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  • Business Insider

    Stock market today: US stocks climb ahead of Tesla and mega-cap tech earnings

    Stocks extended their rebound on Tuesday as investors shifted attention away from interest rate cuts to mega-cap earnings.

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    White Sox will continue to shake up batting order until stars return

    White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said he will mix and match the batting order until Luis Robert Jr. and Yoán Moncada can bolster the lineupWhite Sox will continue to shake up batting order until stars return originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

  • Associated Press

    Villagers in Mexico organize to take back their water as drought, avocados dry up lakes and rivers

    As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City. Rivers and even whole lakes are disappearing in the once green and lush state of Michoacan, as the drought combines with a surge in the use of water for the country’s lucrative export crops, lead by avocados. In recent days, subsistence farmers and activists from the Michoacan town of Villa Madero organized teams to go into the mountains and rip out illegal water pumps and breach unlicensed irrigation holding ponds.