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The Kabbalah Connection: Insiders say a celebrity-centered religious sect deeply influenced how Adam Neumann ran WeWork before its spectacular collapse

As Adam and Rebekah Neumann built WeWork into a $47 billion coworking giant, the couple relied on the teachings of the Kabbalah Centre, a spiritual organization whose...
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Mosquitoes found in Orange County test positive for Saint Louis encephalitis virus

12 minutes ago | ABC

Orange County residents are being warned after mosquito samples tested positive for Saint Louis encephalitis last week, the first detection of the viral disease in the area in...
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Workers celebrate deal with GM, show union power in industry

20 minutes ago | Boston Herald

DETROIT - On the picket lines at a General Motors transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, passing cars honked and striking workers celebrated a tentative contract deal by munching...
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This Freshman Congresswoman Wants to Restore U.S. Funding to U.N. Reproductive-Health Agency

44 minutes ago | Time

When Pennsylvania Rep. Chrissy Houlahan first came to Washington, D.C. nine months ago, the Air Force veteran knew she wanted to carve out a policy niche in promoting women's...
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Single-Payer Health Care Would Cost the U.S. Government $34 Trillion, Says Left-Leaning Think Tank

1 hour ago | Newsweek

A report released Wednesday detailed research suggesting that single-payer health care reforms, also known as "Medicare for All," would cost about $32 trillion over 10 years.
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Hospital Giant Sutter Health Agrees To Settlement In Big Antitrust Fight

1 hour ago | NPR

Health care costs in Northern California, where Sutter Health dominates, are 20% to 30% higher than in Southern California, even after adjusting for cost of living. Settlement...
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What Warren Buffett's Move to Increase His Bank of America Stake Says About the Health of the Economy

1 hour ago | Fortune

Berkshire is looking to grow its stake in Bank of America -but some analysts suggest it shows a vote of confidence in the economy on the whole. Warren Buffett's massive holding...
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Most millennial couples say money adds stress to their relationship, and Gen X largely agrees

1 hour ago | Business Insider

More than half of American millennials who are married or living with a partner say that money is a point of stress in their relationship , according to a survey from Morning...
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Evers sign bill extending insurance for police survivors

1 hour ago | Star Tribune

Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that extends health insurance for immediate survivors of police officers and emergency medical workers killed in the line of duty.
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Warren's Medicare-for-All Dodge Is Wearing Thin

1 hour ago | The New Republic

Tuesday's debate offered Elizabeth Warren the opportunity to feel what it's like to be the Democratic field's clear frontrunner, a prospect that recent movement in the polls...
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Another man is arrested in probe of Giuliani associates

NEW YORK - A Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody after flying Wednesday to Kennedy Airport in New York... Read more ...

General Motors, union reach tentative deal to end monthlong strike

The United Auto Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a monthlong strike that brought the automaker's U.S. factories to a... Read more ...

GM and the UAW have a tentative contract to end what has been its longest...

The United Auto Workers and General Motors have reached a tentative agreement for a new, four-year contract. GM's nearly 50,000 hourly workers have been on strike for almost... Read more ...

'Wheel of Fortune' contestant uses his intro to say he's trapped in a...

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'Our family is devastated': 2 teens dead after fiery crash sends SUV...

The 15-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy were both killed when a collision sent their SUV plunging 50 feet off a New York overpass onto train tracks below. Read more ...

ALCS Game 4 postponed for rain, Yanks-Astros resume Thursday

NEW YORK - Game 4 of the AL Championship Series scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed because of rain in the forecast. Read more ...

State Department restarts some Central America assistance

The State Department will resume “targeted” foreign assistance for Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, according to an announcement Wednesday. The move comes after President... Read more ...

Supreme Court seems split on possible resentencing for teen sniper

Liberal and conservative justices seemed split Wednesday on whether to grant a new sentencing hearing to Lee Boyd Malvo, one of two snipers who terrorized the Washington, D.C... Read more ...

Trump warned Turkish President Erdogan not to be a 'tough guy' and a 'fool'...

President Donald Trump threatened Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a White House letter the day after he invaded northern Syria, saying Erdogan shouldn't be a "tough... Read more ...

Another Man Arrested In Probe Of Rudy Giuliani Associates

Federal authorities say they took David Correia into custody Wednesday at Kennedy Airport in New York City. Read more ...