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Elon Musk's company Neuralink plans to connect people's brains to the internet by next year using a procedure he claims will be as safe and easy as LASIK eye surgery

3 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Elon Musk on Tuesday announced in a livestream that his neuro technology startup Neuralink hopes to begin implanting devices into human minds as early as next year. Musk has...
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Making sense of chaos? Algos scour social media for clues to crypto moves

4 hours ago | Reuters

After months of relative calm in cryptocurrency markets, bitcoin exploded back into life in April with its sharpest price jump in over a year - but few people could...
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So far, so good for Biden in polls

5 hours ago | Boston Herald

After all the pundits declared him the loser in his first debate, after almost two weeks of backpedaling and explaining, Joe Biden still leads the field among likely Democratic...
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Red Sox president of baseball ops Dave Dombrowski explains how MLB trade philosophy has changed

6 hours ago | Comcast SportsNet | 2 articles

Dave Dombrowski isn't afraid to pull the trigger on a trade. The Red Sox president of baseball operations has built a reputation over the years for
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Red Sox general manager Dave Dombrowski explains how MLB trade philosophy has changed

7 hours ago | Comcast SportsNet | 2 articles

Dave Dombrowski isn't afraid to pull the trigger on a trade. The Red Sox president and general manager has built a reputation over the years for
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Chicago under an excessive heat watch Thursday-Saturday

9 hours ago | WGN TV

Chicago is under an Excessive Heat Watch from Thursday through Saturday with daily high temperatures close to the 100 degree mark and heat indices in the very dangerous 105-115...
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American scientist killed in Greece was raped, police say

9 hours ago | WGN TV

Suzanne Eaton, the American scientist killed in Greece , was raped, police in Crete said Tuesday. Police said Monday that a 27-year-old local man had confessed to the crime...
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Pressley should table divisive talk

10 hours ago | Boston Herald

Was there any possibility of misinterpretation here? One would hope so, though Ayanna Pressley, whose command of the English language is prodigious, didn't leave much room for...
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Snack sales grow with legal marijuana: study

10 hours ago | Boston Herald

Legal marijuana sales could be driving up sales of candy and snacks, a new study finds - and eateries near the recreational pot shops say that might explain their increased...
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AP Explains: Questions and answers on new US asylum ban

11 hours ago | ABC News

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dead at 99

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens - a strong proponent of abolishing the Second Amendment - has died, ABC News reported. He was 99. Appointed by Republican... Read more ...

US House votes to 'strongly' condemn Trump's tweets directed at...

The Democratic-led House has voted to condemn President Donald Trump's tweets telling four Democratic congresswomen of color to "go back" to their countries of origin. Read more ...

Phony Ferraris, 'Shamborghinis' seized at Brazil factory

Police said the cars were being offered on social media for $45,000 to $60,000 - a small fraction of the price of the real thing. Read more ...

Police: 6-year-old girl fatally struck by her golfing dad's ball

Authorities called the situation a “tragic accident.” Read more ...

Federal judge permanently blocks Trump admin from adding citizenship...

A New York federal judge has issued an order definitively blocking the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census in any form, despite the... Read more ...

Huggies features dads on diaper box for first time

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Judge orders R. Kelly held in jail, prosecutors call him 'extreme danger to...

A judge ruled Tuesday that R&B singer R. Kelly be held without bond on federal charges that he and his entourage recruited girls and women to engage in illegal sexual activity... Read more ...

No federal charges for NYPD officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner

Garner's words “I can't breathe” became a rallying cry for police reform activists, coming amid a stretch of other deaths of black men at the hands of white officers. Read more ...

Here's what 5 experts told us about the $1 billion worth of cocaine found on...

We spoke to the author of "Narconomics" and other experts about the estimated $1 billion worth of cocaine found on a ship owned by JPMorgan. They said the drugs are probably... Read more ...

'Chance the Snapper,' Chicago's alligator-on-the-loose, is finally caught

Chance the Snapper, as he came to be known, had been on the loose in the park for almost a week - forcing a partial shutdown of the site. Read more ...