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• Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman, an outspoken Trump critic, will join staff of Jan. 6 committee as an advisor

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  Former Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia.
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  House Democrats have tapped former Rep. Denver Riggleman to become an advisor to the Jan. 6 panel.
  Chair Thompson praised Riggleman's "deep background in national security and intelligence matters."
  Riggelman represented Virginia's 5th Congressional district from 2019 to 2021.
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• Sen. Joe Manchin signals he won't back renewal of federal jobless aid for gig workers and long-term unemployed past Labor Day

  07-08-2021 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) on Capitol Hill.
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  Sen. Joe Manchin indicated he would not back a renewal of federal aid programs for gig workers and long-term unemployed.
  "I'm done with extensions," he told Insider. "The economy is coming back."
  His opposition would effectively kill the extension of those programs set to expire on Labor Day.
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  Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia indicated on Saturday he would not back including an exte
  
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• These 12 cities pay software engineers the most

  07-08-2021 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Software engineers are some of America's highest paid workers.With remote work threatening to disperse engineers across the country, we wanted to find out where they're paid the most.
  The highest-paid engineers are all either around Silicon Valley and San Francisco or New York City.
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  Software programming of all stripes has become an essential part of the economy, to the point where coding has become part of children's educations, an
  
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• Texas schools won't be required to conduct contact tracing and can't require masks under new guidance

  07-08-2021 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  School children wearing facemasks walk outside Condit Elementary School in Bellaire, outside Houston, Texas, on December 16, 2020.
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  The Texas Education Agency this week introduced new guidance for the upcoming school year.
  Schools will not be required to conduct contact tracing if a student tests positive for COVID-19, according to the guidance.
  The agency said schools cannot impose mask mandates but they must allow students to wear them.
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• Senate advances $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, bringing it closer to final passage with McConnell's support

  07-08-2021 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference about climate change outside the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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  The 1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill cleared another procedural hurdle on Saturday.
  The vote was 67-27, and 18 Republicans voted to advance it including Mitch McConnell.
  A Senate showdown is looming over an amendment to collect unpaid taxes from cryptocurrency.
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• Texas Democrats who fled the state are suing Gov. Greg Abbott claiming his attempts to bring them back to the legislature violate their civil rights

  07-08-2021 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbot.
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  A group of 22 Texas Democrats sued top Republicans in the state, including Gov. Greg Abbott.
  Lawmakers argue that attempts to force lawmakers to come back for a special legislative session violate their civil rights.
  Abbott is working to get lawmakers to pass GOP-backed initiatives, like bills that target trans youth.
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  A group of 22 Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives on Friday sued Republican l
  
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• US Postal Service set to slow down certain first-class mail deliveries in October

  07-08-2021 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  United States Postal Service workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan.
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  USPS set into motion a plan that will slow down certain first-class mail deliveries as of Oct. 1.
  The changes are being implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to stem losses.
  On Aug. 29, the price of first-class postage stamps will increase from 55 cents to 58 cents.
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• 18 US Orthodox Jewish girls kicked off a Delta flight following a COVID-19 protocols dispute, reports say

  07-08-2021 18:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The flight was operated by Delta Airlines in partnership with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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  A group of Orthodox Jewish teens had a layover in Amsterdam on their way home to New York from Kyiv.
  On the flight from Kyiv, they were reprimanded for eating their own food outside of designated mealtimes.
  18 were reportedly barred from boarding the Amsterdam-New York flight after the food dispute.
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  Eighteen Orthodox Jewish girls were barred from a De
  
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• Trump blasts $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package as 'a disgrace' before key vote, criticizes McConnell's leadership

  07-08-2021 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on July 11, 2021.
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  Trump once again criticized the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill ahead of a key vote.
  "It will be very hard for me to endorse anyone foolish enough to vote in favor of this deal," he said.
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York hopes to advance the legislation on Saturday.
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• Amazon has reportedly instituted a lottery that will give frontline workers the chance to win $500,000 and other prizes if they're vaccinated against COVID-19

  07-08-2021 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An employee scans packages at Amazon's JFK8 distribution center in Staten Island, New York, U.S. November 25, 2020.
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  Amazon announced a contest for its vaccinated frontline employees in an email, Bloomberg first reported.
  Prizes include cash rewards up to $500,000, cars, and vacation packages.
  The contest is Amazon's effort to incentivize employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which the company does not currently mandate.
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• Trouble at Google's DeepMind and tech workers not going back to the office

  07-08-2021 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mustafa Suleyman.
  DeepMindHello, and welcome to this week's edition of the Insider Tech newsletter, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including:
  An investigation of a Google VP after years of internal complaints. Tech workers saying no to coming back to the office.Frustration among Amazon's ecosystem.Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up here.This week: Trouble at Google's DeepMindInsider learned that an investigation of DeepMind founder and Google VP Mustafa Suleyman c
  
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• SpaceX completes stacking Starship for 1st orbital flight. Elon Musk says it's a 'dream come true.'

