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Cadillac might be going electric, but the all-new Escalade SUV proves the brand can still deliver on traditional luxury

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Enormous, expensive, powerful, and luxurious, the all-new Cadillac Escalade is now a rolling technology platform with seating for seven and ...

Fauci calls into meetings virtually and avoids going in person to the White House because ‘of all the infections there’

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Dr. Anthony Fauci at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. ...

Futuristic architecture, entertainment hubs and kinetic solar panels: This is what spaceports could look like if commercial space flights become a reality

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Canaria, Dentsu, Noiz, Space Port Japan Association Spaceport City is a design concept for commercial space flight, which designers propose ...

15 photos of the moments that defined the 2020 US presidential campaign

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump during Thursday night’s debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Jim ...

‘Never see me again’? What Donald Trump has said he’d do if he loses the election

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Donald Trump playing golf in Scotland, June 20, 2011. David Moir/Reuters President Donald Trump has repeatedly mused about what he ...

Bolivia’s biggest political party promised to legalize a toxic bleach to treat COVID-19. After winning a landslide victory, there is nothing to stop it

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Bolivia’s President-elect Luis Arce, in El Alto, Bolivia on October 24, 2020. AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images Bolivia’s MAS party ...

Video shows Barack Obama nailing flawless three-pointer as he joins Joe Biden on last campaign push before election

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Former President Barack Obama scores a three pointer at the gymnasium of the old Flint Northwestern High School in Michigan, ...

The Biden campaign cancelled events in Texas after a convoy of trucks flying Trump flags surrounded their bus and ran into a person’s car, officials say

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The campaign bus for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen parked in front of the Iowa ...

Trump campaign rallies ‘likely led to more than 700 deaths’ from coronavirus, study finds

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MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump’s campaign rallies were linked to 30,000 coronavirus cases and “likely led to ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly doesn’t think he will ever return to professional boxing

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Photo by AP Images Floyd Mayweather Jr. told CNN en Espanol he’s sure he will never professionally box again. Mayweather ...

Daylight-saving time is literally killing us — but at least we’ll get a little extra sleep this Sunday

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Daylight-saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 1. Brian Snyder/Reuters Daylight-saving time in the US ends on Sunday, ...

Democratic Sen. Doug Jones faces a tough reelection fight against Tommy Tuberville in Alabama

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Alex Wong/Getty; Ned Dishman/Getty; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider Sen. Doug Jones, the lone Democratic Senator from the Deep South, is running ...

Buttigieg calls Trump Jr. ‘so out of touch that you just don’t care anymore’ for saying coronavirus deaths are down to ‘almost nothing’

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Pete Buttigieg AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg criticized Donald Trump Jr. for inaccurately saying US coronavirus ...

Electronics manufacturer picks Durham for 150 jobs after getting incentives from NC

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Gov. Roy Cooper said the expansion “signals … North Carolina’s resistance during the pandemic.” Powered by WPeMatico

Plagued by crime, an East Raleigh bar gets its alcohol license taken by the state

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A News & Observer analysis of police records going back to 2017 show there have been 338 calls to 911 ...

Electronics manufacturer picks Durham for 150 jobs after getting incentives from NC

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Gov. Roy Cooper said the expansion “signals … North Carolina’s resistance during the pandemic.” Powered by WPeMatico

Despite the pandemic, North Carolinians are starting new businesses at a record pace

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After cratering in the spring, the number of new businesses being formed in North Carolina is surging. Powered by WPeMatico

This UNC scientist just sold his company for $4B. Here’s his hope for North Carolina.

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After selling his gene-therapy company for up to $4 billion to Bayer, UNC researcher Jude Samulski thinks the state should ...

Plagued by crime, an East Raleigh bar gets its alcohol license taken by the state

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A News & Observer analysis of police records going back to 2017 show there have been 338 calls to 911 ...

Texas shatters turnout records with over 9.6 million people casting early ballots, exceeding the entire statewide vote total from 2016

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Voters wait to cast their ballots in Fort Worth, Texas. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images Texas, a longtime GOP stronghold that has ...

Kamala Harris fires back at President Trump and other Republicans who mockingly mispronounce her name

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris (L) and President Donald Trump (R). Getty Images Kamala Harris criticized President Trump and ...

‘Candy should not be more important than our lives’: Mars Wrigley warehouse workers are calling for safe working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Inside the battle to get hazard pay at a Mars Wrigley’s warehouse. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Workers at an Illinois distribution ...

The UK privacy watchdog’s ruling against Experian is a warning to data brokers that hoover up personal details

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Laurence Dutton/Getty Images The ICO served credit agency Experian with an enforcement notice, ordering it to change the way it ...

More than 1,000 economists have now signed letter urging voters to reject ‘reckless and selfish’ Trump on Election Day. Alvin Roth, a Nobel winner, tells us why he’s among them.

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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 27: President Donald Trump talks to members of the media outside of the White House on ...

The International Space Station has housed people for 20 years. From elusive air leaks to 3,000 experiments, here’s how the $150 billion project has evolved.

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NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, is pictured near the windows in the Cupola of the International Space ...

Investors were disappointed by mega-cap tech guidance last week — but UBS says investors should stay invested and focus on 3 key areas

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images Technology investors were tested on Friday after strong earnings reports from mega-cap earnings like Amazon, Facebook, and ...

Bitcoin doesn’t care who wins the US election — it will rise in value regardless of the outcome, a cryptocurrency fund chief says

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JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Bitcoin will rise in value no matter who wins the US election, according to Jeff ...

Lockdown looms in the UK as Europe braces for a significant spike in coronavirus infections in the run-up to Christmas

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Police officers patrol in central Brussels during a curfew imposed by the Belgian government on October 30, 2020. Reuters/Johanna Geron ...

What it’s like to get locked out of Google indefinitely

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Google; Samantha Lee/Business Insider Entrusting your data to big tech platforms can be highly risky. Users who have been banned ...

ICE agents told to ‘be ready’ to protect federal property and quell protests on Election Day

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Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP According to NBC News sources, ICE agents are being told to standby on and after Election Day ...