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Emerging Houthi–Al-Shabaab co-operation and the growing threat to Red Sea shipping -- Brendon Novel, Université de Montréal

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Florida's proposed property tax amendment will require trade-offs – and some residents could end up with higher costs -- Abigail Hall, University of Tampa

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There's a business case for companies to embrace sustainability – if it's pitched the right way -- Israa Ameen Thiab, Rochester Institute of Technology and Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology

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The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

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Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

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Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

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Trump administration's Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charity -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

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