  07-08-2021 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
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  SpaceX on Friday completed stacking its Starship rocket for its first attempt at orbital flight.
  CEO Elon Musk shared photos of the 400-foot spacecraft on Twitter."Dream come true," Musk said.
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  Elon Musk on Friday shared photos of SpaceX's Starship atop a Super Heavy rocket booster before its first orbital flight.At about 400 feet tall, it was the biggest rocket ever constructed, BBC News
  
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• Video film of mutiny by passengers at the unfair removal of two Black men from a flight

  07-08-2021 16:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EasyJet passengers objected to the removal of two Black men.
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  EasyJet tried to remove two Black men from a flight for refusing to put on their shoes for take-off.
  A video shows passengers objecting to the treatment of the two men.
  The men were ultimately allowed to stay on the flight, and the cabin crew was changed instead.
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  Passengers on an EasyJet flight reportedly staged a mutiny to stop the airline from unfairly removing two Black
  
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• Delta variant hits hard in the five worst states for vaccination rates: It's spreading 'like a tsunami,' one health official says

  07-08-2021 16:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Researchers sequence coronavirus samples at the microbiology laboratory of the University Hospital of Badajoz in Spain on April 15, 2021.
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  The five states with the lowest vaccination rates in the US are experiencing surging Delta variant cases.
  The five states are Alabama, Louisiana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Mississippi.
  In each state, officials are sounding the alarms, warning that the Delta variant is quickly spreading.
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• 'It's awful. You don't want to get this disease': Here are 5 tips to protect against Lyme disease during peak tick season.

  07-08-2021 16:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deer ticks can cause lyme disease if left untreated/
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  It's tick season right now, but there are easy ways to prevent contracting tick-borne diseases.
  Lyme disease symptoms can range from mild to devastating.
  One Lyme disease expert shares what you should be doing to keep yourself safe from ticks.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  When Eva Sapi contracted Lyme disease, she had brain fog so bad she had trouble remembering basic facts abou
  
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• Lyme disease upends people's lives, but insurance often won't cover the treatment of long-lasting symptoms

  07-08-2021 16:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Long-term Lyme disease symptoms can be excruciating - paying out-of-pocket for treatment can be just as painful.
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  Long-lasting symptoms of Lyme disease, from memory loss to chronic pain, can unravel people's lives.
  Insurance companies often don't cover a controversial treatment that is often the first resort for treating the disease's long-term symptoms.
  One woman described the nightmare array of symptoms Lyme disease brought, and the enormous costs of paying for treatment.
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• Megan Rapinoe responds to Trump over criticism of US women's soccer team: 'You're rooting for people to do bad?'

  07-08-2021 16:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Megan Rapinoe, left, is pictured with other members of the US women's soccer team.
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  Megan Rapinoecalled Trump's criticism of the US women's soccer team a "sad dig."
  Trump accused the team of being "woke" and not focused on winning during their Olympic run.Rapinoe has publicly clashed with Trump in the past, spurning a 2019 invite to visit the White House.
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  American soccer star Megan Rapinoe on Friday responded to former Presid
  
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• Just 26 of the 11,600 people who have died of COVID-19 in Alabama were vaccinated, official says

  07-08-2021 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An Ohio resident receives the COVID-19 vaccine in March 2021.
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  Only 26 of the more than 11,000 COVID-19 deaths in Alabama were people who were vaccinated, the Associated Press reported.
  Alabama has the worst vaccination rate in the US, with just about 34% of people fully vaccinated.
  Hospitalizations are also surging to their rate from the end of January before vaccines were widely available.
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• 2 perfectly preserved cave lion cubs from the Ice Age, still with whiskers and fur, unearthed by scientists

  07-08-2021 16:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ice Age lion cub Sparta was perfectly preserved by Russian permafrost.
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  Two nearly perfectly preserved Ice Age lion cubs were found in Russia, still with whiskers and fur.
  Scientists say the cubs, nicknamed Sparta and Boris, lived around 28,000 and 43,000 years ago.
  Researchers said Sparta was probably the best preserved Ice Age animal ever found.
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  Scientists have found two nearly perfectly preserved cave l
  
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• Trump's recurring donation tactics led to $12.8m in refunds in 2021, but his PAC is still using pre-checked boxes to steer supporters into unwitting payments

  07-08-2021 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A fundraising email from Save America, sent on Tuesday, included a fundraiser with pre-checked boxes.
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  Trump and the GOP have refunded millions of dollars to donors in 2021, The New York Times reported.
  The refunds are the result of a fundraising strategy that uses pre-checked boxes to get recurring donations.
  Save America, a Trump PAC, is still using the recurring donations tactic, Forbes reported.
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• A Florida radio host who railed against Dr. Fauci and vaccines has died from COVID-19

