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• Florida nail salon pays $1.75 million to a woman whose leg was amputated after a pedicure caused a severe infection

  30-12-2021 12:36 via businessinsider.com
  
  The infection set in after a pedicure treatment.Petrenkod/Getty Images
  A Tampa nail salon paid a woman $1.75 million after an employee cut her foot during a pedicure. 
  She filed a lawsuit in 2020 alleging that she suffered an infection, which led to an amputation. 
  Her lawyer told Insider the settlement will help cover her medical bills and ongoing care. 
  A Florida nail salon has paid $1.75 million to a woman who sued the business after her foot was injured during a pedicure.WFLA
  
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• Billionaire Ray Dalio says he wants to mint an NFT just to experience what it's like

  30-12-2021 12:10 via markets.businessinsider.com
  
  Ray Dalio.Thomas Peter/Reuters
  Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said he wants to buy and mint NFTs to experience the process.
  "I think I should produce one," he told podcaster Lex Fridman.
  Dalio said the world is an era in which different types of money will compete as the value of fiat currencies diminishes.
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  Ray Dalio wants to get into the market for non-fungible tokens, the latest craze to take the digital art collections
  
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• Last president of Afghanistan said he only had 2 minutes to decide whether to flee Kabul, and didn't realize he was flying into exile until after takeoff

  30-12-2021 12:07 via businessinsider.com
  
  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at the White House in June 2021, two months before his government collapsed.hoto by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images
  Afghanistan's last president told the BBC of his "sudden" decision to flee the country on August 15.
  Ashraf Ghani said that he only had two minutes to decide whether he would leave Kabul.
  He said that he didn't know he was flying into exile until the moment his plane took off.
  Afghanistan's former president has described making a "sudden" decision
  
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• A woman tested positive for COVID during a transatlantic flight and isolated for 5 hours in the plane bathroom

  30-12-2021 11:40 via businessinsider.com
  
  An Icelandair Boeing 757.IanC66/Shutterstock.com
  A schoolteacher from Michigan elected to self-isolate for five hours on long-haul flight.
  Marisa Fotieo, a Michigan schoolteacher, took a rapid test after feeling early symptoms of Omicron. 
  Fotieo documented the experience on TikTok, including the "heartfelt" treatment from one flight attendant. 
  A Michigan schoolteacher self-isolated in an airplane bathroom for about five hours after taking a COVID test mid-flight that came back positi
  
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• Elon Musk says there is room for 'tens of billions' of satellites, after facing criticism from Europe that SpaceX is blocking out rivals in orbit

  30-12-2021 11:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.Susan Walsh/AP
  Elon Musk rebuffed claims that Starlink was taking over orbit and blocking rivals, per the FT.
  Musk said there's room for "tens of billions" satellites in low Earth orbit, where Starlink is.
  It comes after the head of the European Space Agency said Musk was "making the rules" in space.
  Elon Musk has pushed back on claims from the European Space Agency that SpaceX was blocking out rivals in space, saying there was room for "tens of billions" of satellites in or
  
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• US stocks set for muted open after hitting record highs in holiday-thinned trade

  30-12-2021 10:27 via markets.businessinsider.com
  
  Corner street signs during the 98th Annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the NYSE on December 1, 2021.Bryan R. Smith / AFP
  US stocks were mostly flat Thursday, to trade around record highs in the last week of 2021.
  "Markets are reflecting the new reality that COVID is here to stay," an investment advisor said.
  European stocks were muted after countries in the region reported a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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• A Seattle bartender was attacked with a sharpened broomstick after asking for proof of vaccination: police

  30-12-2021 07:16 via businessinsider.com
  
  A service staff checking a customer's vaccine card.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP
  Seattle requires the verification of vaccination status for indoor activities.
  A bartender in Seattle was attacked on Monday after asking for proof of vaccination, Seattle police said.
  Police searched the area, but could not find the suspect.
  A Seattle bartender was attacked with a sharpened broomstick on Monday evening after asking a customer for proof of vaccination, which is required in the city to patronize establishmen
  
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• Fauci says US Omicron wave could peak by end-January, as it 'turned around very quickly' in South Africa

  30-12-2021 05:10 via businessinsider.com
  
  White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US could peak in a couple of weeks.Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images
  Omicron has become the most common coronavirus variant in the US.
  Anthony Fauci said the US Omicron COVID-19 wave is likely to peak by the end of January.
  He said it's possible the Omicron could accelerate the end of the pandemic, but there's "no guarantee."
  White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anth
  
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• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that Democrats who move to red states should get a 'cooling off period' before being allowed to vote

  30-12-2021 04:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that Democrats moving to Republican states be barred temporarily from casting their ballots.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Democrats moving to red states should be temporarily barred from voting.
  Florida and Texas have received by far the largest influx of new residents relocating from other states.   
  Greene also once again discussed a "national divorce," where blue and red states split.
  On Wednesday, Georgia Rep. Marjor
  
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• A right-wing radio host said Trump needs an 'intervention from a friend' after the former president advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine

  30-12-2021 02:34 via businessinsider.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump.Win McNamee/Getty Images
  Former President Donald Trump advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine in multiple appearances this month.
  His comments sparked criticism from some factions of the right, including Trump supporters.
  Trump was praised for the comments by the White House.
  A right-wing radio host appearing on Alex Jones's InfoWars said former President Donald Trump needs an "intervention from a friend" over his stance on the COVID-19 vaccines.Trump praised the vaccin
  
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• Top topics on WARC in 2021: Gaming

  30-12-2021 01:00
  
  The pandemic has accelerated a trend towards gaming environments becoming social spaces: more than a third people joining game worlds say they do so for social rather than gaming needs.
  
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• The US Navy has a new vision for its carrier air wing. Here's how SEALs will help put those aircraft on target

  30-12-2021 00:20 via businessinsider.com
  
  US Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson leads other US Navy ships during an exercise with the Indian navy in 2012.US Navy Photo
  The US Navy is making plans to keep its carrier aircraft relevant in a conflict with a more capable adversary.
  China and Russia are developing capabilities that could restrict what those aircraft could do in a conflict.
  US special operators could help those aircraft see — and strike — in places adversaries want to keep them out of.
  Recently the Navy release
  
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