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Kamran Khan, 75, a retired civil servant in Pakistan now living in Travilah, Md., on his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, as told to A.J. Where I grew up, in Quetta, Pakistan, people loved American cars. This was the 1950s and early ’60s, and a lot of people didn’t even have a car. My family was very fortunate and we had a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air.
Persons: Kamran Khan, A.J Organizations: Bel Air Locations: Pakistan, Travilah, Md, Quetta, American
A site of the SunZia wind-farm project in New Mexico in May 2023. Photo: Adria Malcolm for The Wall Street JournalA wind and power transmission project, called the largest of its kind in the country, has raised $11 billion in financing, kicking off a year when many utilities are expected to step up much-needed spending on the power grid. Pattern Energy Group has started construction on its SunZia project, a wind farm in central New Mexico, where more than 900 wind turbines will generate over 3,000 megawatts of clean energy. A 550-mile transmission line will bring the power to some three million people in Arizona and California.
Persons: Adria Malcolm Organizations: Wall, Energy Locations: New Mexico, Arizona, California
GARNER, Iowa—Republican voters in Hancock County largely rejected Donald Trump eight years ago, giving him less than a fifth of the vote in the GOP caucuses. As recently as a year ago, some party faithful here and elsewhere in Iowa seemed eager to move on, saying they were tired of the former president’s chaos and liabilities. Now Trump appears poised to win this county Monday and claim victory in Iowa’s caucuses, powered largely by his overwhelming support among rural voters who see him as the best candidate to advance a populist conservative agenda. That pattern has played out in similar places across the country, helping explain why Trump has a hold over the Republican Party and is the nomination front-runner.
Persons: GARNER, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Republican, Republican Party Locations: Iowa, Hancock County, Iowa’s
RAPID CITY, S.D.—Jose Hernandez set off to work one evening in January, wobbling on a refurbished bike with a deflated tire, a bag with his valuables strapped across his back. He was headed to Burger King, where he works as a cook for about $15 an hour, often on the 5 p.m.-to-midnight shift. It is a five-minute drive from the homeless shelter where he lives. But Hernandez, 45, doesn’t have a car. So he bikes—on wheels given to him by Roberta Harmon , a street minister recognizable by her white heart-shaped glasses and fiery red hair who fixes up old bicycles for homeless people who need them to get to jobs.
Persons: — Jose Hernandez, Hernandez, Roberta Harmon Locations: wobbling, Burger
Racing Over Dunes and More: Photos of the Week
  + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
When Braxton Clark was 18, he had a psychotic episode after using cannabis and was admitted to a hospital. More potent cannabis and more frequent use are contributing to higher rates of psychosis, especially in young people. When Braxton Clark was 18, he had a psychotic episode after using cannabis. More potent cannabis and more frequent use are contributing to higher rates of psychosis. David Walter Banks for The Wall Street Journal
Persons: Braxton Clark, David Walter Banks Organizations: The Wall Street
DES MOINES, Iowa—As they have crisscrossed the Hawkeye state, the major 2024 Republican presidential candidates have paid special attention to churchgoers and their leaders. Some white evangelical conservative voters, who are influential in Iowa’s Jan. 15 caucuses, weren’t yet sold on renominating former President Donald Trump, according to recent interviews conducted by The Wall Street Journal for its “Chasing the Base” podcast.
Persons: Hawkeye, Iowa’s, Donald Trump Organizations: DES, Wall Street Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Iowa’s Jan
In Florida, Affordable Housing Joins Luxury Complexes
  + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Deborah Acosta | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The Bal Harbour complex is home to about 100 luxury retailers. Photo: Scott McIntyre for The Wall Street JournalBal Harbour Shops in Miami-Dade County, a premier luxury mall featuring swanky brands such as Chanel, Gucci and Tiffany, is getting into the affordable-housing business. Whitman Family Development , the shopping center’s owner, filed plans with the city on Tuesday to build a roughly 20-story luxury hotel and three residential towers with 600 units within the complex. One building with about 240 units will be reserved for workforce housing, as part of Florida’s new housing law known as the Live Local Act.
Persons: Scott McIntyre, Chanel, Gucci, Tiffany Organizations: Wall, Whitman Locations: Miami, Dade County
Why People Feel So Much Angst When the Economy Is So Good
  + stars: | 2023-12-13 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Tony Fabrizio, left, discussing political polling at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit. Photo: Ralph Alswang for The Wall Street JournalThe economic news is getting better—but President Biden’s approval ratings are sinking, and large swaths of the electorate are pessimistic about the future. What’s going on? And how will these trends play out next November?
Persons: Tony Fabrizio, Ralph Alswang, Biden’s, What’s Organizations: Wall Street
The Hunter Biden Saga Continues
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( William Mcgurn | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
William McGurn is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and writes the weekly "Main Street" column for the Journal each Tuesday. Previously he served as Chief Speechwriter for President George W. Bush. Mr. McGurn has served as chief editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. He spent more than a decade overseas -- in Brussels for The Wall Street Journal/Europe and in Hong Kong with both the Asian Wall Street Journal and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Bill is author of a book on Hong Kong ("Perfidious Albion") and a monograph on terrorism ("Terrorist or Freedom Fighter").
