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He Hired 2 Men to Kidnap His Wife. They Ended Up Drowning

4 days ago | NY Times

Lawrence Handley, 53, a business executive from Lafayette, La., pleaded guilty this week to three criminal charges after a plot to kidnap his estranged wife went badly awry.
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Trump told DOJ officials to 'just say that the election was corrupt' and 'leave the rest to me,' new documents show

4 days ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement President Donald Trump pressured the top two Department of Justice officials in December to publicly announce that the 2020 election was "corrupt...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik for trying to 'own the socialists' by praising Medicare and Medicaid

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocked Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik for simultaneously celebrating Medicare and Medicaid and condemning "Socialist...
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INTERVIEW: Joe Manchin says he's 'very much concerned' about inflation and the national debt. He's not committing to Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending plan yet

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he hasn't decided whether to back the $3.5 trillion price tag of a planned Democratic-only spending package, a...
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Biden nominates Gold Star father Khizr Khan to US Commission on International Religious Freedom

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement President Biden announced on Friday that he was appointing of Khizr Khan -- a lawyer and Gold Star parent -- to serve on the US Commission on...
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Congressional Democrats are on a renewed push to act on voting rights with a 'sword and shield' approach

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Democrats in the White House and both chambers of Congress are rushing to take action on voting rights before the August recess, with a group of House...
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Gov. Abbott banned COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Texas, despite cases continuing to rise in the state

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Texas Gov. Abbott signed an executive order on Friday, banning COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in Texas, despite cases continuing to rise in the...
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A photographer captured the contents of a note that an aide passed to Biden: 'Sir, there is something on your chin'

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement During a virtual meeting with governors on Friday, a photographer captured the contents of a note passed to President Joe Biden from an aide: "Sir, there...
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45% of Republicans support a universal vaccine mandate, as do a strong majority of Americans, a new poll shows

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement More than four-in-10 Republicans support a universal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to a new survey conducted by The COVID States Project. The...
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NYC outdoor dining a noisy, dirty ‘nightmare' for residents fighting expansion

The Open Restaurants program allowed eateries to stay in business when COVID-19 precautions made indoor dining off limits. Read more ...

Disney executives won't attend CinemaCon in-person as delta Covid variant...

Disney executives won't be traveling to Las Vegas next month to attend the National Association of Theatre Owner's CinemaCon. Read more ...

Yellen urges Congress to raise or suspend the debt limit by Aug. 2

Treasury Secretary Yellen warned her department will start "extraordinary measures" on Aug. 2 if lawmakers don't raise the debt ceiling. Read more ...

Biden job approval rating drops to 50% in Gallup poll, his lowest to date...

President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images President Joe Biden's... Read more ...

Can Japanese Natto Beans Help Fight Covid-19 Coronavirus? What This Study...

Natto is a traditional Japanese dish that has a distinctive pungent odor and like a romantic comedy can be quite gooey. Read more ...

Amazon's Leap Into Healthcare

Healthcare organizations are contending with a population that's growing sicker, heightened spending, and shifting consumer demands for fast and convenient services. Big tech... Read more ...

A man used AI to bring back his deceased fiancé. But the creators of the...

GPT-3 is a computer program that attempts to write like humans. Fabrizio Bensch/ Reuters A man used artificial intelligence to create a chatbot that mimicked his late... Read more ...

Biden set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia: report

Caroline Kennedy. Marc Andrew Deley/Getty President Biden is set to nominate Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Australia, per a CNN report . Kennedy served as US ambassador to... Read more ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill that bans police from posting...

California Governor Gavin Newsom at a June 2021 press conference. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill preventing police from... Read more ...

London luxury homes sell at feverish pace

Luxury homes in London sold at breakneck pace in the first half of 2021. There were 237 deals that closed above $6.8 million, according to Mansion Global. That tally was 59... Read more ...