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2nd Republican presidential debate spotlights health care, Ukraine, energy, education and more: Full coverage
Seven candidates squared off at at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., while the race's frontrunner Donald Trump held an event in Michigan.
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'Donald Duck': Chris Christie slams Trump for skipping GOP debates
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused former President Trump of being afraid to defend his record against fellow Republican opponents and “ducking” them.
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Trump skips GOP debate to deliver 'economic nationalism' speech at non-union plant
In an effort to court blue-collar workers, former President Donald Trump traveled to Michigan Wednesday to deliver a speech aimed at courting the support of autoworkers at a time when their largest union is on strike.
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3 reasons the 2024 election will be very different from 2020
The candidates might be the same, but shifting battlegrounds, new voters and possible spoilers mean 2024 won’t be a 2020 rerun.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Roasts Kevin McCarthy and His Sad “Boy Math”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used “boy math” to epically troll Kevin McCarthy over the looming Republican-created government shutdown.“Boy math” is a phrase used on social media to joke about the way heterosexual men stereotypically rationalize or misvalue numbers or prices. Some examples of boy math include “how 5’10” measures 6’,” “having a 70inch tv but no dining table,” and “being afraid of gold diggers when you only have 3 pairs of socks to your name.”Ocasio-Cortez joined the tre
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Fox News Crime Segment Ends in Humiliation for Brutally Roasted Reporter
A Fox News producer had his segment derailed by Seattle residents who challenged the network’s narrative that the city is a “progressive hellscape.”Johnny Belisario, an associate producer on Jesse Watters Primetime, was openly mocked during a segment about how crime and drugs have become expectations in Democratic cities, and that Seattle had become a dangerous place to live.“I’ve never seen any crime in Seattle. I’ve never seen any of it. I’ve seen fun and laughter, and laughter and fun,” one i
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‘What’s Next You Will Tweet About R Kelly?’| Some Fans Still Hate Deshaun Watson, But Are More Mad at LeBron James for Supporting Cleveland Browns QB On Social Media During NFL Game
LeBron James is catching some heat on social media after he tweeted out his support for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. James is one of […]
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3 questions for an expert on why the spike in child poverty is a policy choice
The new data is a reminder that “politics and public policy are a matter of life and death,” said author and former Senate aide Nikhil Goyal.
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Miami’s Jackson names new cardiac head to revive heart transplant center at hospital
The Miami Transplant Institute at Jackson Memorial has not done heart transplants since March, when the program was temporarily suspended after a complaint about patient deaths
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See Sofia Vergara’s transformation into one of Miami’s most ruthless drug kingpins
The ‘Modern Family’ star looks unrecognizable
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We asked Elon Musk's dad what he thought about the new book out on his son. He had a lot to say.
Errol Musk is mentioned over 120 times in the new Elon Musk biography — often in a negative light.
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How the looming government shutdown could affect you
From travel delays to limited food inspections, a government shutdown would touch millions of Americans.
