress since before primary-race challenger Seth Moulton was born. Our video report looks at generational tension in the midterms."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/moulton-markey-midterms-generational-change.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Cities pilot ‘rest in red’ program that rewards good drivers with green lights"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "On some streets in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Portland, Oregon, traffic signals default to red until a vehicle approaches. If drivers stay at or below the speed limit, they get an earlier green light. The strategy seems to be working."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/Cities-pilot-rest-in-red-program-that-rewards-good-drivers-with-green-lights.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "In immigration court’s mass hearings, absence can mean deportation"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Initial immigration court hearings are increasingly handled en masse as deportations grow."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/immigration-trump-mega-master-deportation.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*Economy*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Where to next on interest rates? Warsh, Bessent point in opposite directions."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "While Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seeks to lower interest rates a bit, Kevin Warsh at the Federal Reserve, tasked with fighting inflation, might have to raise short-term rates. That, in turn, could push up rates on business and consumer loans."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/warsh-bessent-inflation-economy.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Meta settlement aims to protect kids. Much more is needed, experts say."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Meta’s settlement to protect children from its social media platforms will require more than the promised safeguards, experts say."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/meta-settlement-facebook-instagram.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Trump tests the limits of economic leverage against foe – and friend"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "President Trump is trying economic tools – sanctions on Iran and tariffs on Canada – to exert power. Iran isn’t flinching. Canada is punching back."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/trump-canada-tariffs-iran-sanctions-carney.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "AI is making daily life more expensive, at least for now. Here’s why."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "The AI boom is driving up prices for energy, chips, and software, boosting inflation and complicating the Federal Reserve’s targets."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/inflation-prices-costs-federal-reserve.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Who wins when Congress calls the plays in college sports?"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Lawmakers are stepping into the new era in college sports, but it remains unclear who will benefit."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/ncaa-college-football-nil.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*Environment*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Utah planned the world’s biggest data center. Then came the bipartisan pushback."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Utah aims to be industry-friendly. But choosing a fragile ecosystem to house a sprawling facility has generated intense grassroots opposition."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/utah-data-centers-stratos-project.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Bear necessities: Drought pushes hungry animals closer to humans"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Bear encounters are way up in Colorado as drought pushes them closer to people in search of food."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/drought-bears-food-colorado.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Endangered Species Act gets revamped rules. What effect could they have?"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "The Trump administration says changes to Endangered Species Act rules balance costs and benefits. Conservationists see risks for habitats."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/endangered-species-act-trump.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Rare ‘super El Niño’ spikes ocean temps to new record"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Ocean surface temperatures hit record highs this July as a rare “super El Niño” upends air and ocean temperatures around the globe."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/Rare-super-El-Nino-spikes-ocean-temps-to-new-record.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "The US needs more electricity. Can the grid deliver?"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Efforts to modernize the aging electric grid, amid surging demand for power, are running up against challenges, including bureaucratic delays."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/electricity-prices-grid-expansion-backlog.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*Technology*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "With viral ‘Lego’ videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Iran’s viral social media campaign has been slick, savvy, and accessible to a Western audience. It seems to have caught the U.S. completely off guard."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/iran-ai-slopaganda-propaganda-social-media-trump.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/china-united-states-humanoid-robots.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. The announcement is a key step toward reaching commercial operation of nuclear energy in the United States."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/Georgia-leads-toward-a-nuclear-future-with-its-first-operating-reactor.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Cellphone at 50: Its inventor reflects on mobile advances and risks"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Cellphone inventor Martin Cooper, who placed the first mobile call on April 3, 1973, remains hopeful the technology can transform lives, but he’s also concerned about its impact. “We don’t have any privacy anymore,” Mr. Cooper said at a trade show in Spain."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/Cellphone-at-50-Its-inventor-reflects-on-mobile-advances-and-risks.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "What links toothbrushes and weapons systems? A $52 billion investment."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "The U.S. government has reached a rare bipartisan agreement to invest $52 billion to develop advanced computer chips. Factories, autos, appliances, electronics, toys, toothbrushes, and weapons systems all depend on semiconductors."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/What-links-toothbrushes-and-weapons-systems-A-52-billion-investment.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "*Science*"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "With Artemis II back on Earth, what’s next for NASA?"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "The Artemis II mission has concluded with a safe return to Earth. The mission rekindled “moon joy” for the public and made scientific advancements, which NASA aims to expand during the next phases of the ambitious Artemis program."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/artemis-II-astronauts-mission-nasa.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Russia sees opportunity in thawing Arctic. But it’s looking for partners, too."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Russia is ramping up efforts to take advantage of the opening Arctic, both through military and economic means, and through international cooperation."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/russia-arctic-development-trump-india-china.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "‘The tools to imagine solutions’: Science educator inspires Pakistani children"
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Science Fuse, a social enterprise, primarily teaches children in impoverished areas, including the Machar Colony slum area in Karachi."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/pakistan-science-fuse-karachi-machar-colony.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Trump sees a ‘con’ in climate change. Xi sees cash."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "While President Trump decries climate change as a “con,” China’s Xi Jinping is going all-in on green tech. The latter approach is providing some hope as the COP30 climate conference gathers in Brazil."
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/climate-change-china-trump-xi.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Make Oil Great Again? Even California drills as global climate action stalls."
    },
    {
      "type": "blockquote",
      "text": "Gov. Gavin Newsom made green energy a priority. But as President Donald Trump makes oil the focus of U.S. energy policy, even California considers “Drill, baby, drill.”"
    },
    {
      "type": "button",
      "label": "Read More",
      "action": "/articles/newsom-trump-climate-oil-gas-california.json"
    }
  ]
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