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Briefing: Toyota Gives The New FJ Cruiser A Retro Makeover You Can't Buy

Strategic angle: Off-road and street versions are shown alongside a camper conversion.

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Briefing: Her son needed a fecal transplant for a fearsome C. diff infection. Getting one required a tortuous journey

Strategic angle: A mother's struggle to secure a life-saving treatment for her son amidst challenges.

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Briefing: Clashes erupt in Albania’s capital during opposition protest

Strategic angle: Protesters launched fireworks and petrol bombs toward government buildings, prompting police to respond with tear gas and water cannons.

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Briefing: Subaru’s New Sports Vehicle Planning Office Teases Lifted BRZ

Strategic angle: The turbocharged rally car has all-wheel drive and a raised suspension.

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Briefing: CNBC Daily Open: clock ticks on Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

Strategic angle: Tensions between Trump and Tehran rise as the clock ticks on the U.S. President's Hormuz ultimatum.

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Briefing: Meet the co-founder of Airbnb: How a weekend scheme to pay the rent turned into an industry giant

Strategic angle: Airbnb was first dreamed up in 2008, with people initially asking 'how could you trust a stranger ever in your own home?' In 2025, $92 billion was transacted on the platform. So how did they do it?

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Briefing: America keeps bailing out Trump

Strategic angle: The country’s underlying strengths are absorbing his erratic choices, including the war on Iran

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Briefing: Military briefing: the high cost of using fighters to down Iranian drones

Strategic angle: Gulf states’ reliance on jets to battle waves of cheap Shaheds is testing their finances, pilots and planes

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Briefing: Lai Administration Reverses Course on Nuclear Energy

Strategic angle: The Lai Administration shifts its stance on nuclear energy, signaling a significant policy change.

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Briefing: The President’s Malaria Initiative and Other U.S. Government Global Malaria Efforts

Strategic angle: This fact sheet provides a snapshot of global malaria efforts and examines the U.S. government’s role in addressing malaria worldwide.

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Briefing: When Did Automakers Start Offering A Smokers Package Instead Of The Lighter And Ashtray?

Strategic angle: The cigarette lighter and ashtray once were in every new car. Then the culture shifted, and these became options automakers could use to make an extra buck.

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Briefing: Lexus Driver's 'Clunky' Noise Mystery Solved by Mechanic

Strategic angle: A Lexus owner's complaint leads to a surprising discovery during a routine check.

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Briefing: BMW’s Baby SUV Pulls Off The Neue Klasse Look Without The Neue Klasse Commitment

Strategic angle: Refreshed combustion X1 fuses Neue Klasse design cues and infotainment tech with existing ICE platforms

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Briefing: Women's junior flyweight boxer in coma after KO

Strategic angle: Isis Sio, 19, is in a medically induced coma following a knockout during a recent bout.

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Briefing: Man Buys Parts From Amazon. Then He Takes His Car To The Mechanic: 'I'm Sorry To Tell You But...'

Strategic angle: "Them Amazon parts..."

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Briefing: How conversation works—and why people with hearing loss rely more on their powers of prediction

Strategic angle: "Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation," wrote Oscar Wilde.

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Briefing: Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

Strategic angle: Techniques developed to study the distant past are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern sea turtles.

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Briefing: Ovechkin scores 1,000th career goal in Caps' loss

Strategic angle: Alex Ovechkin reaches a milestone but the Capitals fall to the Avalanche in overtime.

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Briefing: His Wife Watched Him Park In All 108 Spots For Nearly Two Years. Now He’s After One With Over 400

Strategic angle: One father of two spent nearly two years methodically parking in every space at his local supermarket, and he already has a bigger car park lined up.

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Briefing: Woman Takes Car To The Shop With Brake Issue

Strategic angle: Mechanic reveals a critical warning ignored by the driver: 'Brake Pad Fell Out'