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Here’s How Much Ron DeSantis’s Stupid Culture-War Laws Cost Taxpayers
Ron DeSantis has hinged his struggling presidential campaign on how he successfully passed a battery of ultraconservative laws in Florida. But what he doesn’t like to mention is the millions of taxpayer dollars he has wasted as courts repeatedly knock those laws down.The Republican-controlled state legislature has helped DeSantis easily take on some of the right’s favorite culture wars. He gutted abortion rights, LGBTQ protections, and academic freedom. He also has been locked in a bizarre legal
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The Right Doesn’t Understand How Our Constitutional Government Works
During the relatively kinder, gentler, and saner days of the Obama administration—way back in the early 20-teens—a misguided portion of the political commentariat subscribed to what was derisively termed the “Green Lantern Theory” of presidential power. In short, it posited that presidential accomplishment is simply a matter of willpower (a reference to the titular DC comic book superhero’s ability to manifest astonishing superpowers simply by channeling his resolve). That President Barack Obama
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The Supreme Court Tells Alabama to Pound Sand
Alabama’s long, hot summer of defiance came to an end this week after the Supreme Court declined to stop a district court from redrawing the state’s congressional map to include a second majority-Black district.The final word came in a short, unsigned order on Tuesday. The justices did not write anything beyond their formulaic announcement that a stay of the lower court’s ruling would not be granted. But their silence said everything. None of the justices publicly dissented from the move. Justic
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Memes and Misinformation Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition
In April, the Facebook group “Protect Our Aviation & Eagles, Inc.—Palo Alto County, Iowa” posted a meme to share with its followers. “I SAW SATAN LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT,” the meme begins. The text is laid over the image of a man in red face paint with horns. Below the man is a seemingly endless row of wind turbines cast against a red sky, looking like soldiers in an army of darkness rather than a form of renewable energy. Protect Our Aviation & Eagles, Inc. may sound like a wildlife protection ou
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Tim Scott Suggests Slavery Wasn’t As Bad as Welfare for Black Americans
A lot of deplorable things were said during the Republican debate on Wednesday night, but this comment from Republican candidate Tim Scott may take the cake. During the debate Scott argued that welfare assistance was harder than slavery for Black Americans. “Black families survived slavery!” he exclaimed. “We survived poll taxes and literacy tests.”“We survived discrimination being woven into the laws of our country,” he added, in a line that for a moment sounded like he might actually be acknow
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The Batmobile took a different approach in the latest Batman movie
The team behind the latest Batmobile detailed its design process, including creating a from-scratch vehicle with cinematic elements and a big block LS.
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Shocked by a spike in car insurance rates? Here are 8 ways to save money
Here is what experts say is behind inflated car insurance prices and what you can do to save money without sacrificing thorough coverage on your vehicles.
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2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid joins Nightshade brigade
2024 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid gets all the extra black bits as on the Corolla, but black wheels, not bronze.
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Baristas film viral plea to Starbucks regarding dome lids for tall drinks: ‘They don’t work’
"If you see your local baristas struggling, it’s the dome lids."
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Apple Wallet can now show UK users their bank account balances
Apple has launched a new iPhone Wallet feature that lets UK users see their current account balance, along with recent deposits and payments.
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FTC to revive fight against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The challenge is the last major hurdle keeping Microsoft from putting the deal in its rearview mirror.
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Women say COVID vaccines affected their periods. A new study adds to mounting evidence.
COVID vaccines aren't the only vaccines that can cause period changes, says expert.
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Scientists confirm that the first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning
The first black hole humanity has ever imaged has also provided us with what researchers are calling "unequivocal evidence" that black holes spin.
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Oil jumps to 2023 highs amid low tank levels at US storage hub
A major crude storage hub in the US is running low on stockpiles at a time when world markets are feeling a supply squeeze.
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Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport
A U.S. security researcher is warning of a chilling effect after he was detained on arrival at a U.S. airport, his phone was searched, and was ordered to testify to a grand jury, only to have prosecutors reverse course and drop the investigation later. On Wednesday, Sam Curry, a security engineer at blockchain technology company Yuga Labs, said in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, that he was taken into secondary inspection by U.S. federal agents on September 15 after returning from a t
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AMD CEO on AI: 'I'm not a believer in moats' given how fast the market is moving
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su said the market for artificial intelligence is still in its "early innings," and the competitive landscape is still evolving.
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Biden impeachment: Live updates as House Republicans hold first open hearing
After months of investigations, House Republicans will hold their first open impeachment hearing against President Biden on Thursday at 10 a.m. ET.
