Private equity faces existential crisis in US as unsold companies pile up
Private equity firms and the companies they own employ over 13 million, from startups to rural hospitals and large retailers, but experts’ concerns of collapse are growing
Military
US military disables ad trackers on troops’ phones amid security fears
TV
Wallace’s dog Gromit was nearly a cat, reveals creator as Aardman turns 50
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Immigration
ICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center. Families are fighting back
In the California City facility, ‘contact visits’ are strictly forbidden – but detained residents aren’t staying quiet. Are officials listening?
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Detention
Six people refused to get off ICE deportation plane – now they’re held in limbo in Equatorial Guinea
Believed to be first US deportations to fourth country, six face ‘horrific conditions’ in Equatorial Guinea, say lawyers
Gaza
Seeds of hope: how a local farming project is offering a lifeline to Gaza
Russia
Europe calls out Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ in public. But how can it make Putin pay?
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Law
Even high school reporters are facing censorship now
Music
‘Why not try to be the best in the world?' Art Garfunkel on a rich, restless life
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Gloria Steinem
For Gloria Steinem, fashion was about much more than aesthetics
