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Tech jobs, sun, and no income tax: experts explain why Florida is poised to keep growing even after the pandemic

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Florida’s population grew by 2.7 million over the last decade. Nisian Hughes/Getty Images Florida’s population grew by 14.6% in the ...

Altcoins like safemoon and dogecoin aren’t going to the moon and you could lose all your money, analysts say

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Investors are searching for the next bitcoin and ether. Getty Images / vb Altcoins like safemoon and dogecoin serve little ...

SpaceX has safely landed 4 astronauts in the ocean for NASA, completing the US’s longest human spaceflight

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NASA’s Crew-1 mission crew members in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft (left to right): NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and ...

Global COVID-19 cases have hit record highs with several hotspots across the world

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A Covid-19 patient gets admitted to a government hospital in Kolkata, India, 22 April, 2021. India reported 314,835 fresh coronavirus ...

Apple is going to court with ‘Fortnite,’ and it could forever change how apps work

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Cary-based Epic Games, the maker of ‘Fortnite,’ is suing Apple for stifling competition. Apple’s App Store hangs in the balance. ...

‘This is all we’ve ever known.’ How one of NC’s last whole hog joints survived COVID

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Grady’s feared they would have to shut their doors. Here’s how they persevered, stoking a fire four times a week ...

Bojangles apologizes for being without one of its most famous snacks. Here’s why.

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‘They’ll be back soon!’ Charlotte-based fried chicken chain says of its popular snack. Powered by WPeMatico

Apple is going to court with ‘Fortnite,’ and it could forever change how apps work

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Cary-based Epic Games, the maker of ‘Fortnite,’ is suing Apple for stifling competition. Apple’s App Store hangs in the balance. ...

‘This is all we’ve ever known.’ How one of NC’s last whole hog joints survived COVID

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Grady’s feared they would have to shut their doors. Here’s how they persevered, stoking a fire four times a week ...

Bojangles apologizes for being without one of its most famous snacks. Here’s why.

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‘They’ll be back soon!’ Charlotte-based fried chicken chain says of its popular snack. Powered by WPeMatico

LIVE: Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger speak at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting

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Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Yahoo Finance/YouTube Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger spoke at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting on Saturday. ...

As Biden seeks to revive Iran nuclear deal, Israel is trying out its own version of ‘maximum pressure’ on Tehran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with then-Vice President Joe Biden in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Since taking ...

Mexico still has the most violent cities in the world, but new hotspots are emerging

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People and soldiers at the scene of a homicide in Chilpancingo, in Mexico’s Guerrero state, November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Henry Romero ...

I ate like Warren Buffett for a week – and it was miserable

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Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Rick Wilking/Reuters I ate like Warren Buffett for a week. Buffett does not eat very ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a startup boom in the airline industry

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Avelo Airlines is one of more than 90 carriers that plan to begin service this year. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for ...

Former Canes player set to open a new Glenwood South bar named after mobster grandfather

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Teets won’t be a speakeasy, but the Glenwood South bar hopes to be a lively destination. Powered by WPeMatico

NC and federal laws may shield long-term care from liability beyond COVID-19 pandemic

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A North Carolina coronavirus-relief law passed in 2020 provided legal protection for long-term care facilities, but does it protect them ...

NC town official’s endorsement of public-private deals lacks a key detail: Who he works for

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A Triangle town councilman works for a firm that is paid to lobby for a Louisiana company which has been ...

Former Canes player set to open a new Glenwood South bar named after mobster grandfather

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Teets won’t be a speakeasy, but the Glenwood South bar hops to be a lively destination. Powered by WPeMatico

NC and federal laws may shield long-term care from liability beyond COVID-19 pandemic

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A North Carolina coronavirus-relief law passed in 2020 provided legal protection for long-term care facilities, but does it protect them ...

NC town official’s endorsement of public-private deals lacks a key detail: Who he works for

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A Triangle town councilman works for a firm that is paid to lobby for a Louisiana company which has been ...

8 different areas have taken turns leading the latest bull market in stocks – and that diversity is part of what makes the climb so sustainable, says one Wall Street chief strategist

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Reuters / Lucas Jackson The bull market in stocks is not being driven by one dominant sector, according to a ...

Tesla currently has ‘no competitors,’ but its biggest rivals will come from China, auto-manufacturing expert says

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Tesla’s biggest threat will be Chinese electric-car manufacturers, according to Sandy Munro. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images Even as EVs boom, ...

The Ever Given crisis put mega ships under the spotlight. As vessels get bigger and more automated, a long-serving captain and other experts are weighing up the risks.

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The Ever Given cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Suez Canal Authority via AP After the Ever Given blocked ...

In a NASA simulation of an asteroid impact, scientists concluded they couldn’t stop a space rock from decimating Europe

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An artist’s illustration of asteroids flying by Earth. Peter Carril/ESA Space agencies around the world took part in a NASA ...

4 unanswered questions about the mysterious company that began managing a big chunk of the internet minutes before Biden was sworn in

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Carlos Barria/Reuters Global Resource Systems LLC began managing about Pentagon IP addresses in January. The company has no online presence ...

Polar bear and grizzly bear hybrids, known as ‘pizzly bears,’ could become more common because of the climate crisis

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A pizzly bear, or grolar bear, bred in captivity at a zoo in Germany. Philippe Clement/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

Former Liberty president Jerry Falwell unexpectedly showed up to a student event and invited them to a graduation party at his home

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Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, awaits the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump to sign an executive order ...

Amazon was ranked by LinkedIn as the best place to grow your career. But the list omitted major factors like pay and race.

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LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, ranked Amazon as the best company for US workers to grow their careers in ...

Billionaire Eli Broad, who reshaped Los Angeles’ landscape, dead at 87

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In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo Eli Broad poses for a photo at his museum, “The Broad” in downtown ...