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Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Durham next week, her office says

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The vice president will be joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to discuss the Biden administration’s focus on creating “good-paying, ...

Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Durham next week, her office says

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The vice president will be joined by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to discuss the Biden administration’s focus on creating “good-paying, ...

Digital Trust Benchmark Report 2021 Preview

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In our Digital Trust Benchmark Report, we analyze the data from our fifth annual “US Digital Trust Survey” to evaluate ...

Thousands of African students who went to Ukraine to train to become doctors and engineers scramble to escape the Russian offensive

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People wait to board an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. ...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee faces GOP opposition in reelection bid over his pivot from Trump critic to ally

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Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File Sen. Mike Lee’s top GOP primary opponents have called for ...

Kyiv mayor says civilians who remain on streets after new curfew ‘will be considered as members of the enemy’s sabotage’

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A night view of Kyiv on February 24, 2022. Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images The mayor of Ukraine’s capital city ...

Warren Buffett calls out a spike in deceptive earnings, bemoans a lack of bargains, and trumpets Berkshire Hathaway’s ‘Four Giants’ in his shareholder letter

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Warren Buffett. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Warren Buffett published his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. The investor bemoaned a ...

Influencer marketing stats: How creators have impacted businesses in 2021

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Nearly 68% of US marketers from companies with 100 or more employees will use influencer marketing in 2021. And influencer ...

How abortion bans widen the gender pay gap and diminish women’s economic power

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Pro-choice advocates rally outside the Supreme Court in November 2021 in Washington, DC. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Paul Constant is a ...

Russia’s space chief responds to new sanctions by suggesting that the ISS would no longer be prevented from crashing into the US or Europe

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The International Space Station on orbit of planet Earth. dima_zel/Getty Images Russia’s space chief claimed new US sanctions could have ...

I train new truckers. Here’s why so many are leaving the industry.

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Companies are struggling to retain drivers, which has brought prices up and caused delays across the supply chain. Scharfsinn86/Getty Images ...

Money is everyone’s biggest stressor — and they want companies to help

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Almost a third of survey respondents told Data for Progress that something related to their personal finances was the top ...

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

Canada to buy COVID vaccine made in Research Triangle Park. Here’s how it’s different.

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The partnership that developed the vaccine has asked for FDA approval as well. Powered by WPeMatico

Putin threatened Western powers with unprecedented consequences if they interfere in Ukraine. 3 strategists break down what that could mean for markets.

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Alexandra Beier/Stringer via Getty Images; Alexei Nikolsky/Getty Images; iStock Photo; Vicky Leta/Insider ...

Ukrainians living in London protesting the Russian invasion of their home country fear it’s all they can do

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Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Russia invaded Ukraine early Thursday prompting global protests. Insider spoke to two Ukrainian demonstrators ...

Ukraine’s ambassador says Russia’s ‘words have less value than a hole in the New York pretzel’ at a UN meeting

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Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya (R) and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L) attend an ...

‘We are here, we are not laying down any arms’: Ukrainian President Zelensky films himself still in Kyiv on Saturday morning

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky declined an offer to evacuate on Friday night, ...

How to get Siri to read text aloud on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac computer

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Siri offers an accessibility feature that will read your device’s screen to you. Hollis Johnson You can invoke Siri on ...

How to use Siri to translate words and phrases or host a two-way conversation in different languages

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Siri offers a versatile translation feature through Apple’s Translate app. Richard Drury/Getty Images Siri can translate words and phrases into ...

Russian citizens take to the streets for a 2nd night as the country aims to quash resistance to its Ukrainian invasion

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Demonstrators shout slogans in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky Russian citizens protested across the country ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens to crumble the post-WWII system built to prevent global conflict

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Ukraine Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya attends an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine in ...

Forecast eCommerce trends predicted for Amazon will beat expectations in 2021

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Pandemic-driven demand for ecommerce accelerated sales growth for every product category. And Amazon generates more than one-quarter of US ecommerce ...

4 strategies that helped an entrepreneur couple save up for 3 months of self-funded parental leave

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Danielle Desir and her partner both plan on taking a three-month self-paid parental leave. Courtesy of Danielle Desir Danielle Desir ...

Spy chief humiliated by Putin on Russian TV for stammering releases new video echoing Putin’s war rhetoric

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Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin on January 18, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Naryshkin appeared ...

Mobile banking lets you bank from anywhere, but may not offer as many services as traditional banking

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Mobile banking lets you monitor or make bank transactions from the comfort of home, while traditional banking offers greater range ...

CDC says ‘green’ and ‘yellow’ counties can take off their masks. A color-coded map shows where your county stands.

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Demonstrators participate in a Defeat the Mandates march in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Up to ...

Video reportedly shows Ukrainian men helping themselves to guns on a Kyiv street after all 18-60 years were urged to take up arms and fight the Russian invasion

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Volunteers, holding AK-47 rifles, protect a main road leading into Kyiv on February 25, 2022. DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images ...

Ukraine’s president posts defiant video with top government leaders saying ‘we are all here’ in the streets of besieged Kyiv

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv. ...