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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

Inside Iceland's futuristic farm growing algae for food

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geothermal plant in Iceland a start-up is growing microalgae for food.

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Editor's Note: For much of our history, humans have consumed seaweed,
also known as macroalgae. But its tiny relative, microalgae has been a
less common food source, although it was eaten for centuries in
ancient Central America and Africa. Now scientists and entrepreneurs
are increasingly exploring its potential as a nutrition-rich,
sustainable food.

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WHO freezes hiring, restricts travel after US withdrawal
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As you know, the United States of America has announced that it
intends to withdraw from WHO. We regret this decision and hope the new
administration will reconsider it, Director-General Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus told staff in an email sent Thursday night.

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Inside Elon Musks assault on Germanys political establishment - WSJ
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Only the AfD can save Germany," he wrote, embracing the far-right
populist Alternative for Germany party, which calls for expelling
illegal migrants, leaving the European Union and getting closer to
Russia.















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How the Woolly Mammoth Could Prevent Trillions in Economic Loss - Inc
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More than one million species are threatened with extinction,
according to the United Nations. Right now, its causing ecological
effects, says Ben Lamm, CEO and co-founder of Colossal Biosciences.
But tomorrow itll be causing economic effects.

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If You Want Your Team to Use Gen AI, Focus on Trust - Harvard Business
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Many companies have been quick to provide new gen AI tools to their
staff, but with varying take up among employees. Researchers at
Deloitte hypothesized that a driving reason workers werent using these
tools and companies werent seeing strong ROI was because employees
lacked trust in the technology. The researchers decided to pilot a new
program aimed at addressing what they call the four factors of trust:
reliability, capability, transparency, and humanity. After launching
the initiative with a test group of 750 Deloitte consultants, the
researchers saw a 49% rise in perceptions of the tools reliability, a
52% increase in beliefs about its transparency, a 14% increase in new
users and a 65% increase in the average number of visits per user.














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Giant Iceberg on Crash Course With Island - Penguins and Seals in
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More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is
unpredictable and dangerous.

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Neomorph, AbbVie strike $1.64 billion deal - STAT (No paywall)
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Today, we see new data on a next-generation obesity candidate from
Novo Nordisk and pages on the FDAs website pulled down, including
those centered on boosting clinical trial diversity. Also, the
Sacklers and Purdue strike a $7.4 billion settlement in the
long-standing opioids lawsuit, and more.














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Billionaire Charoens Asset World Building $475 Million Hotel, Shopping
Complex In Bangkok - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=134126&nl=daily]
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Asset World Corp. (AWC)controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen
Sirivadhanabhakdiis investing 16 billion baht ($475 million) to
develop a mixed-use property in Bangkoks Chinatown to tap on the
countrys tourism boom.

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The Rachel Reeves theory of growth - The Economist (No paywall)
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SPEAK TO the worlds financiers assembled at Davos this week, and
Britain rarely comes up. When it does, the mood is hardly
complimentary. One banker remarks on how many millionaires have
recently left the country. Another financial executive says that
Brexit has shrunk the investor base. Others raise a comment by Ray
Dalio, a billionaire, who warned on January 21st of a debt death
spiral in Britain if public spending is not reined in.














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European Commission calls for red-tape reforms to compete with US,
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The European Commission is planning to go much further than before in
cutting red tape, as part of a sweeping policy proposal to revive the
blocs economy and compete with China and the U.S.

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Brussels pushes buy European procurement plan - FT (No paywall)
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Leaked policy proposal would give government option to exclude foreign
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Lutnick Discloses 800 Firms in Complex Billionaire Ethics Filing -
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Cantor CEO says hell divest a swath of business stakes He faces a US
Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 29

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Microplastics may block blood flow in the brain
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Microplastics can enter our bodies if we breathe them in, eat them or
otherwise come into contact with them. Once in our bodies, some
microplastics may enter our bloodstream and then travel around to
different organs.














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Trumps attack on EVs is just theater so far
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Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you
need to understand what actually matters and what to do about it. At
Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been
more vital. But we cant do it on our own.

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Hans Zimmer in Talks to Re-create Saudi Arabia's National Anthem
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How about the Hans Zimmer "bwong" sound in a national anthem? It could
happen, with reports coming out of Saudi Arabia that the Oscar-winning
composer is in talks to create, or re-create, the country's national
anthem.














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What went wrong at 23andMe? Why the genetic-data giant risks collapse
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The once-thriving consumer genetic-testing company 23andMe is
struggling to stay afloat -- raising concerns about what might happen
to its customers' data and the broader industry. The decline marks a
fall from grace for a pioneering company once valued at US$6 billion.