  07-08-2021 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dr. Joseph Varon (right) speaks to a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 29, 2020.
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  Longtime radio host Dick Farrel died from COVID-19 after railing against vaccines on Facebook.
  "Why take a vax promoted by people who lied 2u all along about masks," one of his posts read.After contracting the virus, friends said Farrel texted them and urged them to get the vaccine.
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• Newsmax reporter pickets Fox News for its refusal to air Mike Lindell's ads promoting his symposium on unproven election-fraud claims

  07-08-2021 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
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  Conservative cable outlet Newsmax sent a reporter to picket Fox News.Fox News refused to air ads about MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's upcoming voter-fraud symposium.The one-man protest took place in front of the NewsCorp building in New York City.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Conservative cable outlet Newsmax this week sent a reporter to picket in front of Fox News over its refusal to air commercials from MyPillow CEO
  
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• A UK man created Idiot Coin to study the 'hype coin' craze. It took a few minutes and $300 to mint 21 million coins that hundreds of people were clamoring to buy.

  07-08-2021 15:37 via feedproxy.google.com
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  A New York Times reporter created Idiot Coin to illustrate the craze around so-called hype coins.Millions of people wanting to make money have been drawn in by hype coins that hold little intrinsic value or are outright scams.Reporter David Segal marketed Idiot Coin to look like an obvious fiasco: "Def NOT going to the moon!"
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  In the world of hype coins, developers in the highly speculative end of the cryptocurrency m
  
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• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold a net $1 billion of stock and slowed buybacks in the 2nd quarter

  07-08-2021 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Warren Buffett.
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  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold less stock and trimmed share buybacks last quarter.
  The investor's company sold a net $1.1 billion of equities, down from $3.9 billion in the first quarter.
  Berkshire spent $6 billion on buybacks, down from $6.6 billion in the previous quarter.
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  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway was a net seller of stocks and pared its share buybacks in the second quarter, suggesting the billionaire inves
  
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• As an incarcerated person, I wish the Delta variant was taken as seriously in prisons as it is on the outside

  07-08-2021 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  An inmate makes a facemask at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in Santee, California
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  The prison where I live has decided to consolidate its living units.
  As the Delta variant is on the rise, the move is dangerous and dehumanizing.
  We have to take an honest approach to prison reform, and compromising the health and safety of prisoners isn't the way to do it.
  Christopher Blackwell is a writer who is incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory.
  This is an opinion column. The thoug
  
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• A baby with COVID-19 had to be airlifted to a hospital 150 miles away because of a shortage of paediatric beds in Houston

  07-08-2021 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ava Amira Rivera, who tested positive for COVID-19, had to be airlifted to another Texas hospital on August 5, 2021.
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  A baby with COVID-19 had to be airlifted to a hospital 150 miles from Houston due to a bed shortage.
  Ava Amira Rivera started having seizures after contracting COVID-19 and needed to be intubated.
  She has since made a full recovery, her doctors said.
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  An 11-month-old girl with COVID-19 had to be airlifted to
  
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• The July jobs report ends the myth of a 'damaging' labor shortage, former Obama economist says

  07-08-2021 14:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Businesses across the leisure and hospitality industry are trying to staff up as the economy reopens, but they're having a hard time getting people to come work for them.
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  The July jobs report beat expectations, adding 943,000 payrolls and bringing down unemployment.
  Notably, leisure and hospitality added 380,000 jobs in July, and wages grew by 9.6% from the prior year.
  Heidi Shierholz says those wages are what pay would've been barring a pandemic, and they show there's n
  
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• How influencers reach out to brands to get paid collaborations

  07-08-2021 14:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ashley Jones is a micro influencer who DMs brands she wants to partner with.
  Ashley Jones
  Brand deals are a top income source for many influencers.
  These collaborations often start with a pitch, through email or other methods.Insider spoke with creators across social media on how they pitch brands.
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  One of the earliest questions aspiring influencers will ask themselves is: How do I start working with brands?An influencer's inbox - whether that's email
  
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• Higher-end chains are beating out more casual ones as people return to restaurants

  07-08-2021 14:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  High-end restaurant chains are recovering more quickly than casual chains.
  Longhorn Steakhouse, Texas Roadhouse, and similar chains are well above 2019 foot traffic levels.
  All kinds of experiences people missed during the past year are coming back.See more stories on Insider's business page.
  Restaurant sales are recovering, and higher-end chains are having some of the best recoveries of all.Based on foot traffic analysis from Placer.ai, pricier and less casual cha
  
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