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Nextdata is building data meshes for the enterprise
At a high level, it's a data platform architecture that allows users to access data without transferring it to one of two places: a data lake, or a centralized repository for storing data at scale; or a data warehouse, an enterprise system used for analyzing data from multiple sources. At least, that's the assertion of Zhamak Dehghani, the founder of Nextdata, a startup creating a "data-mesh-native" platform to build and share what Dehghani describes as "data products." For one, some data mesh
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Indian music label giant Saregama acquires Pocket Aces
Saregama has agreed to acquire a 51.82% stake in the startup Pocket Aces as the oldest Indian music label makes deeper push into videos. Saregama is paying about $20 million for the 51.82% stake in Pocket Aces and plans to invest an additional $1.8 million in the startup, the Kolkata-headquartered firm disclosed in a stock exchange filing. The music label plans to acquire as much as 92.61% of Pocket Aces in the future and will determine the pricing based on completion of certain metrics, it sa
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KSOC says it's tackling cloud-native security in a way that is Kubernetes-first
The take-up of Kubernetes, a tool for managing containerized workloads, is only expected to increase as demand for cloud-native architectures and containerization continues. In terms of security, this can mean a boon or a major blind spot for them, according to Kubernetes Security Operation Center (KSOC), a Bay Area startup -- a boon, in that using Kubernetes can limit an attacker's blast radius, and a major blind spot because a vulnerable web app in an exposed Kubernetes cluster can give attac
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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform
Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent. Most notably though, it is removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on Reddit activity. It mentioned in a blog post that users won't see more ads but they will see better-targeted ads following this change.
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Mercury Fund closes largest fund to invest in SaaS startups between the coasts
In general, it’s been a busy month for venture capital firms announcing new capital commitments. Mercury Fund joins firms, including Mythos Ventures, Connect Ventures, Fuse and Unconventional Ventures, in announcing new funds this month. Having been around for a decade now, the firm was previously known as DFJ Mercury.
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Storm Agnes: Satellite image shows huge weather pattern moving across UK
A satellite image from NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System shows Agnes enveloping the country.
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The Morning After: Meta unveils AI personalities, Meta Quest 3 and new smart glasses
The biggest news stories this morning: Meta’s chatbot platform starts with over 25 AI personalities, Valve fails to get out of paying its EU geo-blocking fine, Logitech’s new racing cockpit is a $299 foldable chair.
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AlphaSense, an AI-based market intel firm, snaps up $150M at a $2.5B valuation
Market intelligence -- where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends, and more in order to use that data to help make business decisions -- has become a huge industry in itself over the last few decades, projected to be worth nearly $84 billion in revenues this year. Now, as newer innovations like ChatGPT threaten to cannibalize the market, one of the bigger startups in the space, AlphaSense, is announcing a significant fundraise of $150 million to double dow
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US futures waver as oil rally hits pause: Stock market news today
Wall Street stocks fought for gains on Thursday, struggling to shake off the downbeat mood hanging over markets despite a pullback in the oil rally.
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Next-generation BMW X2 previewed with big, illuminated grille
The next-generation BMW X2 will make its debut later in 2023 with a bolder-looking front end and a fastback-like silhouette.
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The Fed looks past its preferred inflation gauge
The driver for more rate hikes won’t come from persistent inflation but whether the economy stays too hot.
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India gov't to propose setting up a separate body for vast data management, draft bill shows
With data being considered the new oil, India, the world's second-largest internet market after China, is looking to establish a dedicated entity to manage the data it generates and set up rules and regulations for non-personal and anonymized personal data. The Indian government plans to propose setting up of a body, called the National Data Management Office, according to a draft Digital India Bill seen by TechCrunch. According to the proposal, the new entity will be overseen by India's Minis
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Trending tickers: Nike l Oil l 888 l Peloton
A look at the stocks making headlines on Thursday.
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Two mooncakes recalled by Singapore Food Agency for contaminations
The Singapore Food Agency has conducted a recall of two mooncakes from food companies Fragrance and Joymom's due to contaminations.
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Is winning the lottery all it's cracked up to be?
There’s a laundry list of horror stories about big lottery winners whose golden tickets led to strained family relationships, bankruptcy, prison or even murder.
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Croydon stabbing: 15-year-old girl killed on way to school - what we know
The 'much-loved' youngster, named locally as Eliyanna Andam, died after being stabbed in the neck with a foot-long knife during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, a witness said.
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X will be profitable in 2024, CEO claims in tense interview
According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024. "Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what's coming is that it looks like in early '24, we will be turning a profit," Yaccarino said on stage at the Code Conference.
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Disney+ is getting strict about password sharing, starting in Canada
Disney+ sent an email to users in Canada notifying them of updates to the Subscriber Agreement, which now specifies that members cannot share accounts with anyone outside their households.
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