Persons: William McGurn, George W, Bush, McGurn, Bill Organizations: Wall Street, The Wall Street, Street Journal, Economic, Washington, National Review, Foreign Relations, Notre Dame, Communications, Boston University Locations: New York, Brussels, Europe, Hong Kong
Big timber companies have entered the offset market previously dominated by nonprofits, land trusts, tribes and timberland investment managers. Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for For The Wall Street JournalInvestors who made one of the biggest timberland purchases in years with plans to make carbon deals said they sold more than $100 million of so-called forest offsets during the gambit’s first year. Aurora Sustainable Lands, created to carry out the biggest wager yet on forest-carbon markets, said it expects its 1.7 million acres of eastern U.S. forest to annually yield additional offsets worth between $60 million and $150 million at current prices. Aurora paid about $1.8 billion for the properties last year.
Persons: Amanda Andrade, Rhoades Organizations: Street, Aurora Sustainable Lands, Aurora Locations: Aurora, U.S
PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La.— Michael Sabel and his partner, both industry novices, have made a fortune virtually overnight by building from scratch one of the world’s largest gas exporters. They have also made some powerful enemies. Here at this sprawling facility spanning about 630 acres in the wetlands outside New Orleans, Sabel said his company, Venture Global LNG , is on pace to leapfrog competitors and rival Qatar as one of the world’s top exporters of liquefied natural gas by 2030.
Persons: — Michael Sabel, Sabel Organizations: Venture Global, Qatar Locations: PLAQUEMINES, La, New Orleans
BUDUDA, Uganda—On a steep slope dense with coffee and banana plants, farmer Irene Muyama starts each day by carefully checking a 5-inch-wide crack that recently appeared on a path her children take on their way to school. She has packed the family’s meager belongings into a pile of handwoven baskets, preparing to move to a new, safer home. The fertile highlands of Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano straddling Uganda’s border with Kenya, have become too dangerous for people to live and farm on, the Ugandan government says. The mountain has long produced some of the world’s finest Arabica beans for U.S. brands like Starbucks and Blue Bottle Coffee. But a series of deadly landslides that climate scientists say were caused by extreme changes in local rainfall patterns have thrust this mountain—and the people who live here—to the center of one of the most divisive battles in international climate negotiations.
Persons: Irene Muyama, Mount Elgon Locations: BUDUDA, Uganda, Mount, Kenya
TuSimple has had to grapple with safety concerns as well as government scrutiny of its dealings with a Chinese trucking startup. Photo: Cassidy Araiza for The Wall Street JournalSelf-driving trucking company TuSimple Holdings said Monday that it is winding down its U.S. business, reducing its workforce to about 30 people as it looks for a buyer for its assets that remain in the country. The demise of TuSimple’s U.S. operations marks a precipitous fall for the one-time leader in autonomous long-haul trucking. The San Diego-based company in the past year has had to grapple with safety concerns as well as government scrutiny of its dealings with a Chinese trucking startup.
Persons: TuSimple, Cassidy Araiza Organizations: Wall Street, TuSimple Holdings, TuSimple’s Locations: TuSimple’s U.S, San Diego
John Crowley burst into the back hallway of a Cheesecake Factory in New Jersey where his daughter Megan and her nurse had just finished lunch. Megan, 26, was lying unconscious on the tile floor next to her wheelchair. She was grayish, her lips purple. Nearly a quarter-century after plunging into biotech to find drugs to save Megan and her younger brother, Patrick, from a rare and deadly genetic disease, Crowley feared the battle had suddenly been lost.
Persons: John Crowley, Megan, Patrick, Crowley Locations: New Jersey
Spotify’s workforce had nearly doubled over the last three years. Photo: Emanuel Hahn for The Wall Street JournalSpotify is preparing to lay off 17% of its workforce or about 1,500 employees, as the company accelerates its profitability push. Chief Executive Daniel Ek announced the job cuts—the Stockholm-based company’s third round of layoffs this year—to staff Monday.
Persons: Emanuel Hahn, Daniel Ek Organizations: The Wall Street, Spotify Locations: Stockholm
KYIV—The Ukrainian sniper had lain still for hours in near freezing temperatures when the command came to take the shot at a Russian soldier almost 2½ miles away. “You can,” his spotter said, and Vyacheslav Kovalskiy pulled his trigger. The bullet took around nine seconds to reach its target, who doubled up and fell, according to a video of the shot reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Kovalskiy and Ukraine say the shot set a new sniping distance record, breaking the previously acknowledged mark by more than 850 feet.
Persons: Vyacheslav Kovalskiy Organizations: Ukrainian, Wall Street Locations: Russian, Kovalskiy, Ukraine
There are a lot of differences between Portland Ore., and Palo Alto, Calif.: the weather, size, topography and cost of living, to name just a few. For Michelle Tam, food blogger, home chef and author of three cookbooks, the difference that mattered most was the food scene. In Palo Alto, where Tam has lived since 2006, “people aren’t as focused on food,” she says. In Portland, where she just moved into a newly built, modern second home, she says not only is there a vast array of restaurants across the whole city, but even the food carts are great. “It’s really easy to find any kind of food here,” she says.
