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Costco is selling one-ounce gold bars on its website for about $2,000 a piece. Financial advisers caution that Costco is not an expert in handling or dealing with precious metals.
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As winter approaches, Ukraine's military takes stock of the limited gains of its counteroffensive. As the war goes on, support for Ukraine seems to waver — especially among Republicans in Congress.
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As hard-line House Republicans move to oust Kevin McCarthy from his speakership, Democrats say they won't help him. "Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. -
For 54 years, the six episodes of A Complete and Utter History of Britain were in vaults of British channel ITV. The unarchived episodes are only available in the U.K. for now.
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Almost all of China's medium and large cities are susceptible to floods. Some experts are promoting a solution called sponge cities — urban landscapes that are softer and meant to absorb more water.
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A 104-year-old woman over the weekend ditched her walker before skydiving from more than 10,000 feet above northern Illinois. Dorothy Hoffner first skydived when she was 100 years old.
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A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.
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As a film director, Jordan Peele is a master of horror. Now he's curated a book of horror stories called Out There Screaming. He talks to Brittany Luse of the NPR show and podcast It's Been a Minute.
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Following a bargaining table agreement between the Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios, TV's late night talk shows are back.
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The United Nations has approved the deployment of a Kenyan led security mission to Haiti — sparking human rights concerns about deploying a force that has a long record of abuses.
