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Towering dust storm known as a haboob plunges Phoenix into darkness  The Washington Post Haboob slams Phoenix with a towering wall of dust, causing damage, airport delays and power outages  CNN Haboob slams Phoenix with dust wall, darkening skies and knocking out power  The Hill Watch: Moment massive dust storm surges through Arizona  BBC Thousands across Valley lose power […]

French political turmoil sends European stocks sliding  Yahoo Finance French stocks slide as Paris government faces risk of collapse  CNBC New PM? Elections? Resign? Macron has 3 choices if Bayrou’s government falls  politico.eu French stocks, bonds tumble as government faces potential collapse  Reuters France fears new political crisis after PM’s confidence-vote gamble  CNN source

From Frankenstein to Putin, monsters are stalking the Venice film festival  The Guardian 8 Must-Watch Films at the Venice International Film Festival  Rotten Tomatoes At the Venice Film Festival, Celebrating a Different Kind of Filmmaking  The New York Times Venice Film Festival to kick off Academy Award season: Who will go from the Lido to the Oscars?  Gold Derby […]

Trump moves to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook  The Washington Post Who is Lisa Cook, and what is Federal Reserve governor accused of?  BBC First Thing: Trump says he is firing Fed governor Lisa Cook in escalating attack on bank’s independence  The Guardian The Trump administration’s new weapon against foes: Mortgage filings  The Washington Post Stock Market Today: […]

Stock futures continue pullback from records as Trump escalates attack on Fed independence: Live updates  CNBC Trump just took extraordinary action against the Fed. He may not go all the way  CNN Pray for the US Treasury market  Financial Times The Trump administration’s new weapon against foes: Mortgage filings  The Washington Post Dollar, longer-dated Treasuries slide as Trump escalates […]