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Gamifying the grind: Turning work into play can boost productivity and motivation in monotonous tasks, study finds
Believe it or not, “gamification” has already permeated various aspects of our daily routines, from…
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Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia are the only states that still don't have a single billionaire resident
California has nearly 200 billionaires. But Alaska, Delaware, and West Virginia don't have any, acc…
Grace Dean
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Allies of Joe Manchin believe the West Virginia Democrat could retire from the Senate to lead his alma mater, West Virginia University
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has encouraged Manchin to run for reelection in the heavily co…
John L. Dorman
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A boomer left California for West Virginia and fell in love with small-town living: 'The stress has gone out of my life'
A boomer moved from a suburb of San Diego to Shepherdstown, West Virginia, which has a much lower c…
Noah Sheidlower
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Trump wants his election-based federal charges to be heard in a different state, like West Virginia. Experts say that isn't going to happen.
His case will be heard by a judge and jury in Washington, DC, an area where President Joe Biden rec…
Madison Hall,Jacob Shamsian
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West Virginia offered $12,000 to remote workers looking to relocate - there were so many applicants that the state is giving them all $2,500 off their mortgage
The state received 7,500 applicants for the program and only selected 53 people for its inaugural c…
Avery Hartmans
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West Virginia is offering remote workers $12,000 in cash if they relocate for 2 years
The program is funded by a $25 million donation from Intuit executive chairman Brad D. Smith and hi…
Avery Hartmans
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Republicans want to push Manchin out of a reelection bid because they think he's the last Democrat who can win in deep red West Virginia: 'You can't say that it's impossible for him to win'
Manchin has indicated that he'll likely wait until the end of the year to announce whether he'll ru…
John L. Dorman
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A college in West Virginia will charge students a $750 fee if they're unvaccinated this fall
The private liberal arts college announced it will charge any unvaccinated students a $750 fee if t…
Rebecca Cohen
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West Virginia's governor was so disturbed by information on the Delta variant that he said he wanted to 'pee and throw up'
West Virginia in recent weeks has been seeing a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases, which officials …
Yelena Dzhanova
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West Virginia lawmakers are trying to bar needle exchanges despite an alarming spike in HIV cases
Needle exchange programs, which make clean needles available to intravenous drug users, are a stand…
Erin Snodgrass
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Alabama coach Nick Saban — Joe Manchin's longtime friend — signs letter urging the West Virginia senator to support voting rights
Saban is a close friend of Manchin, the moderate Democratic senator who's resisted calls to change …
Rebecca Cohen,Brent D. Griffiths
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Young people running for elected office face attacks on their age but say they're capitalizing on a 'shift' in US politics
Business Insider spoke with Millennial and Gen Z candidates about why they're running for office an…
Connor Perrett
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Sen. Joe Manchin isn't committing to extending the Biden child tax credit that 346,000 West Virginia children are getting
Manchin's support is critical to renewing the child tax credit, which will expire in around two wee…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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LIVE UPDATES: See the full results of West Virginia's presidential and congressional primaries
Paula Swearengin won the Democratic primary for US Senate to face Sen. Shelley Moore Capito this fa…
Grace Panetta
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Bernie Sanders blasts Joe Manchin over Build Back Better opposition: 'He's going to have a lot of explaining to do to the people of West Virginia'
"Mr. Manchin says he's representing the people of West Virginia. Why don't you do a poll? ... I tol…
John L. Dorman,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Kanye West falsely claimed Hitler invented the microphone. Most microphones in use today are thanks to James West, a Black inventor with over 250 patents to his name.
James West invented technology that 90% of modern-day microphones use. He attended Black Panther me…
Yoonji Han
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How the Army uses the West Virginia wilderness to find out who has what it takes to join Delta Force
With attrition historically around 90%, Delta Force has one of the hardest selection and assessment…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle tears into West Virginia's governor for signing an anti-trans bill: 'Why would you make this a priority?'
"Please come back when beyond anecdotal feelings as a coach, you can show me evidence where those y…
Grace Panetta
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This West Virginia Democrat turned his campaign for governor into a COVID response team
"It's kind of incredible and radical and beautiful that, I think, we caught on to what was going on…