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How Chick-fil-A Got Big by Keeping Its Menu Small
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Chick-fil-A is expanding off the strength of its simple chicken sandwich. WSJ explains how its leaner menu helps the company avoid some of the pitfalls of its competitors. Photo Illustration: Carter McCall/The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal Chick-fil-A is poised to become the third-biggest U.S. restaurant chain by sales, trailing only McDonald's and Starbucks 28h
How Many Years of Life You Lose Because of Air Pollution
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The Wall Street Journal A new tool offers a country-by-country breakdown of the true health cost of air pollution 13d
Employers Add 263,000 Jobs in April, More Than Expected
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Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expect the government to report that employers added a seasonally adjusted 190,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate held at 3.8%.
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The Wall Street Journal The U.S. economy added 263,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% 48d
Trump Tried to Influence Law Enforcement but Aides Refused to Carry Out Orders, Report Says
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The special counsel found that President Trump engaged in "multiple acts" that could have exerted influence on law enforcement investigations, but that his
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The Wall Street Journal Trump engaged in "multiple acts" to try to influence law enforcement, but his efforts were "mostly unsuccessful" because his aides refused to carry out the orders, according to the Mueller report 63d
Employers Add 196,000 Jobs in March, More Than Expected
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The unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%, just above a 49-year low, while average hourly wages for private-sector workers climbed 3.2% from a year earlier.
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The Wall Street Journal The U.S. economy added 196,000 jobs in March, while the unemployment rate held at 3.8% 76d
Your Child's Brain on Videogames
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As many parents know, turning off a child's gaming console in the middle of gameplay is a surefire way to trigger a tantrum. WSJ Family & Tech columnist Julie Jargon explains why.
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The Wall Street Journal It’s hard for kids to put down the game controllers, but that doesn’t make them addicts. Our columnist explains what’s happening in their brains. 79d
Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm
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Apple’s third-generation butterfly keyboard was supposed to fix all the previous defects but buyers are still having problems
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The Wall Street Journal Apple says "we are sorry" for the third faulty MacBook keyboard in a row 81d
Vote for the WSJ House of the Week: March 28
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Will it be a home atop a hill in Bronxville, N.Y., a mountaintop oasis in Maui or a 100-acre estate in the Virginia countryside?
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The Wall Street Journal Will it be a home atop a hill in Bronxville, N.Y.? A mountaintop oasis in Maui? Or a 100-acre estate in the Virginia countryside? Vote for the WSJ house of the week 84d
What Happened, According to Mueller
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A timeline of events alleged by special counsel Robert Mueller
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The Wall Street Journal A timeline of alleged events, according to documents from the Robert Mueller probe 90d
Tracking Brexit’s Ripples
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The U.K.’s decision to leave the EU has shown up in lower stock valuations and higher borrowing costs for banks, insurers and riskier firms.
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The Wall Street Journal Tracking Brexit’s ripples: The U.K.’s decision to leave the EU has shown up in lower stock valuations and higher borrowing costs for banks, insurers and riskier firms 98d
'Predator on the Reservation': A Documentary Film by Frontline and WSJ
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For more than two decades, government pediatrician Stanley Patrick Weber raised suspicions that he was a pedophile. The Wall Street Journal and Frontline investigate how the Indian Health Service doctor was transferred from reservation to...
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The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal and uncovered the decades-long failure to stop a government doctor who sexually abused Native American boys. Watch the full-length documentary here 128d
Reactions: Democrat Says Trump Came 'Dangerously Close' to Being Booed on Investigations Line
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President Trump came “dangerously close” to getting booed by Democrats in his speech when he said there can't be peace and legislation if there is war and
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The Wall Street Journal "It was inappropriate. It was Nixonian," Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) said of President Trump's reference to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation during the State of the Union address 135d
What to Read This Week
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The evolution of human aggression. Plus the Democratic schism of 1980, Józef Czapski in life and writing, and more.
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The Wall Street Journal Humans are peaceful compared to some of our closest primate relatives. Did we domesticate ourselves? More in this weekend's book review. 145d
Facebook, Twitter Turn to Right-Leaning Groups to Help Referee Political Speech
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Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Their involvement behind the scenes, designed to tamp down a furor over social...
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The Wall Street Journal Banned from Twitter? It may be because outside political groups pushed for your removal. 158d
James Harden Is the Outlier of the NBA
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The league’s reigning most valuable player has elevated his game this season. These charts explain how.
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The Wall Street Journal There has never been an NBA player like James Harden. These charts explain why. 152d
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The Wall Street Journal There has never been an NBA player like James Harden. These charts explain why. 159d
How Aging Japan Defied Demographics and Revived Its Economy
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Japan encouraged the elderly and women to work and broke a longstanding taboo against immigration, offering lessons for other advanced economies facing similar problems. The country is now enjoying its second-longest economic expansion since World...
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The Wall Street Journal Japan's fast-aging population hasn't doomed the country to economic stagnation. It is now enjoying its second-longest economic expansion since World War II. Here's how they did it. 160d
Building a Subway in One of the World's Most Crowded Cities
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India's financial capital, Mumbai, has taken on its biggest-ever infrastructure project to build a subway in a city where more than seven million commuters cram onto its creaky suburban railways. Video: Karan Deep Singh/WSJ
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The Wall Street Journal Commuting in Mumbai can be dangerous. Can a new subway line ease the squeeze? 165d
High Insulin Prices Drive Diabetics to Take Extreme Measures
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The price of insulin has skyrocketed over the last few decades, making it increasingly difficult for diabetics to afford. WSJ’s Jason Bellini takes a look at some of the unconventional steps Americans are taking to access the lifesaving drug.
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The Wall Street Journal “It is our oxygen. It's our water. It's as essential as those things.” Amid soaring prices, diabetics seek alternative ways to get insulin. 171d
China: Emergence of a Trade Leviathan
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China has demolished its rivals to produce much of what Americans consume. The country's rise, and the Trump Administration’s decision to confront it head on, has put the economic powers on a collision course.
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The Wall Street Journal China demolished its rivals to produce much of what Americans consume. Explore how that happened with these animated charts 174d
A Flood of Questionable Cryptocurrency Offerings
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Search for hundreds of projects showing signs of plagiarism, identity theft and promises of improbable returns
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The Wall Street Journal Hundreds of cryptocurrency startups used deceptive and even fraudulent tactics to lure in investors 176d