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Google engineer took home $1.2 million on Polymarket using inside information, prosecutors say
Under the username "AlphaRaccon," Spagnulo earned $1.2 million from correctly betting that D4vd, the singer accused of killing a teenage girl, would be Google's most-searched person in 2025, according to the complaint.
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Consumer Prices hit the highest level in last three years, amid Iran War tensions
Consumer prices are highest in the last three years, straining American finances
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Inflation rises at fastest pace since May 2023, Commerce Department data shows
The Personal Consumption Expenditures index rose 3.8% from the same time last year, the fastest annual rate since May 2023.
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El Paso mayor declares state of emergency ahead of Title 42 ending
Leeser said the city’s already been overwhelmed by people from multiple countries arriving “with a false pretense that there will be open borders starting May 11th and anyone that’s already in the United States will no longer be required to have proper documentation and that is an untrue statement.”
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Green Bay lawmaker proposes social media limits
State Rep. David Steffen, R-Green Bay, on Monday introduced legislation that would stop anyone under 18-years-old from using social media between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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World Economic Forum predicts 14 million jobs lost in 5 years due to slow economic growth
Artificial intelligence is likely to have some positive and negative effects on future jobs.
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Hollywood writers strike over pay in streaming era
The last guild strike started in 2007 and ended after 100 days in 2008.
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GOP presidential candidate vows to cure 'cultural cancer' plaguing U.S.
"Not a biological cancer, but a cultural cancer that threatened to kill that dream that Martin Luther King had 60 years ago, that threatened to kill the dream that allowed me to achieve everything I ever had in my life," he said.
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Folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84
In 1986, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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Former Treasury official warns more banks may fail
"There were a lot of loans extended in 2020, in 2021, at low interest rates, securities that were purchased during a low interest rate environment," he said.
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Judge denies Phoenix ask for more time to clean up homeless encampment
Phoenix wanted to get rid of the court-imposed July 10 deadline, and they made the argument that it wasn't enough time to handle the situation effectively.
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Treasury Secretary Yellen warns U.S. must raise debt ceiling by June 1 or risk default
While Democrats have sought a clean increase to the debt limit with no strings attached, Republicans have worked to extract spending concessions from the Biden administration as a precondition for raising it.
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Just 5% of Detroit public school students rated 'proficient'
Statewide, 40% of Michigan's teachers were rated "highly effective" by their districts and 99% of all teachers fell within the top two categories in 2021-22.