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How good old mud can lower building costs
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Buildings cost a lot these days. But when concrete buildings are being
constructed, there's another material that can make them less
expensive: mud.













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Behind the Scenes of The White Lotus' Bigger, Wilder, Darker Third
Season
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It's hot. Or, as Mike White, the creator of The White Lotus puts it
bluntly, "really f-cking hot." Not that the 110?F scorch prevents
Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of Arnold, from doing push-ups as the crew
prepares for another take.

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Ukraine claims drone strike on Russian oil refinery
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Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow
during an attack involving a wave of at least 100 drones, one of the
largest single operations of its kind during the war.

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The Secret Sauce of Chinese Social Media Apps
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Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and
entertainment.

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Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released
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Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to
be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal. It is thought
they will be soldiers and civilians, all female.

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4 Things Therapists Want You to Know Before You Start Therapy
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I'm Christina Caron, a reporter covering mental health, and I'm
filling in for Jancee Dunn this week. When I was in college I decided
to make my first ever mental health appointment with one of the
school's counselors.

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UK to soften tax rules for wealthy foreigners after millionaire
exodus, Rachel Reeves says
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The U.K. will soften some planned changes to its controversial non-dom
tax rule following concerns of a millionaire exodus, the Treasury has
confirmed. Britain's 200-year-old non-dom regime permits people living
in the U.K.

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Why everyone in AI is freaking out about DeepSeek
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and
exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As of a
few days ago, only the nerdiest of nerds (I say this as one) had ever
heard of DeepSeek, a Chinese A.I.

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Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick
spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed
Crimea, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the Black
Sea.

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Can't Download TikTok? How About a Used iPhone for $3,000?
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For about $1,000, you may leave an Apple store with a brand-new,
hermetically sealed iPhone that's been personalized for you by a
verified Genius.

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Trump's FCC chair gets to work on punishing news stations accused of
bias
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived
three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against
President Donald Trump.

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Couple allegedly tricked AI investors into funding wedding, houses
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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25
years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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Trump and Vance back anti-abortion activists in March for Life
speeches
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(The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the
pre-eminent membership organization for US ob-gyns, has repeatedly
emphasized the medical need for abortion access. At least five women
have reportedly died after abortion bans affected their medical care.)

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Retro Biosciences, backed by Sam Altman, is raising 1 billion to
extend human lifespan | TechCrunch
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The startup joins other major billionaire-backed longevity efforts,
including Altos Labs, which launched with $3 billion in 2022 backed by
Jeff Bezos, and Unity Biotechnology, supported by both Bezos and Peter
Thiel.

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Disrupt 2025 tickets now on sale: Lowest Rates Ever | TechCrunch
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Whether you’re scheduling 1:1 meetings through the event app,
joining receptions and side events, or having impromptu chats,
you’re sure to build meaningful relationships that can help drive
your business forward.

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Neko Health's unicorn-sized Series B is larger than some Series C
rounds | TechCrunch
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AI is still red hot, but there are always subsectors that VCs are more
interested in. To figure out which types of AI startups they’d most
like to back this year, TechCrunch rounded up some findings from our
recent survey of 20 enterprise VCs. In short: Think companies, not
features.

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French e-bike startup Angell nears bankruptcy | TechCrunch
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As for Angell bike owners, people who own the first-generation bikes
are now left with a bike that isn’t safe to ride. Customers with
recent Angell bikes will also be affected as the company says it may
turn off its servers at some point. Let’s hope that it isn’t going
to affect the electric assistance and smart lock.

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Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries to customer
Atlas Energy | TechCrunch
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Rebecca Bellan covers transportation for TechCrunch. She’s
interested in all things micromobility, EVs, AVs, smart cities, AI,
sustainability and more. Previously, she covered social media for
Forbes.com, and her work has appeared in Bloomberg CityLab, The
Atlantic, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, i-D (Vice) and more.Rebecca
studied journalism and history at Boston University. She has invested
in Ethereum.

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How are founders positioning themselves for the next 4 years
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as
a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local
government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of
content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.

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Foyer unlocks 6.2M to help people save up to buy homes | TechCrunch
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“Home affordability is in crisis and yet homeownership remains the
greatest source of wealth creation for middle-class and minority
families in the United States,” Liu said. “Foyer is providing a
solution for first-time home buyers, a dedicated savings account that
works for the next generation of homeowners.” 

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SP 500 ekes out intraday record before ending down with Dow, Nasdaq on
mixed company news
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Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA
TODAY. You can reach her at [email protected] and  subscribe to
our free Daily Money newsletter for personal finance tips and
business news every Monday through Friday morning.

