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Meta launches Twitter rival app Threads

Meta on Wednesday officially launched a new app called Threads which will be a direct rival of social network Twitter.Called Threads, the new offering is billed as a te

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Argentina beat France in post-match penalties to lift FIFA World Cup trophy

Argentina beat France on post-match penalties to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup.The South Americans had taken a two-goal lead in the first half but a quick-fire brace by K

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Heal Thyself: Most who tear Achilles tendon can skip surgery

It’s a weekend warrior’s nightmare. You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up. You land and hear a pop: you’ve torn your Achilles tendon. Do you have

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Jackson's road to confirmation reveals divergent paths for 2022 and 2024

Supreme Court confirmation battles are typically remembered for a few searing or pithy exchanges -- or, just as likely, not at all.The memories of and lessons drawn fro

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What is an Afghan life worth?

In every war, civilians suffer the most. They can barely defend themselves in crossfires but easily fall victim to attacks. The latest tragic "mistake" by a U.S. airstr

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What is an Afghan life worth?

In every war, civilians suffer the most. They can barely defend themselves in crossfires but easily fall victim to attacks. The latest tragic "mistake" by a U.S. airstr

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Gunman commits suicide after killing 1, injuring at least 12 in shooting rampage in Tennessee

A gunman opened fire Thursday at a grocery store in Collierville in the U.S. state of Tennessee, killing one person and injuring at least 12 others before shooting hims

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Florida gunman kills 4 including baby, wounds 11-year-old girl

A self-described survivalist in body armor shot and killed four people, including a woman and her 3-month-old baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to the police in

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Uncertainty looms on first day after U.S. exit from Afghanistan

With the last U.S. military plane departing before Monday midnight, America's chaotic and bloody flight in Afghanistan finally came to an end, but things are far from over.Criticism over the chaotic

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The SEC and the DOJ just charged this startup founder with fraud, saying he lied to Tiger and others

Today, both the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Manish Lachwani, cofounder of a mobile app testing company Headspin, with fraud. The SEC says he violated

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Lux Capital’s Deena Shakir is helping judge Startup Battlefield at this year’s Disrupt

Deena Shakir is a partner at Lux Capital, where she looks to invest in technologies that are streamlining analog industries while also improving lives and livelihoods. Among the companies she has back

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Bird shows improving scooter economics, long march to profitability

Newly reported financial data from Bird, an American scooter sharing service, shows a company with an improving economic model, and a multi-year path to profitability. However, that path is fraught un

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McConnell slams Biden's 'botched exit' from Afghanistan

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) slammed President Biden's "botched exit" from Afghanistan on Sunday after the Taliban entered the capital city of Kabul,

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Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 6 more U.S. cities

Amazon announced this morning it’s expanding its faster, same-day delivery service to half a dozen more U.S. cities. The service, which the retailer has been working to make same-day delivery ev

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First lady leaves Walter Reed after foot procedure

First lady Jill Biden left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday evening after undergoing a procedure on her foot to remove an object she stepped on

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Norby raises $3.8M for an all-in-one creator marketing platform

Early in the pandemic, Nick Gerard, Steven Layne, and Samantha Safer Valentine had a hit on their hands. In the era before Zoom fatigue set in, the trio launched Mainstream Live, a website and newslet

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Tucker Carlson Claims He Tried to Secure Putin Interview When NSA 'Spied' on Him

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has claimed that he was trying to land an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin when the US National Security Agency (NSA) was "s