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    September 22, 2023

    Feature

    1. MSU Law Rights of Nature Conference emphasizes the planet's future is now
    2. Here's the scoop on the sometimes troubling history of soap
    3. Shades of Pink Foundation marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month with golf, giggles and glam
    4. Daily Briefs

    Business

    1. First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
    2. A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies
    3. Home sales fell again in August as homebuyers grapple with rising mortgage rates and prices
    4. The Federal Reserve held off hiking interest rates - it may still be too early to start popping the corks

    Column

    1. Feeling deja vu about abuse of emergency powers
    2. G20 summit proved naysayers wrong - and showed Global South's potential to address world?s biggest problems
    3. Paying for hostages' release involves moral risks

    Courts

    1. Court Digest
    2. A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness
    3. 'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker for copyright infringement
    4. Cold case detectives connect two 1990s killings to the same suspect
    5. Latest U.S. Marshals operation nabs more than 4,400 fugitives

    Nation

    1. A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances
    2. Man executed for 1996 killing of college dance student Murder went unsolved for years before DNA match was made
    3. National Roundup
    4. Traffic tickets can be profitable, and fairness isn't the bottom line in city courts where judges impose the fines

    State

    1. Nominations now being accepted for 20th Annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards Gala
    2. Nessel supports juvenile justice reform bills
    3. Judges, attorneys to explore 'Nuts and Bolts of Section 1983 and Qualified Immunity'