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Court Backlogs Are Clogging the System – New Research Finds a Surprising Fix
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 21, 2025 – Courts around the world are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads, leaving individuals and businesses waiting months – sometimes years – for resolution. But a new study in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management has uncovered a surprisingly simple way to speed up the system that doesn’t require hiring more judges.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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Sheldon H. Jacobson: Supreme Court ruling on face masks is irrelevant

Sheldon H. Jacobson: Supreme Court ruling on face masks is irrelevant

TribLive, November 19, 2022

The Supreme Court ruling that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) can require masks on airplanes, trains and buses will be welcomed by some and scorned by others. Will the Biden administration act on this ruling and reinstate transportation mask mandates, given the current surge in covid-19, influenza and RSV infections in the coming months?

Shortage of common drugs compounds harsh flu, RSV season

Shortage of common drugs compounds harsh flu, RSV season

The Baltimore Banner, November 18, 2022

After Meghan Grogan’s son, Max, was recently diagnosed with RSV, doctors at an urgent care center also found that the congested 11-month-old boy had developed infections in both ears.

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