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The best emergency kits

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Having a stocked emergency kit helps you stay prepared in the event of an unexpected natural disaster, power outage, or ...

14 essential items you should keep in your car during the winter

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7 signs you’re rich, even if it doesn’t feel like it

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Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images “Rich” doesn’t necessarily mean owning a huge mansion or taking luxury vacations. You’re wealthy if you can ...

What is Vanish Mode on Instagram? Here’s what you need to know about the platform’s disappearing messages feature

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Instagram’s Vanish Mode lets you send secret messages that disappear when you’re done chatting. d3sign/Getty Images Vanish Mode on Instagram ...

Ukraine’s president says the Capitol attack makes it hard for the world to see the US as a ‘symbol of democracy’

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, ...

5 iconic US weapons that helped win the Gulf War

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US Air Force F-16, F-15C, and F-15E fighter jets over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army during ...

XRP falls sharply after soaring 50% but Dogecoin is holding on, with day traders looking for new targets and Elon Musk fanning interest

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Dogecoin is a ‘meme’ cryptocurrency, seemingly created as a joke Yuriko Nakao/Getty Ripple’s digital token XRP rose more than 50% ...

Silver spikes 13% to 8-year high as Reddit day traders turn their buying power towards a fresh target

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Alizar Raldes/Getty Images The price of silver jumped as much as 13%, to $30.35 per ounce, on Monday as amateur ...

Virgin Galactic jumps 11% after it schedules test flight window for February

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Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Galactic, gives the thumbs up after ringing a ceremonial bell on the floor of ...

Billionaire Mark Cuban says Wall Street Bets is disrupting the financial elite: ‘They want to change the game and kick their ass’

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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban. Reuters/Mike Segar Mark Cuban said Wall Street Bets members are disrupting Wall Street’s old guard. The ...

Michael Burry compared GameStop to ‘The Big Short’ – and said he would cash out if he won big on the stock

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YouTube/CBS Michael Burry compared the GameStop squeeze to “The Big Short” as a unique opportunity. The investor highlighted the stock’s ...

Goldman Sachs: Biggest ‘short squeeze’ in 25 years caused hedge funds to ‘de-gross’ at fastest rate since 2009

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Goldman Sachs said the GameStop saga had hit the wider market, with hedge funds rapidly cutting their positions Xinhua News ...

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

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Protesters in Russia trolled Putin with golden toilet brushes, mocking the extravagant wealth he is accused of hiding by jailed foe Alexei Navalny

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A protester in Moscow holding a gold-painted toilet brush at a rally against the jailing of Alexei Navalny, on January ...

Biden is meeting GOP senators who want a stimulus bill with $1,000 checks instead of $1,400, but is poised to press ahead with his larger plan

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President Joe Biden waves as he arrives at the White House on January 29, 2021. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images ...

Air traffic control center for patients helps Duke hospitals manage COVID-19 crisis

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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed North Carolina hospitals to, and sometimes beyond, their limits. Powered by WPeMatico

Air traffic control center for patients helps Duke hospitals manage COVID-19 crisis

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The coronavirus pandemic has pushed North Carolina hospitals to, and sometimes beyond, their limits. Powered by WPeMatico

10 things in tech you need to know today

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YouTube Zoe “Zoella” Sugg, with brother Joe Sugg. David M. Benett / Getty Images Good morning! This is the tech ...

Trump’s PAC has over $31 million stockpiled as he heads into his second impeachment trial

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Trump could potentially use the funds to pay for golf club memberships, his travel, or even rallies. Getty Trump’s Save ...

Myanmar’s military says it’s taking over as world leaders look on in shock

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FILE PHOTO: Photos of Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi are seen in a shop in Yangon Reuters The ...

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger launches new PAC to challenge Republicans who support Trump

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In this July 28, 2011, file photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in ...

Shaq just sold his Florida mansion for $16.5 million after 3 years on the market. Look inside the home that comes with a 6,000-square-foot basketball court.

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Shaq bought the Florida estate for a little less than $4 million in 1993. Compass Florida Shaquille O’Neal just sold ...

Trump’s new legal team includes an attorney who declined to prosecute Bill Cosby and another who met with Jeffrey Epstein just days before his death

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After five of his lawyers quit last week, former President Donald Trump announced a new legal team headed by Bruce ...

The Lincoln Project condemns co-founder John Weaver after allegations of sexual misconduct towards young men

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John McCain (L) looks over some documents with then-campaign advisor John Weaver (R) while flying from Virginia Beach to Bismarck, ...

What’s next for Verizon Media

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Good morning and welcome to Insider Advertising for February 1. I’m senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here’s what’s going ...

Exxon and Chevron discussed merging to form second-largest oil company: report

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An Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images The CEOs of Exxon and Chevron discussed merging ...

After Trump’s election loss, Republicans across the US are racing to enact new voting restrictions

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Lin Wilson waves a US flag to encourage people to vote, outside the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle on ...

GameStop founder Gary Kusin said it was an ‘honor’ retail investors targeted the company: ‘I just grabbed some popcorn’

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A GameStop Corp. store on November 5, 2013 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Gary Kusin, the co-founder ...

How to navigate GameStop madness – The strategy that outsmarted Wall Street – How Reddit traders are driving a populist movement

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Hello and welcome to Insider Investing. I’m Joe Ciolli, and I’m here to guide you through what’s been happening in ...

A congressional lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus after getting second dose of Pfizer vaccine

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Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal ...