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RBI Governor Das, industry leaders and film stars cast votes in Maharashtra Assembly Polls
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das voted in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Industry leaders like Dee…
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How Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday
A bill honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was first introduced in 1968, but it took 32 years for all 5…
Sonam Sheth
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The Kremlin plans to raffle off houses and holidays to shore up support for Putin ahead of an election: report
A nationwide raffle in Russia is reportedly being launched to shore up support for Vladimir Putin, …
Joshua Zitser
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Congress just voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. Here's why the campaign took decades.
For years attempts to make it a permanent federal holiday have been repeatedly shut down by politic…
Ashley Davis
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What's in the major voting rights bill that Senate Republicans voted to block
The legislation would have reshaped the election landscape in the United States by expanding voting…
Grace Panetta
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FIGS is the latest public company to let retail investors weigh in on its earnings call. Here is the top question voted on by other shareholders.
The practice of making room for retail investors goes as far back as 2018, when Elon Musk referred …
Matthew Fox
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Trump slammed his hand on his desk and questioned why he 'only got 25% of the Jewish vote' when presented with antique Israeli artifacts, Republican donor says
Trump agreed to return a collection of Israeli ceramic oil lamps that have been in the US for years…
Erin Snodgrass
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Most House members didn't show up in person to vote on a $1.7 trillion government funding bill
A majority of House members voted by proxy on a government funding bill on Friday, likely the highe…
Bryan Metzger
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Chicago public schools cancel classes for the second day in a row amid growing calls to keep public schools open
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the teacher walkout an "unlawful, unilateral strike" and Bloomb…
Matthew Loh
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Democrats' 'bold' new attempt at bipartisan voting rights reform is failing to win over Manchin's GOP allies
Sen. Joe Manchin is set on securing bipartisan support for the new bill as the two parties are incr…
Grace Panetta
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Texas Democrats' voting rights walkout is part of a storied history of lawmakers hiding out in garages and crossing state lines to block legislation
The lawmakers are part of a historic tradition in Texas that also played out in 1979 and 2003, but …
Grace Panetta
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Senate Republicans block passage of Democrats' flagship voting-rights bill, dealing a major blow to progressives
The GOP filibustered a vote on the For the People Act, a blockbuster voting-rights and democracy-re…
Grace Panetta
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Chicago's Mayor Lightfoot is still at odds with parents over sending kids to school: 'She is not actually caring about our children'
Classes have been canceled for four days as the teachers' union and city officials fight over wheth…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Chicago mom says before schools were abruptly closed almost all of her child's classmates had to quarantine due to an exposure on the first day of classes
Chicago schools closed on Wednesday after the teachers' union voted to pivot to remote learning — a…
Yelena Dzhanova
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30 states require employers to give workers time off to vote on Election Day — see what the law is in your state
If you're voting in-person on November 3, double-check your state's specific laws and approve your …
Shayanne Gal,Grace Panetta
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CDC approves boosters for all vaccinated adults — and says it should be a priority for over-50s
Studies suggest booster shots send the immune response soaring to new heights, making it even less …
Hilary Brueck
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Feed the Polls is trying to make waiting in line to vote on November 3rd more bearable for Americans — and much tastier
Lady Gaga has backed the initiative, $300,000 has been raised, and a fleet of food trucks is mobili…
Azmi Haroun
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The White House is reportedly weighing executive actions to bolster unemployment benefits and bail out the airline industry
The White House is considering the moves if the economic recovery stalls out with the lack of a bip…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Deliveroo cuts its IPO listing price to the bottom of the range - most big UK asset managers have said they won't invest
Most big UK asset managers will not invest in the Deliveroo IPO on Wednesday, citing worker's right…
Sophie Kiderlin
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44% of Americans feel comfortable socializing in public, a high since the beginning of the pandemic
New polling data from Morning Consult shows the "comfort in public rate" has risen 63% since Januar…