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Ethics Agency Says Bryan Bedford, FAA Chief, Didn’t Divest Republic Airways Holdings

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Karoun Demirjian
The Office of Government Ethics told senators that Bryan Bedford, the F.A.A. administrator, did not divest from the airline he previously ran as he had agreed.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Bryan Bedford was the chairman and chief executive of Republic Airways before being confirmed as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this year.

What Could Thwart the Texas G.O.P. From Picking Up 5 House Seats in Midterm Elections

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J. David Goodman
Republicans redid their voting map so they could flip five seats to help keep control of the U.S. House. But achieving that goal is far from guaranteed.

© Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

Downtown Seguin in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, part of the new voting map that state lawmakers adopted. The district is expected to be closely contested in next year’s midterms.

Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks

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Hiroko Tabuchi
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.

© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

Between one to five billion pounds of formaldehyde is produced in the United States each year for a wide range of industries and products, including composite wood and other building materials, plastics, pesticides and even some hair straightening treatments.

She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

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Elisabeth Egan
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.

© Sandra Mickiewicz for The New York Times

At an event in London in June, Sophie Kinsella said, “I’m so overwhelmed, yet again, by my lovely readers and by the lovely response that I get to what I do. It surprises me every time.”
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