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New abortion pill shows promise -- and potential political peril
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Overdose death rates for white people fell dramatically by 2022, but
rates for Black people rose to 1.4 times higher than those for white
people in the same year. Medical mistreatment of African-American
patients throughout our nation’s history is well known, but Black
communities also have less access to life-saving medications for
opioid use disorder and often face ongoing racial stigma from inside
and outside health care.

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Investors bet Trump will make Europe investable again - WSJ (No
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The continents elites gathered in Davos were united that everything is
awful, after years of insisting that all was well. The combination of
President Trumps tariff threats, the excitement in the U.S. about
deregulation and years of stagnant growth have pushed Europes leaders
to the realization that perhaps, just perhaps, tying up the regions
businesses in red tape is a bad idea.

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The Big Tech Takeover of American Politics - The New Yorker (No
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In normal times, Inaugurations are gossipy affairs where the worst,
and perhaps most fun, impulses of the political media get put on full
display. We comment on hats worn by, say, Aretha Franklin or Ivanka
Trump, and who has aged well or terribly in the past four years, and
whose spouse looks bored. We read body language, interpret eye rolls,
scan the lists of invitees to the various balls and parties for clues
into who might hold influence on the incoming President. Compared with
Donald Trumps first Inauguration, which was covered gravely and with
zero humor, his second, on Monday, seemed like business as usual.
Among the guests, Shou Zi Chew, the C.E.O. of TikTok, drew notable
attention after the platforms temporary blackout over the weekend. He,
along with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and,
of course, Elon Musk, were seated behind the Trump family during the
ceremony, a powerful image that suggested Silicon Valleywhich had
previously been either politically agnostic, economically libertarian
(but also culturally progressive), or slightly left-leaninghad
switched their allegiances and would be instrumental in Trumps golden
age of America.

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Putting Climate Anxiety to Work through Community Science - Scientific
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Rachel Feltman: If you spend a lot of time on the Internet, youve
probably seen the phrase go touch grass at least once. It might not
always be delivered with love and kindness, but its usually pretty
good advice; getting out into nature and getting your hands dirty is a
great antidote to the rage and despair so many of us feel when we read
the news. The next time you take a doomscrolling break to go touch
said grass, you can take the opportunity to help scientists conduct
planet-saving research.

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Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to
$100M of equity
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Flip is a social commerce app that lets shoppers become creators. They
can share honest reviews and earn cash based on engagement on the
platform.

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Google Commits to Combatting Fake Reviews in the UK After 5-Year Probe
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The UK has reached an agreement with Google to counter fake reviews,
with the internet giant committing to several remedies.

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Interior Department Says Gulf of Mexico Is Now 'Gulf of America'
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Any proponent of a name change is required by law to make the case
before the geographic names board, which is made up of representatives
of various government agencies. Under the law, if the board does not
act in a “reasonable” amount of time, the interior secretary does
have the authority to change a name.

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Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
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The choice of jail, the historian Taylor Branch wrote in “Parting
the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63,” was “an emotional
breakthrough for the civil rights movement” because it dramatized
protesters’ willingness to pay a real price for their convictions.

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North Korean dev who renamed himself 'Bane' accused of IT worker fraud
scheme
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The US is indicting yet another five suspects it believes were
involved in North Korea's long-running, fraudulent remote IT worker
scheme - including one who changed their last name to "Bane" and
scored a gig at a tech biz in San Francisco.

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Trump Administration Tells Embassies Not to Use 'Activist' Flags
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In 2021, the policy swung back again, when Secretary of State Antony
J. Blinken authorized U.S. missions to fly the rainbow flag on the
same pole as the American flag during pride month in June.

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Pence Wages Lonely Crusade Against Kennedy as Abortion Opponents Avoid
Fight
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Anti-abortion groups and Christian conservatives have rallied around
Mr. Trump since his 2016 run for office, when he promised to appoint
Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe. He succeeded; the
decision was overturned in 2022.

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Independent Watchdog, in Trump's Cross Hairs, Scrutinizes Terrorism
Watch List
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The report was the culmination of a multiyear effort to scrutinize a
clearinghouse of information maintained by the F.B.I. about people who
have been deemed known or suspected terrorists. At present, the watch
list contains records about roughly 1.1 million people, most of whom
are foreigners; about 6,000 of them are Americans, the report said.

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Putin Dismisses Trump's Sanctions Threat and Repeats His Stolen
Election Claim
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“If prices are too high, that’s bad for both our economy and the
American economy,” Mr. Putin said. “And when prices are too low
that’s also very bad, because it undermines investment opportunities
for energy companies. We have a lot to talk about here.”

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The 10 most pet friendly cities in America
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“The most pet-friendly cities aren’t just those where it’s
cheapest to own an animal and take care of its health, although cost
is definitely a major consideration,” said WalletHub analyst
Cassandra Happe, in a statement.

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