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I thought being an in-house lawyer was my dream job — until I opened my own firm. It's been a terrifying and deeply rewarding journey.
"It's funny, because attorneys are a generally risk-averse group, and I definitely am. But it felt …
Fortesa Latifi
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I took out $200,000 in loans for law school but never passed the bar. Now I'm stuck with all of the debt and none of the prestige
Rafael Regales failed the bar twice because of mental-health issues and owes more than $332,000. "I…
Fortesa Latifi
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I shut down my law firm and retired 10 years early. It's like being 5 years old again.
Phyllis Beech-Giraldo always thought she'd retire at 70. But with the stresses of the pandemic, she…
Fortesa Latifi
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I help cannabis businesses prevent robberies. Spending 12 years as a cop taught me how to think like a criminal.
Chris Eggers was a San Francisco Police Department officer for 12 years before he quit to set up Ca…
Leo Bear-McGuinness
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I'm a prop master for 'Law & Order: SVU' who helped create a weapons-safety class for union workers. Here's what my job is like.
"My dad and I worked on the film 'Black Rain' together and we had tons of fully-automatic weapons g…
Jenny Powers
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A lawsuit and an arms deal highlight Mexico's messy relationship with US guns
Mexico is suing major US gunmakers over illegal arms sales, even as it legally buys their guns for …
Luis Chaparro
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Fox News contributor defends police response, saying it's 'a little unfair' how reporters are questioning authorities
"Until the investigation is over, I think we're jumping to the gun," Tom Homan, former acting direc…
Jake Epstein
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I was a stockbroker at UBS who went to prison for fraud. Now I'm a white-collar prison consultant who helps high-profile clients get through their time in lockup - here's what my job is like.
After serving time in California for conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and securities fraud, Justin …
Jenny Powers
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Meet the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team: the law-enforcement equivalent of Delta Force
The Hostage Rescue Team has a lot in common with the best military special operators - with key dif…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The Twitter drama among powerful people over high gas prices revealed a lot about who gets what and why — and Americans are still waiting on a solution
"When powerful people invoke the free market as an excuse for high prices, they don't necessarily h…
Paul Constant
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Indian origin scientist named as the primary contributor to invention of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine
He is also listed as one of the inventors in two other Covid-19 vaccine patent applications by…
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Fox News contributor praises America for 'relatively short' history of slavery
It's unclear what Murdoch's argument about the length of slavery in America has to do with anti-rac…
Eliza Relman
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Tech mogul Robert Brockman was charged in a $2 billion tax evasion case, the biggest in US history, after a fellow billionaire turned against him to avoid prosecution
Brockman hid $2 billion in income from the Internal Revenue Service over two decades, according to …
Reuters
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I wanted to rent forever. But buying a home didn't just improve my life — it boosted my career and savings.
Renting allowed author Jules Rogers to invest, move for career opportunities, and not be tied down.…
Jules Rogers
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We asked a firefighter his top 4th of July safety tips — including why you should stop giving kids sparklers
More than 10,000 injuries are treated due to firework misuse and malfunction annually, and some of …
Jenny Powers
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How a misfit Florida personal injury law firm ended up advising the Trump White House on China policy
The Berman Law Group has reportedly been consulting with senior Trump advisers in recent weeks on w…
Eli Clifton, Responsible Stat…
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Review: Driving the $400,000 Lamborghini Huracan STO made me feel like a supervillain
The Lamborghini Huracan STO starts at $330,000, and cruise control is an extra $800. While it is st…
Alanis King
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Leaders on both sides evaluate policy through an Econ 101 lens, but cost-efficiency isn't the best measurement of effective policy
Huge, ambitious programs enacted in the early-to-mid 20th century are still around today for a reas…
Paul Constant
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A new law in Mexico will treat US agents like 'spies' and could lead to 'black operations,' experts say
The new law could potentially leave thousands of informants either in silence or dead, former US fe…
Luis Chaparro
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Biden needs to use his first trip to Israel to seek justice for the Palestinian-American journalist reportedly killed by Israeli forces
Opinion: Biden's trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory is a chance to advance US in…