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Chris Adamo considers himself late to the game when it comes to investing in NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. He collected his first one in summer 2021. But when it comes to b…
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A resurfaced clip of a phone-in radio show featuring a millennial couple seeking help tackling their nearly $1 million debt burden has prompted conversations about the rising levels of personal debt many Americans are facing.
Household debt in the U.S. reached $16.9 trillion by the end of last year, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York data. A 2019 Federal Reserve survey found t…
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DETROIT — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company.
The United Auto Workers said 4,000 unionized workers walked out at 7 a.m., adding to labor turmoil in the industry that has ensnared all three big Detroit automakers.
With those workers joining picket lines, the tota…
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Selena Gomez has ducked in and out of the spotlight since she left the Disney Channel in 2012. The world has gotten glimpses into her personal life with the very little she has shared on social media—she was for a time the most followed person on Instagram—but the pop star is sharing much more now with her new documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me, released on …
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While the streaming-age unbundling of albums broke down the idea of what a single could be even further, the year’s best songs all shook things up in their own right. Club-ready tracks from Beyoncé, Peggy Gou, and Kylie Minogue got people moving; cuts by post-punkers and pop-punkers, whether upstarts or legends, amped up the vibes; and a collaboration between música mexicana stars Peso Plum…
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The 2022 Emmy Awards on Monday night saw a mix of underdog wins and established shows taking home some of the biggest prizes.
Combined with the previously held Creative Arts Emmys, The White Lotus picked up the most awards with 10 golden statuettes. Euphoria and Squid Game each took home six, and perhaps the biggest prize—best drama series—went to Succe…
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In the horror-comedy M3gan, talented roboticist Gemma (Allison Williams) builds a Model 3 Generative Android—M3gan, for short—to help her 8-year-old niece Cady (Violet McGraw) cope with the loss of her parents. The incredibly lifelike humanoid robot, who is programmed to sing, dance, and babysit, quickly becomes Cady’s best friend, but after developing a mind of her own…
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