The genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday after months of uncertainty over its business model and mounting concerns about the security of the troves of customer data it holds. In a statement, 23andMe said it had […]
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Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, who served from 2015 to 2019, died on Sunday at her home in Utah. She was 49. Her family confirmed the death in a post on one of Ms. Love’s
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If your eight-day work trip was unexpectedly extended by nine months, you might expect to rack up some overtime pay. Not so for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the NASA astronauts who spent 278 extra days on the International Space
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Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first major attack on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. The Israeli Defense Forces said on
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Forever 21’s operator in the United States filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as the apparel company, which helped popularize fast fashion in the United States, struggles to compete with online retailers. F21 OpCo, the operator, as well as some U.S.
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Niantic, the company behind the runaway hit Pokémon Go, said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its video game business for $3.5 billion to Scopely, a company owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. Pokémon Go, an augmented reality
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The rules around flying with portable batteries are becoming increasingly confusing as some airlines in Asia change their policies, citing the risk of fires. Airlines in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore have tightened restrictions since a fire destroyed an
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The founding family of 7-Eleven’s Japanese parent company has failed to secure the money to buy it out, the company said Thursday, months after they launched a bid worth over $50 billion to fend off a foreign takeover. Seven &
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Chile’s government imposed a curfew and declared a state of emergency in response to a sweeping blackout that cut electricity to most of the country including the capital, Santiago, on Tuesday. The massive outage, which began in the afternoon, affected
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A Kenyan police officer was fatally injured in Haiti on Sunday in an operation that was part of the international effort to help combat gang violence and restore order to the Caribbean nation, officials said. It appears to be the
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