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The rise of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who overcame the COVID-19 travel slump and is now leading the company through rental crackdowns
Brian Chesky, Airbnb's 43-year-old cofounder, had an unconventional path to Silicon Valley. Now his…
Jordan Hart,Dan Latu,Avery Hartmans,Paige Leskin
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Bill Gates says solving misinformation is now young people's problem
Bill Gates spoke about misinformation in an interview with CNBC this week, saying he has "handed th…
Lauren Edmonds
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A woman confronted Bill Gates on the street about a vaccine conspiracy theory. This is how he responded.
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates is the subject of many conspiracy theories. He told CNET about a cha…
Sarah Jackson
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Bill Gates says he has to 'have a sense of humor' about vaccine conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theories linking Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates to COVID-19 began to circulate early in …
Beatrice Nolan
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Managers more likely to promote workers who regularly come to office compared to remote employees: study
Nearly 1000 managers were presented with profiles of three completely made-up employees: a fully on…
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Instagram influencer sentenced to 5 years in prison for using fraudulently obtained COVID-19 relief loans for luxury lifestyle, travel
Instagram influencer Danielle Miller was sentenced to five years in prison for fraudulently obtaini…
Rebecca Rommen
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Bernie Sanders was initially 'hesitant' to work with Josh Hawley to push for stimulus checks: book
In December 2020, Sanders pushed for another $1,200 stimulus payment for Americans and was joined i…
John L. Dorman
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An influencer who used a $1.5 million COVID-19 relief loan on luxury clothes and designer handbags has now been ordered to give them up
According to court documents, Danielle Miller is ordered to forfeit multiple Dior items, a Louis Vu…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Pelosi scraps new coronavirus aid from government funding bill after Democrats revolt over states losing Biden stimulus cash
Democrats were forced to eject $15 billion in new coronavirus relief funding after a last-minute bl…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Emergency medical bills worry Americans — and it could affect the presidential election
Most Americans worry they won't be able to pay expensive medical bills if they experience an emerge…
Allie Kelly
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Congress sends bill to Biden requiring his administration to declassify intelligence on COVID-19's origins
Biden has not publicly said whether or not he'll support the bipartisan bill. Some lawmakers on Fri…
Oma Seddiq
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One man in Japan accidentally received over $350,000 in COVID relief funds intended for his whole town and he says he gambled it away online
After the Japanese government accidentally gave a 24-year-old man his entire town's COVID relief fu…
Ben Gilbert
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With federal stimulus payments unlikely, here are the 18 states giving money to residents in relief checks to combat inflation
With no public plans for federal stimulus checks, more than a dozen states instated their own relie…
Lauren Frias
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From gender inequality to growing hunger, Goalkeepers Report shows how the pandemic and wars derailed our progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goals
Ever since we entered the COVID-19 pandemic era, one crisis after another has hampered our progress…
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A 24-year-old man mistakenly received an entire Japanese town's COVID-19 relief money. He kept the cash and disappeared.
The man, who had only moved into the town of Abu in October 2020, was erroneously given around $359…
Matthew Loh
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'He's bragging about it in Kentucky': Biden calls out McConnell for touting COVID-19 relief bill the senator voted against
McConnell talked about the benefits of Biden's American Rescue Plan and its impact on Kentucky but …
Lauren Frias
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Unemployment declining faster in states that are cutting off $300 enhanced federal benefits, according to WSJ
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said that federal benefits helped in the past, but the payments now "w…
John L. Dorman
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A GOP congressional candidate used Covid relief funds meant for his employees to pay for his car and political campaign
The candidate, who owns a small business in Idaho, told his employees they would get paid if they w…
Matthew Loh
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Bill Gates joked that Microsoft axed Internet Explorer because it 'ran out of microchips' vaccinating everyone
The Microsoft cofounder responded to a Daily Show tweet linking the conspiracy theory to this week'…
Rosie Bradbury
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The author of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill resigns after being indicted on charges of swindling COVID-relief loans
In a short statement, Florida State Representative Joe Harding said that he was resigning due to "l…