Persons: Michelle Tam, Tam, , Organizations: Portland Locations: Palo Alto, Calif, Portland
Ron DeSantis, who campaigned at the Iowa State Fair this year, faces turmoil at a super PAC that supports his presidential run. “We’re going to win Iowa,” the Florida governor said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. DeSantis drew a burst of much-needed media attention last week for his feisty televised debate with California Democratic Gov. GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, in red tie, drew a surge in attention last week for his debate with California Democratic Gov. On Saturday, DeSantis completed his tour of all 99 Iowa counties.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, Sergio Flores, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, “ We’re, “ It’s, ” DeSantis, Haley, Trump, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, DeSantis, Gavin Newsom, Chris Jankowski, Kristin Davison Organizations: Florida Gov, The Wall, Journal, Republican, Press, United Nations, Former New Jersey Gov, CBS, Republican National, California Democratic, GOP, Fox News Channel, Zuma Press Locations: Florida, Iowa, Journal NEWTON , Iowa, South Carolina, Alabama
Weeks after Hamas attacked southern Israel, Sharone Lifschitz stood in the charred ruins of her parents’ home in the Nir Oz kibbutz and listened to the bombs falling on the nearby Gaza Strip. Five bullet holes scarred the door of the safe room where her mother and father—both longtime peace activists and founding members of the kibbutz—sheltered for hours until Hamas militants broke through on Oct. 7 and took them hostage. Her mother was released weeks later; her 83-year-old father is still being held in Gaza.
Persons: Weeks, Sharone Lifschitz, , Nir, Organizations: Hamas Locations: Israel, Gaza
In the heart of one of the world’s top vegetable-growing regions in California, scientists are on a mission to save ketchup. Plant breeders at the Woodland, Calif., facility of German pharmaceutical and agriculture giant Bayer are testing whether tomatoes meant for processing into pizza sauces and ketchup can survive on a fraction of their traditional water needs, without sacrificing taste or juiciness.
Locations: California, Calif
Doctors can forgo taking notes during a patient’s visit because an AI system would listen in and capture information. Photo: Doug Barrett for The Wall Street JournalDoctors have started using artificial intelligence in novel ways to communicate with patients and help make diagnoses. Now the government is wrestling with how to ensure the tools do no harm. Federal regulators are proposing a new labeling system for AI healthcare apps designed to make it easier for clinicians to spot the pitfalls and shortcomings of these tools. The Biden administration has proposed that these apps come with a “nutrition label” that discloses how the app was trained, how it performs, how it should be used and how it shouldn’t.
Persons: Doug Barrett, Biden Organizations: Wall Street
ZANUTA, West Bank—Hanaa Abul-Kbash was home with her children in this tiny village in the occupied West Bank when she says an Israeli settler, armed with a military-style rifle, barged in telling her she had to go. “I told him this has been my home for 21 years and that I would not leave,” recalls 43-year-old Abul-Kbash of the encounter in late-October. The man grabbed her by the collar, shook her violently, cocked his weapon and left, Abul-Kbash says. Days later, on Oct. 28, she and the roughly 250 other residents of Zanuta abandoned the Palestinian village.
Persons: West Bank — Hanaa Abul, Kbash, , Organizations: West Bank —, West Bank Locations: Zanuta
KUPYANSK, Ukraine—For 48 hours in muddy trenches near this northeastern city, the Ukrainian troops had fought off waves of Russian infantry emerging from the tall grass, while artillery hammered everything around them. They were exhausted, and officers had finally ordered them to return to base with the six Russians they had taken captive. At 3 a.m., two Ukrainian soldiers and their commander set off with the prisoners, walking through a shattered tree line toward the evacuation point.
Locations: KUPYANSK, Ukraine
Hours after a Sikh community leader was assassinated by two masked men in the parking lot of his temple in Canada, a senior Indian security officer sent a drug trafficker he knew a video of the blood-covered victim slumped over in his truck. An hour later, he followed that up with the New York address of another Sikh activist he wanted killed. The trafficker got right on it, according to U.S. prosecutors. He passed on the video and other messages to a purported hit man who had already accepted a $15,000 advance payment for the contract killing on U.S. soil, and suggested there could be more such work. “We have so many targets,” he told the hired gun, who he didn’t know was really an undercover U.S. law-enforcement officer.
Persons: , Locations: Canada, Indian, York, U.S
When crunched for time, the post-workout cool-down is the first thing many of us skip. We aim to get the heart pumping and blood flowing during exercise. It’s just as important to intentionally bring the body back to baseline. A post-workout cool-down helps bring your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing to a more normal range. It also helps deregulate your nervous system, says Matthew Sacco , a health and sports-performance psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Persons: crunched, Matthew Sacco Organizations: Cleveland Clinic Locations: Ohio
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