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Duke Energy battling solar power company over right to provide energy at Fort Bragg

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Does a proposed solar power plant on Fort Bragg violate Duke Energy’s regulated monopoly status? The NC Utilities Commission will ...

A $20 minimum wage? One company makes a big commitment to paying livable income.

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The wireless network operator Verizon says it is committed to helping people earn living wages and build lasting careers. Powered ...

Duke Energy battling solar power company over right to provide energy at Fort Bragg

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Does a proposed solar power plant on Fort Bragg violate Duke Energy’s regulated monopoly status? The NC Utilities Commission will ...

Putin orders troops not to storm last Ukrainian military holdout in Mariupol but blockade it ‘so not even a fly can get through’

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The Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, seen on April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Putin cancelled plans to storm a ...

I got a first look at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s new social media platform, and it feels like Facebook circa 2012

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s long-awaited social media platform Frank Social — which he claims will be a replacement for Facebook ...

A Pennsylvania home care agency was ordered to pay $1.2 million to workers who the DOL says didn’t get correct overtime wages

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A court ordered the company and its owner to pay $1.16 million in back wages and damages. Universal Images Group ...

A Ukrainian man whose apartment was ransacked tracks his missing AirPods for clues on Russian troop movements

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A pair of AirPods. iStock / Getty Images Plus A man told Insider his AirPods disappeared from his apartment in ...

At least 208 children have died in Ukraine because of Russia’s invasion, says Ukraine’s Office of the Attorney General

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A child is evacuated from Lviv, Ukraine on March 7. Andriy Dubchak/dia images via Getty Images Ukrainian authorities say at ...

‘He lost’: Piers Morgan is doubling down and rebuking Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud

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TV show host Piers Morgan is doubling down on his view that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election ...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman loses around $400 million as he dumps entire Netflix stake after just 3 months

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square hedge fund sold all its Netflix shares. REUTERS/Mike Blake Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has ...

Rudy Giuliani popped out of a Jack-in-the-Box in a bizarre clown costume during an appearance on ‘The Masked Singer’

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Rudy Giuliani made an appearance on “The Masked Singer” on Wednesday, where he sang “Bad To The Bone” by rock ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tells Insider he’d be willing to speak to the January 6 committee if subpoenaed — as long as his testimony is televised

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MyPillow CEO Michael Lindell says he would be up to sit down with the January 6 panel investigating the Capitol ...

Ukraine-Russia peace talks are likely to fail because negotiating with Putin is like dealing with a ‘crocodile,’ Boris Johnson says

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cast doubt on the success of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Stefan Rousseau – ...

Trump team releases audio it says refutes Piers Morgan’s claims that the former president cut his interview short and walked off set

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Piers Morgan has said he regrets previously supporting his former friend Donald Trump. Mathew Imaging/WireImage TV host Piers Morgan sat ...

Alex Jones signals willingness to sit for January 6 interview with Department of Justice

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Alex Jones addresses a crowd of pro-Trump protesters after they stormed the grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, ...

Capitol Hill evacuated in an ‘abundance of caution’ after aircraft deemed ‘probable threat’

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A view of the US Capitol at sunset on January 5, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images ...

Elon Musk says Tesla hopes to produce a robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals in 2024

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images In Tesla’s Q1 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said the company is targeting ...

The Justice Department to appeal the ruling that struck down the mask mandate on public transportation after CDC says masks remain necessary

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After a judge struck down mask mandates on public transportation, the Department of Justice announced plans to appeal the ruling, ...

At a train station in Bucharest, Romanians and Russians help Ukrainians find their way

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Gara București Nord is the main train station used by Ukrainians seeking to leave Romania for other parts of Europe. ...

Trump-endorsed JD Vance keeps failing to follow federal financial rules

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Ohio Republican Senate candidate JD Vance speaks to reporters following a GOP debate at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, ...

RDU’s new runway will be exactly 639 feet longer than the existing one. Why that matters.

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What kind of planes will land on Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s new runway, which could open in 2027, 41 years after ...

RDU’s new runway will be exactly 639 feet longer than the existing one. Why that matters.

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What kind of planes will land on Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s new runway, which could open in 2027, 41 years after ...

Breeze is launching 9 new routes, including 3 nonstops from New York to the West Coast using swanky A220 aircraft — see the full list

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Breeze Airways’s first Airbus A220-300. Breeze Airways and Airbus Breeze Airways announced nine new routes on Wednesday, four of which ...

I turned my creative passion into a lucrative side hustle that earns me up to 40% of my income as a freelancer

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The author, Allison Nichol Longtin, far right, teaches a ballet class. Allison Nichol Longtin I’ve always worked in dance, but ...

‘America’s Next Top Model’ contestant says they were under constant surveillance and bathroom doors were removed

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Michelle Rohn for Insider “America’s Next Top Model” contestants faced constant surveillance filming Tyra Banks’ hit show. In season seven, ...

Digital World Acquisition could plummet 78% as regulatory scrutiny means it will likely never merge with Trump’s Truth Social media platform, short seller says

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Former President Donald Trump Alex Wong/Getty Images Digital World Acquisition fell 9% on Wednesday after Kerrisdale Capital released a short ...

What social media networks are used in Asia-Pacific?

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Insider Intelligence Most of the world’s social network users reside in Asia. In 2022, more than 3.5 billion people globally ...

Cary Towne Center demolition continues as Epic Games clears way for HQ

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The 40-year-old shopping mall along I-40 will be almost completely town down by the end of summer, though the video ...

Cary Towne Center demolition continues as Epic Games clears way for HQ

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The 40-year-old shopping mall along I-40 will be almost completely town down by the end of summer, though the video ...

Mitt Romney urges Biden ‘to ditch his woke advisors’ for stoking inflation with stimulus spending

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah at a hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2022. Greg Nash/Pool/AFP via Getty ...