Anthony DeBarros
Data Journalist at The Wall Street Journal
Data journalist @WSJ. Author, Practical SQL (@nostarch). Past: @usatoday, @documentcloud, @PokJournal, @wpdhfm, @Marist. https://t.co/NFlyO67abc
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Matt Grossman |Anthony DeBarros
The U.S.'s trade deficit for goods shrank substantially in April, as new tariffs weighed on imports. Goods imports fell by 20% to $276.1 billion, while exports rose 3.4% to $188.5 billion, the Commerce Department said. It was the biggest one-month drop in goods imports on record. That yielded a goods trade deficit of $87.6 billion, down from $162.3 billion in March.
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2 weeks ago |
lopinion.fr | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros
MACOMB, Illinois — A la Western Illinois University, une résidence universitaire abandonnée qui abritait autrefois 800 étudiants a été transformée en terrain d’entraînement pour la police. Après les exercices de simulation de fusillade, il ne reste plus que des meubles renversés, des balles en caoutchouc et des cartouches de paintball.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros
MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture, rubber-tipped bullets and paintball casings. Nearby dorms have been razed to weedy fields. Two more dorms are set to close this summer. Frat houses and homes once filled with student renters are empty lots. City streets used to be so crowded during the semester that cars moved at a crawl. No more.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros
Many state universities are losing more students every year, failing the local economies they once fosteredThere aren’t enough students at Western Illinois University to keep open three high-rise residence halls. MACOMB, Ill.—At Western Illinois University, an empty dorm that once held 800 students is now a police training ground, where active-shooter drills have left behind overturned furniture, rubber-tipped bullets and paintball casings. Nearby dorms have been razed to weedy fields.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Konrad Putzier |Douglas Belkin |Anthony DeBarros
6 hours agoFormer US President Joe Biden, 82, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday. Biden, who left office in January, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms. The cancer is a more aggressive form of …
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In July of 2018, I bought the book "Practical SQL" by @anthonydb, published by @nostarch. After several years of picking away at it, exercise by exercise, I finally made it to the last page. Great book. https://t.co/N3MTlrsAGM