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Cuomo denies former aide’s sexual harassment allegations

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is denying allegations from a former aide who accused him of sexual harassment, including an unwanted kiss, in a Medium post on Wednesday.

Blinken says he aims to create a more diverse State Department

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will launch a diversity initiative to make the US’ oldest Cabinet agency look more like America itself, an effort he is framing as a national security imperative to make the country’s diplomacy “stronger, smarter, more…

How to perfectly fold a fitted sheet

Stop balling up your fitted sheets and shoving them in your drawers. Folding them isn’t hard when you know how to do it right.

     

Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy considers Senate bid against GOP’s Marco Rubio

Florida Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy is seriously considering a run against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, launching a listening tour on issues including the pandemic, “managing misinformation,” fighting climate change and for social justice.

Mortgage rates are climbing. Don’t panic

This year may have kicked off with the lowest mortgage interest rates in history, but the record lows aren’t going to last. Rates are now starting to climb and are expected to continue heading higher throughout 2021.

Fauci warns against cherry-picking vaccine brands; Trisha Yearwood ‘doing OK’ after contracting virus: Live COVID-19 updates

Americans should not try to pick and choose which vaccine they get, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. Latest COVID-19 updates.

     

Donald Trump’s tax records obtained by New York prosecutors, boosting investigation

Records to boost a wide-ranging investigation into Trump finances and the operations of the Trump Organization.

     

With the economy healing, is Biden’s $1.9T COVID relief package too much?

Critics say Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus is excessive but supporters say it’s just the right medicine for an unprecedented downturn

     

‘The need is real’: GOP mayors embrace Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan even as Republican lawmakers pan it

“This isn’t because of some gross mismanagement or some bad contracts … This is about addressing the needs of a global pandemic,” one mayor said.

     

Standardized tests are back; they’ll feel different and many students won’t take them

After the Biden administration’s decision to require standardized tests this year, states are planning how and and when to give them.

     

Best Buy just laid off 5,000 workers and will close more stores

Best Buy said Thursday that it laid off 5,000 workers this month and is planning to close more stores this year as more consumers buy electronics online.

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