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Sen. Mitt Romney meets singer Ritt Momney on Capitol Hill: ‘Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery’

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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah shakes hands with singer Ritt Momney in his office on Capitol Hill on March ...

US accuses Russia of war crimes for ‘indiscriminate attacks’ on civilians and ‘other atrocities’ in Ukraine

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An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian’s army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. ...

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Google’s new Chrome OS Flex can revive your old computers — here’s how it works and how to install it

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Chrome OS Flex supports most computer brands. Google Chrome OS Flex is an operating system that can help revive old ...

Permanent monthly checks for parents would have a 1,000% return on investment, study says

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Making the child tax credit permanent could bring in big benefits. RichVintage/Getty For the second half of 2021, millions of ...

But first, let me take a selfie: Picture-perfect museum coming to downtown Raleigh.

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A new museum is opening downtown that claims to help you take the best selfies ever. Powered by WPeMatico

But first, let me take a selfie: Picture-perfect museum coming to downtown Raleigh.

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A new museum is opening downtown that claims to help you take the best selfies ever. Powered by WPeMatico

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reportedly told President Biden the US must increase domestic energy production called for Europe to end reliance on Russian oil

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Tom Williams/Getty Images JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told President Biden the US must ramp up ...

How to use the ‘Walking Steadiness’ feature on your iPhone to measure how well you walk and see if you’re at risk of falling

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Newer versions of iOS can track how steady you are when walking. Kaewmanee Jiangsihui/Shutterstock The “Walking Steadiness” feature on iPhone ...

How Viking Global became the hedge-fund industry’s hottest launch pad

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D1 Capital’s Daniel Sundheim and Viking Global’s Andreas Halvorsen. Brendan McDermid/Reuters; Scott Olson/Getty; Shayanne Gal/Insider Grant Wonders, a top performer ...

The Fed’s ‘clarity’ on its aggressive path of rate hikes has reignited risk appetite among retail investors, research firm says

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Retail investors have sprung into buying mode after the Fed’s hawkish meeting ...

Elon Musk won’t be let off the hook for Twitter monitoring, the SEC tells a judge

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Tesla CEO, Elon Musk. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Elon Musk can’t escape scrutiny of his tweets just because he finds it ...

I’m the CEO of Sun-Maid, the iconic raisin company. I work a hybrid schedule that’s improved my work-life balance — here’s how I plan my mornings.

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Harry Overly, CEO of the raisin and specialty fruit manufacturing company Sun-Maid, says he checks his calendar and email first ...

Satellite photos show flooding around Kyiv, protecting the capital from Russian advances in a possible instance of ‘hydraulic warfare’

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Annotated satellite images of the Irpin river basin. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies/insider A river basin to the northwest of ...

Gas leak at London’s Olympic swimming center leaves people needing treatment for breathing problems

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General view of new windows being installed at the Aquatics Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Action Images / ...

Ukraine prosecutor-general says Russian soldiers raped a woman after breaking into her home and killing her husband

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A destroyed tank sits on a street after battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces on a main road near Brovary, ...

Sand for fracking is now 3 times as expensive as it was last year, and it’s one of several reasons US oil production isn’t increasing

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A hydraulic fracturing manager holds a mixture of sand and water which is pumped down the pipes at a shale ...

UK inflation jumps to a 30-year high of 6.2%, intensifying the cost-of-living crisis

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Britons are facing a cost-of-living crisis as energy prices surge. sagarmanis/Getty Images UK inflation rose sharply in February, hitting a ...

China’s e-commerce giant JD.com is reportedly laying off at least 400 workers, adding to massive layoffs seen at other major Chinese tech firms like Alibaba and Tencent

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JD.com is reported to have started laying off between 400 to 600 employees in recent weeks. VCG/VCG via Getty Images ...

2 private islands in the Caribbean owned by late financier Jeffrey Epstein are on the market for $125 million: WSJ

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Little St. James, one of the Caribbean islands owned by late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Reuters/Marco Bello Two Caribbean islands owned ...

Buzzfeed shares jump over 6% amid news of journalist job cuts

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BuzzFeed announced job cuts as it posted its first set of earnings as a publicly listed company. Brendan McDermid/Reuters BuzzFeed’s ...

Ron DeSantis refuses to recognize trans swimmer Lia Thomas’ NCAA win, declares second-placed Emma Weyant as the ‘rightful winner’

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday has refuted transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ recent NCAA win. Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via ...

Marie Yovanovitch says she cried ‘twenty Kleenexes worth of tears’ and ‘wanted to hide’ after Trump abruptly fired her

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Marie Yovanovitch. Associated Press Marie Yovanovitch said she cried “twenty Kleenexes worth of tears” after Trump abruptly fired her. In ...

Kamala Harris viewed White House aides not standing when she walked into a room as ‘a sign of disrespect,’ book says

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Freedman’s Bank Forum event at the US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, ...

A new class of oligarchs could rise from Putin’s seizure of Western assets, says an expert in Russian finance

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to seize and nationalize the assets of foreign companies leaving the country could create a ...

BuzzFeed shareholders urged the company’s CEO to shut down its money-losing, award-winning news division: report

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BuzzFeed employees work at the company’s headquarters in New York on January 9, 2014. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Some BuzzFeed investors urged ...

Amazon was dropped as a sponsor by Seattle’s Pride parade, due to the company’s donations to anti-LGBTQ legislators and for allowing opposition fundraising via AmazonSmile

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Amnesty International participants march with a banner saying, Human rights are my pride, during the Toronto LGBTQ Pride Parade. Photo ...

Elizabeth Holmes’ ex, Ramesh Balwani, pointed the finger back at her in his fraud trial, while prosecutors say they were ‘partners in everything, including their crimes’

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Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images (Holmes). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Balwani). Elizabeth Holmes blamed her ex-business partner, Sunny” Balwani, in her ...

Gen X amid the Pandemic: How Their Finances, Shopping Behavior, and Digital Usage Look

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Gen Xers’ share of total household wealth is barely half of that held by baby boomers, and impacts brought on by ...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19

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Hillary Clinton. Photo by: Mike Smith/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Hillary Clinton said she tested positive for COVID-19 in ...