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Briefing: BMW’s Next X5 Is Adopting The Same Shift That Changed The iX3

Strategic angle: A new era for BMW’s X5 is coming, bringing a completely fresh design and a surprisingly wide range of engine choices.

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Briefing: How Catastrophically Bad Is Rod Knock For Your Engine?

Strategic angle: If you hear a knocking sound from the bowels of your engine, it could be rod knock, but what exactly is it, and just how catastrophic can it be?

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Briefing: Artemis 2 returns to the pad for April launch attempt

Strategic angle: The Artemis 2 launch vehicle and spacecraft have returned to the launch pad for a launch as soon as April 1.

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Briefing: War in the Middle East: Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut

Strategic angle: Renée Davis is live from Beirut.

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Briefing: War in the Middle East: Strike hits key nuclear site in Iran

Strategic angle: Hoda Abdel-Hamid is live from Doha, Qatar.

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Briefing: Scientists create wheat-only gel from bran fiber and gluten protein

Strategic angle: A breakthrough in utilizing wheat by-products for nutritious applications.

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Briefing: Man Rents A Jeep Wrangler Through Hertz. Then He’s In Shock When He Sees What They Gave Him: 'That's Why Turo Is The Best'

Strategic angle: "Enterprise does it to me all the time. They all do it."

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Briefing: Retiring overseas: Answering readers' big questions

Strategic angle: Explore key considerations for retiring abroad and get answers to common queries.

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Briefing: Here are 20 of our favorite outdoor deals from REI’s Member Days Sale

Strategic angle: REI’s latest sale is in full swing with discounts on Garmin watches, tents, portable stoves, and more.

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Briefing: Should You Ditch Your Concrete Driveway For This Eco-Friendly Alternative?

Strategic angle: Concrete is hardwearing and tough, and it's a common building material, but could there be a better, more eco-friendly alternative for your driveway?

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Briefing: A student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how mosquitoes reach their targets

Strategic angle: Undergraduate Chris Zuo's experiment reveals insights into mosquito behavior through a unique mesh suit.

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Briefing: One-Pedal Driving Isn't A Safety Issue: Feds

Strategic angle: Tesla marked safe from a recall over one-pedal driving that could have affected over 2 million cars.

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Briefing: Moons orbiting wandering exoplanets could be habitable—with one catch

Strategic angle: Provided they host thick, hydrogen-dominated atmospheres, moons orbiting free-floating exoplanets could retain much of the heat generated deep within their interiors by tidal forces.

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Briefing: Walmart digital price labels are coming to every store shelf in U.S. by end of 2026

Strategic angle: Walmart is rolling out digital shelf labels and expects it to be in all U.S. stores by year’s end. Is it surge pricing in disguise or just new tech efficiency?

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Briefing: Washington sends conflicting signals as war rages on in the Middle East

Strategic angle: As the Iran conflict enters its fourth week, strikes on nuclear sites and a reported attack on a US-UK base signal further escalation.

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Briefing: War in the Middle East: Jerusalem Old City targeted by Iranian projectile

Strategic angle: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned that the United States and Israel would intensify their strikes on Iran in the coming week starting Sunday.

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Jury finds Elon Musk misled investors during Twitter purchase

A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion.

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Briefing: Why isn't there more international coverage of Israeli strikes in Lebanon?

Strategic angle: Lebanon is the second front of the war in the Middle East, raising questions about media coverage.

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Briefing: End of an heir-a: The U.K. abolishes aristocrats' right to inherit Parliament seats

Strategic angle: A new law phases out the hereditary peers in the British Parliament, marking a significant change in nearly 1,000 years.

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Briefing: ‘Tax resistance’ gains attention amid ICE protests, Iran war — and IRS penalties could follow

Strategic angle: Tax protesters often withhold taxes due to moral objections to certain government programs, such as the Iran war. But there can be IRS penalties, experts say.