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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close January 23 – February 22, 2025 9646 stories · Vol. 25 · Catalogue 08 · Issue 53 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Small Plane Crash in Philadelphia Erupts Into Fireball

Residents of rural Alaska are showing their support for a regional airline whose commuter plane crashed last week just south of the Arctic Circle

ABC · 4 sources

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What dominated February

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    How Trump is Using Language to Target Transgender Rights

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    One Scene of Devastation, Evoking Another

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 381 stories

  1. How Marco Rubio could reshape USAID

    NYT · 4 outlets

    The plan, which also involves forcing staffers posted overseas to return home, would all but dismantle the nation’s chief foreign aid agency.

  2. Why Trump wants to impose reciprocal tariffs

    FOX · 4 outlets

  3. Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82

    NYT · 5 outlets

  4. Hurricane, Dog Who Protected Obama White House From Intruder, Dies at 15

    FOX · 5 outlets

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  1. Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan

    NYT · 5 outlets

  2. Strong Storm Floods Fire-Weary Los Angeles

    CBS · 4 outlets

  3. The Corporate Transparency Act Is Back On

    CBS · 5 outlets

  4. What are the ramifications of Trump's Gaza plan?

    CBS · 4 outlets

  5. Day 27 in Trump World: A Roundup

    FOX · 5 outlets

  6. Tell Us: What Are Your Questions About Elon Musk?

    NYT · 4 outlets

  7. How Migrant Groups Are Thwarting ICE

    FOX · 4 outlets

  8. How Trump is Using Language to Target Transgender Rights

    FOX · 5 outlets

Business 427 stories

  1. Stock Investors Like Trump 2.0

    WSJ · 3 outlets

    An executive memo takes aim at a major technology industry concern.

  2. America’s Most Famous Stock-Market Measure Is More Broken Than Usual

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  3. Oil Declines After U.S. Inflation Data

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  4. Gold Edges Higher on Safe-Haven Demand

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. The Drug Industry Is Having Its Own DeepSeek Moment

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  2. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  3. Oil Rises, Supported by Supply Worries

    MKTW · 2 outlets

  4. New ETFs Bet Investors Are Way Too Careful—Even When Buying Bitcoin

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  5. U.S. stock futures fall ahead of Fed meeting, key earnings week for Big Tech

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  6. Visa vs. Mastercard: What are the differences?

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  7. The Day DeepSeek Turned Tech and Wall Street Upside Down

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  8. U.S. Natural Gas Futures Post Third Straight Weekly Gain

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  9. Singapore Dollar Consolidates Ahead of Expected U.S.-China Phone Call

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  10. How Your Home Can Shelter You From Taxes

    CNBC · 3 outlets

Sports 130 stories

  1. No. 3 Duke forward Brown dislocates shoulder

    CBS · 3 outlets

  2. Former Dolphins WR Howard Twilley dies at 81

    PFT · 4 outlets

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  1. Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool eyeing Isak-Núñez swap deal

    ESPN · 1 outlets

  2. UCL draw: Liverpool vs PSG; Madrid vs Atlético

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Saints to hire Brandon Staley as defensive coordinator

    PFT · 4 outlets

  4. Revenge games: Who will come out ahead in these four massive matchups?

    FOX · 3 outlets

  5. 'Unemployed': Jimmy Butler jokingly posts video of card declining

    CBS · 3 outlets

  6. Jets splitting from Rodgers, wish him success

    PFT · 4 outlets

Technology 296 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, February 20 (game #1123)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

  2. When will Apple release iOS 18.3?

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  3. Here’s everything Apple TV+ has coming in February

    9to5 · 2 outlets

Show 9 more

  1. iPhone vs Galaxy video: which would you choose?

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  2. Over a million clinical records exposed in data breach

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  3. Google says hackers abuse Gemini AI to empower their attacks

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  4. ‘Tripsy’ trip planner app can now convert currencies and show nearby places

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. The Gorge just had the biggest Apple TV+ film launch yet

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  6. US Coast Guard paychecks delayed by cyberattack

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  7. What does the e stand for in iPhone 16e?

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  8. Security Bite: A dangerous place to be an iPhone

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  9. Black Basta ransomware gang's internal chat logs leak online

    Bleeping · 1 outlets

Entertainment 385 stories

  1. Taylor Swift Allegedly Asked Lorne Michaels to Cut 'SNL' Sketch About Her

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  2. Which Lana Del Rey Song Describes You?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. "A Lone Hero Stands Tall": Stephen Colbert Cheered On This Retro Company For Their "Rebellion" Against Donald Trump

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  2. Edwin Arroyave Is Choosing 'Faith' After Teddi Mellencamp’s Surgery

    USMag · 1 outlets

  3. 24 Absolutely Wild Celeb Stories I Can't Believe Are Real

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  4. Kate Bosworth and Justin Long’s Relationship Timeline

    USMag · 1 outlets

  5. 21 Celebs Who Auditioned For Major Roles And Didn't Get Them

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  6. "That's My Boy": Michael B. Jordan Defended Jonathan Majors

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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