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• Octopuses, crabs, and lobsters will be recognized as 'sentient beings' in UK after a review concluded they feel pain and distress

  22-11-2021 05:26 via businessinsider.com
  
  An octopus is pictured March 6, 2018 at the Oceanopolis sea center, in Brest, western France.Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images
  A review of 300 studies concluded there is strong evidence some invertebrates are sentient.
  The UK government is updating an animal welfare law to includes octopuses, crabs, and lobsters.
  The review defined sentience as "the capacity to have feelings, such as feelings of pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement."
  Octopuses, crabs, and lobsters will
  
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• Beto O'Rourke says his campaign for Texas governor won't be about Joe Biden or Donald Trump but will focus on state issues

  22-11-2021 05:00 via businessinsider.com
  
  Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks to local residents during a meet and greet at the Beancounter Coffeehouse & Drinkery, Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Burlington, Iowa.Charlie Neibergall/AP
  Former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is running for Texas governor. 
  O'Rourke did not invite President Joe Biden to campaign with him when asked by CNN.
  O'Rourke said he's focusing his campaign on the needs of Texans. 
  Former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is running for T
  
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• Incoming Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears said that disclosing her vaccination status is a 'slippery slope' that would lead to questions about what's in her DNA

  22-11-2021 04:20 via businessinsider.com
  
  Former Republican Delegate Winsome Sears celebrates winning the race for Lt. Governor of Virginia as she introduces Republican candidate for Governor Glenn Youngkin during an election night party in Chantilly, Virginia, on November 3, 2021.Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
  Republican Winsome Sears defeated Democrat Hala Ayala in the Virginia lieutenant governor election.
  Sears has encouraged others to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but has not said if she has done so.
  Sears said that vaccinations have bee
  
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• A little-known animal rights group directed a wave of anger at Fauci after NIAID was mistakenly listed as a backer for a beagle study

  22-11-2021 04:02 via businessinsider.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.Stefani Reynolds/Associated Press
  A journal mistakenly listed NIAID as a funder of a study that featured beagles trapped in netting. 
  Images of the beagles went viral and Dr. Anthony Fauci received a swarm of angry calls. 
  An animal rights group used anti-Fauci sentiments to further their cause, The Washington Post reported. 
  Dr. Anthony Fauci and his office rec
  
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• AOC says the idea that 'we're not Trump' is enough for Democrats to win elections is 'deeply demoralizing'

  22-11-2021 03:28 via businessinsider.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) (D-NY) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on July 18, 2019 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee/Getty Images
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it's not enough for Democrats to say they're not Trump.
  She said voter turnout will suffer if Democrats make promises they don't keep.
  She also said passing the Build Back Better Act would mean they actually delivered.
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the idea that voters should opt for Democrats simply because they are not former
  
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• AOC says progressives' help was not wanted in the Virginia governor race, which the GOP won: 'Not a single person asked me to send an email'

  22-11-2021 03:12 via businessinsider.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).Mario Tama/Getty Images
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her help wasn't wanted in the high-stakes Virginia governor race.
  Republican Glenn Youngkin won the race, which some considered a test of the Democrats' strength.
  "I think it's just sad. I think it was a mistake," Ocasio-Cortez told The New York Times.
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her help was not enlisted in the high-stakes Virginia gubernatorial race this month, which Democrat Terry McAuliffe
  
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• Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said he would consider leaving the company if he can't quickly fix problems, WSJ reports

  22-11-2021 01:21 via businessinsider.com
  
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  Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told senior managers he would consider stepping down if he fails to quickly fix culture problems at the company.
  Kotick knew for years about claims of sexual misconduct at his company, the WSJ reported last week.
  This prompted some employees at the company to stage a walkout last Tuesday.
  The Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard Inc Bobby Kotick has told senior managers at the company that he would consider stepping down if
  
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• 2 Fox News employees resigned over Tucker Carlson's January 6 documentary, citing concerns it may incite violence

  22-11-2021 01:18 via businessinsider.com
  
  Tucker Carlson speaks during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Feszt on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary.Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images
  Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes joined Fox News as contributors in 2009.
  Both Goldberg and Hayes resigned over tensions between Fox News coverage and their own publication.
  In a statement, the pair said the misinformation pushed by "Patriot Purge" is dangerous.
  Fox News contributors Jonah Goldberg and Stephen Hayes have resigned following the release of Tu
  
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• AOC says if the social-spending bill doesn't pass trust will be broken among progressive and centrist Democrats

  22-11-2021 01:11 via businessinsider.com
  
  Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, attend a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill.AP Photo/Alex Brandon
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the stakes of passing the Build Back Better Act are "really high."
  She told the NYT that trust between progressives and their fellow Democrats depends on it.
  The $2 trillion social-spending bill passed the House Friday and now heads to the Senate.
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
  
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• AOC says if the social-spending bill doesn't pass it will be 'very, very difficult' for Democrats 'to get votes on anything moving forward' from progressives

  22-11-2021 01:11 via businessinsider.com
  
  Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, attend a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill.AP Photo/Alex Brandon
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the stakes of passing the Build Back Better Act are "really high."
  She told the NYT that trust between progressives and their fellow Democrats depends on it.
  The $2 trillion social-spending bill passed the House Friday and now heads to the Senate.
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
  
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• How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US

  22-11-2021 00:39 via businessinsider.com
  
  A Sinaloa state police officer at a clandestine lab producing synthetic drugs, mainly meth, in Sinaloa state, June 4, 2019.Rashide Frias/AFP via Getty Images
  A record-setting bust in October underscores how Mexico has become a hub for fentanyl.
  The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generational cartels have increased production of the drug, a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic.
  A flood of fentanyl into the US has helped drive overdose deaths to new levels.
  Ciudad Juárez, México - In late Oc
  
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