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Home contents insurance, also known as personal property coverage, protects your items from theft and damage

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Home contents insurance covers your property from losses caused by theft, fire, lightning, hail, and vandalism. Westend61/Getty Images Personal Finance ...

Capitol Police Sergeant posts images of his January 6 riot injuries after Marjorie Taylor Greene calls herself a ‘victim’ of the attack

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Capitol Police Sergeant Aquilino Gonell and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Chip Somodevilla and John Bazemore / Getty ...

21 inexpensive but thoughtful Mother’s Day gifts that’ll surprise and delight your mom, all under $25

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Neobanks function as online-only banks. Here’s how they operate and why you might choose one

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Neobanks often rely on interchange fees, particularly from debit cards to make money. FG Trade/Getty Neobanks are digital-only banks that ...

7 steps to finding the right homeowners insurance policy and mistakes to avoid in the process

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Avoid the mistake of going with the lowest premium if it leaves you underinsured. monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images Ensure your coverage type ...

‘They’re good, they’re really good.’ Our readers crown the Triangle’s top doughnut.

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The king of local doughnuts attracts a following that includes nurses, construction workers, T-ball teams and Coach K. Powered by ...

‘They’re good, they’re really good.’ Our readers crown the Triangle’s top doughnut.

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The king of local doughnuts attracts a following that includes nurses, construction workers, T-ball teams and Coach K. Powered by ...

Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant card review: An excellent premium credit card for Marriott loyalists, with a huge welcome bonus of 100,000 points plus a free night certificate

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How truck driving became one of the worst jobs in the US

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Truck drivers often work hours long enough to equal two full-time jobs. A lot of that time is unpaid, spent ...

How much Twitch pays employees in the US, according to salary data

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Nick Bastone/Business Insider Amazon’s Twitch is a giant in the game streaming space, and has been hiring to fuel its ...

Burned cars and Russian military vehicles create an auto graveyard in Ukraine

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Hundreds of cars, torched by Russian attacks, have piled up in Irpin, Ukraine. Destroyed or damaged Russian military vehicles have ...

Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was registered to vote in 3 states at once

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Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Mark Meadows was registered to vote in three states ...

5 changes to make with your money right now to survive inflation, according to financial planners

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Maskot/Getty Images Worried about how inflation will affect your overall financial picture? Money experts have advice. Start by checking up ...

Binance CEO says the crypto exchange seized $5.8 million from a North Korean network behind a recent $620 million Axie Infinity hack

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Axie Infinity. Axie Infinity Crypto exchange Binance has recovered about $6 million stolen in March from Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network. ...

Top execs at Walmart, AT&T, and more open up about America’s lack of female CEOs and how companies can level the playing field

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Skye Gould/Insider For far too long, women have been excluded from CEO positions because of bias, a lack of sponsorship, ...

ACH transfers: A decades-old system for moving money that plays a key role in the US financial infrastructure

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About $72.6 trillion of ACH transfers were completed in 2021, according to the group that oversees the network. RgStudio/Getty ACH ...

A British billionaire’s new car company is setting up headquarters in Raleigh

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The SUV has all the trappings of Land Rover’s original Defender and boasts similar utilitarian functionality. Powered by WPeMatico

A British billionaire’s new car company is setting up headquarters in Raleigh

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The SUV has all the trappings of Land Rover’s original Defender and boasts similar utilitarian functionality. Powered by WPeMatico

Bernie Sanders said he’s worried NASA is becoming an ‘ATM’ for Jeff Bezos’ and Elon Musk’s personal space race

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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a town hall meeting on February 3, 2016 in Derry, New Hampshire. Joe Raedle/Getty Images ...

Boris Johnson admits ‘realistic possibility’ that Russia could win the war in Ukraine, and that it may last until the end of 2023

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Boris Johnson visits Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial in New Delhi, India. Stefan Rousseau/WPA Pool/Getty Images Boris Johnson has conceded it is ...

Three Chinese energy firms are in talks to buy Shell’s stake in a huge Russian natural gas export project, a report says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP Chinese firms are in talks to buy Shell’s stake ...

The German chancellor said a Western embargo on Russian gas imports probably wouldn’t end Putin’s war in Ukraine

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Olaf Scholz (right) said an embargo on Russian gas exports would trigger a “dramatic economic crisis.” Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty ...

Mohamed El-Erian says ‘humbled’ Fed needs skill, time and luck to engineer a soft landing after Powell touts half-point hike

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Mohamed El Erian Jason Reed/Reuters Economist Mohamed El-Erian said the Federal Reserve needs skill, time, and luck to nail a ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse obsession is driving some current and former Facebook employees nuts: ‘It’s the only thing Mark wants to talk about’

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Mark Zuckerberg showing his ‘metaverse’ avatar during Connect 2021 Facebook Facebook’s founder is interested in little but “metaverse,” current and ...

China’s Instagram-like Xiaohongshu joins the tech layoff bloodbath, cutting about 10% of employees

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Instagram-like Xiaohongshu is laying off up to 10% of its workforce. Here, employees package merchandise for Xiaohongshu at a logistic ...

Zelenskyy says Russia rejected an Easter truce with Ukraine and that it shows how Russian leaders regard the Orthodox faith

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the refusal shows how Russia’s leaders regard the Orthodox Christian faith. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty ...

Conservatives under pressure over donor linked to a Russian oligarch sanctioned by the UK, US and EU

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and businessman, billionaire Suleiman Kerimov (L) seen while visiting the Sirius Center for Talented Children ...

Trump has accused Georgia’s GOP leaders of colluding with ‘radical left Democrats’ to unseat Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Former President Donald Trump came to the defense of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday, claiming that Georgia’s GOP leaders ...

Ukrainian troops are being trained in the UK to use the armored vehicles donated to the country, says Boris Johnson

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The Mastiff is one type of the armored vehicle that has been sent to Ukraine by the UK. Leon Neal/Getty ...

Tucker Carlson suggested an audit of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s finances after the US approved another $800 million Ukraine aid package

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson has suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s finances be audited amid an inflow of US ...